Patient Information Knowledge Hub

• ​Search for books held in your local Library (Cheshire East)
• Books on Prescription (Cheshire East)

You are also welcome to consult the book stock in this Library, please contact us to arrange an appointment. We stock most of the 'books on prescription' collection, which are available for reference use.
Tel: 01625 661362
Email: ecn-tr.stafflibrary@nhs.net

• NICE Clinical Knowledge Summaries
• ​NICE Evidence
• NICE Guidance
• ​Cochrane Library of Systematic Reviews

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• British Institute of Learning Disabilities (BILD)​
• East Cheshire NHS Trust - patient information
• NHS Choices  ::  A guide to using NHS Choices
• patient.info

For information on particular conditions and treatments specialist websites will be a useful resource. These are often run by charities, for example: British Heart Foundation, Macmillan, Age UK. The advice and information offered by mainstream, national organisations should be fairly reliable and accurate. Be cautious of smaller organisations, especially any sites which are promoting you purchasing from them.

• ​BILD easy read information pages
• The Brain Charity - information on a wide range of neurological conditions
• Change People - easy read information
• Easy Health​ - patient information written for people with a learning disability
• Easy read leaflets from Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Trust
• Evaluating the quality of online health information
• Getting informed, getting prepared - finding care and support for older people
• Great Ormond Street Hospital - information on children's health
• Health Talk - personal stories on living with a range of conditions
• Medicines for children - information on medicines your child may have been prescribed, and tips on giving medicine to children.
• ​Picture of health - making health information easier
• Self care resources
• Self help leaflets
• What? Why? Children in hospital - a UK charity helping children and parents prepare for hospital, includes videos to help prepare children for various procedures

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• East Cheshire NHS Trust​ @EastCheshireNHS  ::  Facebook
• NHS @NHS
• NHS Choices @nhschoices :: Facebook
• Patient UK @patient :: Facebook

• Apps to help you manage and improve your health
• Catch app for parents/carers of children 0-5 years
• Hub of Hope - find local mental health support
• My Health Apps
• ​NHS 'One You' apps​
• NHS tools and apps
• HealthUnlocked
• Prodigy Patient

• East Cheshire 'Health Matters' public lectures
• NHS Choices videos
• NHS patient videos
• Patient UK videos
• RSM videos
• Top tips to help find trustworthy health information online

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You should always discuss information you have found online with the healthcare team who are looking after you.

​NEVER start or stop a course of medication or treatment without talking to your doctor first.

For more help finding health information online contact your local public library

​Disclaimer: The above is a suggested list of resources only. We cannot guarantee accuracy of individual sites and take no responsibility for the information contained therein.

Library & Knowledge Service
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Page last updated 6/7/18