Services
This page details how Whittington Health Library, or your local NHS library service, can help you with your research goals.
Evidence searches
If you’re embarking on a research project and want to know what research has already been published, your library service can conduct a thorough search of the evidence on your behalf and produce a report for you that lays it all out, with links to the full text of the results wherever possible.
To request an evidence search:
- Whittington Health and North Central London ICB and Primary Care staff can complete Whittington Health Library’s online Evidence Search Request form or contact the team on whl@nhs.net or 020 7288 2580
- North London NHS Foundaton Trust (NLFT) staff can contact the St Ann’s Library team at nlft.library@nhs.net or 020 8702 3785
- Central London Community Healthcare (CLCH) staff can request a search from Imperial College Library Services for CLCH as instructed on their website
- Central and North West London (CNWL) staff can contact the library team at
libraryservices.cnwl@nhs.net or call 020 8206 7362
- East London Foundation Trust (ELFT) staff can complete Newcomb Library's online Evidence Search Request form or contact the Newcomb Library team on huh-tr.NewcombLibrary@nhs.net
- Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust staff can complete Stenhouse Library's online Evidence Search Request form
- Tavistock and Portman staff can contact the library team at library@tavi-port.ac.uk
- West London NHS Trust staff can request a search by emailing the library team at wlt.library.coombs@nhs.net
Current Awareness
KnowledgeShare is a targeted current awareness service for NHS staff members: if you provide the details of your research interests, you can receive email bulletins directly to your inbox at intervals of your choosing that link out to the latest and greatest research in that area. Tell us about your professional interests and we will set you up to receive a bulletin of the latest high-level evidence in your field by email every two weeks.
To request a KnowledgeShare current awareness alert…
- Whittington Health and NCL ICB and Primary Care staff can complete Whittington Health Library’s online Current Awareness Request form or contact the team at whl@nhs.net or 020 7288 2580.
- NLFT staff can contact the St Ann’s Library team at nlft.library@nhs.net or 020 8702 3785
- CLCH staff can set-up an alert as instructed on the Imperial Library Services for CLCH Current Awareness page
- CNWL staff can contact the library team at
libraryservices.cnwl@nhs.net or call 020 8206 7362
- ELFTstaff can set-up a Kownledgeshare account as instructed in the "Keep up to Date with Knowledgeshare" drop-down menu at https://www.homerton.nhs.uk/east-london-
- Kingston and Richmond staff can complete Stenhouse Library's online Current Awareness Request form
- West London NHS Trust staff can contact the library team at wlt.library.coombs@nhs.net
Training
See our Noclor training page to gain the skills you need to find, understand, and even conduct research
Last updated30 Sep 2025