Community Staff
Last updated: June 2025
Support from the Library
The Library & Knowledge Service is based in the LE&D Hub, 1st Floor, New Alderley House at MDGH. We can provide support, training and resources to help you with your continuing professional development and training, and with evidence searches to support patient care and service developments. Library services and resources are available to all East Cheshire NHS Trust staff and students, wherever they are based.
All staff can access the LE&D Hub 24/7, which contains our physical book stock, computers and study space. A lot of our resources, training, and other services are available online and can be accessed anywhere.
You can contact the Library team on 01625 66 1362 or ecn-tr.stafflibrary@nhs.net.
Athens
NHS Athens (also called OpenAthens) is a single username and password needed to access most of our online resources. Register for an Athens account at the link below – make sure you select East Cheshire NHS Trust as your organisation.
Library catalogue
The Library has a wide range of books and e-books covering all clinical specialties, as well as subjects like management, coaching and revalidation. You can search the catalogue online – for help with this, please contact the library. You’ll need an Athens account to access e-books (see above).
Royal Marsden Manual
The Royal Marsden Manual of Clinical Nursing Procedures is available online as an e-book. Use the link below to access the full text – sign in with your Athens account. We also have physical copies available to borrow from the library.
UpToDate
UpToDate is an evidence-based decision support tool which is available to all Trust staff. It includes over 11,000 clinical topics, drug information, practice-changing updates and much more. Access from anywhere with your Athens account.
Keep updated
The library produces a number of updates and bulletins containing the latest evidence on different clinical and non-clinical subjects. You can sign up to receive updates on the subjects you choose, or read the latest editions, at the link below. You can also register for KnowledgeShare, our targeted Current Awareness service, to receive fortnightly emails with recent publications on your areas of interest.