NHS OpenAthens

An NHS Athens account is your key to opening access to a wealth of high quality, often subscription-based online information selected to support your professional and CPD activities. 

The benefits

• Single username and password for the majority of online resources available to NHS and social care staff whether purchased nationally, regionally or by your local organisation.

• Can be used anywhere, work, home or mobile.

• Account can be transferred as you move to different posts in the NHS.

• Local administrator available to help with access issues and use of the resources.

What's available?

In Worcestershire you will have access to the following:

• The clinical databases purchased by the NICE, including Medline, Cinahl, PsychInfo, HMIC, BNI, AMED and Embase.

• Full-text journal articles from the BMJ, AMA, Sciencedirect, Wiley and many more. 

• Electronic books including mental health titles, Oxford textbooks and the Oxford handbooks.

• BNF and BNFC including the popular mobile app.

• Clinical evidence reference and decision support tools such as UpToDate (limited access to the Acute Trust) and BMJ Best Practice.

• Visit our Find Information pages or go to the My Resources tab in Athens for full details.