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Welcome to the Frank Curtis Library

The Frank Curtis Library provides a multidisciplinary library and information service to all staff and students working for the following organisations:

  • East Coast Community Healthcare CIC
  • NHS Great Yarmouth and Waveney
  • NHS Norfolk
  • Norfolk Community Health and Care
  • Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust

We provide access to resources to support evidence-based practice, clinical effectiveness, clinical governance, healthcare planning and management, and the education, training and continual professional development of healthcare staff.


Library Announcements


New books added to the library

Take a look at the list of new books we have added to the library over the past three months.  Don't forget, you don't have to visit our library at Hellesdon Hospital to borrow books.  We have an online catalogue and we can send books in the internal mail to your work base when you join

17.04.13



Finding the Edvidence free training sessions

We’re offering staff free training sessions on how to search online healthcare information resources. 

You’ll learn skills in searching the healthcare databases included in NHS Evidence & you’ll be able to find information to support your evidence-based practice or cpd requirements.

Sessions are being held in the dedicated training rooms at the Frank Curtis Library at Hellesdon Hospital, the Resource Centre at Northgate Hospital and the library training room at St Clements Hospital.

The first sessions will run on the following dates:

Friday 10th May           10.00-12.00     Frank Curtis Library, Norwich

Tuesday 14th May       10.00-12.00     St Clements Hospital, Ipswich

Wednesday 22nd May 2.00-4.00         St Clements Hospital, Ipswich

Thursday 23rd May      2.00-4.00         Frank Curtis Library, Norwich

If you’d like to book a place please email us at library@nsft.nhs.uk or phone 01603 421236

16.04.13



Try out the Social Policy and Practice database  

 

We have been given a two month trial of Social Policy and Practice, a specialist database offering one-stop access  to evidence-based research information drawn from five key organisations:     

 

• Centre for Policy on Ageing
• Greater London Authority
• Idox information service
• National Children’s Bureau
• Social Care Institute for Excellence         

 

The database contains over 300,000 abstracts and records of journal articles, books and research reports covering social policy, public health, social services and mental and community health. To access the database login with your Athens password and select the database at the bottom of the resources list. If you do not have an Athens password register here.

Contact us and let us know if you find it useful or if you need any assistance with access or searching.


03.04.13

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The main library based at Hellesdon Hospital is staffed from 9-5 Monday to Friday.

Address:
Frank Curtis Library
Hellesdon Hospital
Drayton Road
Norwich NR6 5BE

Contact details:
Tel: 01603 421236
E-mail: library@nsft.nhs.uk

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