Only students on NHS commissioned courses are eligible for an NHS OpenAthens account. 

 If you are not on an NHS commissioned course, your placement trust may provide you with a log in for the duration of your placement, however not everyone is eligible. 

Many of the resources available via the NHS OpenAthens account are the same as the ones you have access to via the University of Greenwich. However, the NHS OpenAthens account is a useful addition as it supplements your access with a few NHS only resources.

Registering for an account

When you start your course we generate an NHS OpenAthens account for anyone who is eligible. You should receive an activation email from 'Eduserv OpenAthens' asking you to complete your registration.

If you do not receive an activation email, or have any difficulties with activating your account or logging in, please contact your librarian rather than self-registering.

Using a library whilst on placement

Your placement trust may also have a library you can use. Check here to see if there's one where you are based on placement: http://www.hlisd.org/

BNF and BNFc App 

The British National Formulary (BNF) and the BNF for Children (BNFC) are both freely available online without a log in.

Please see this 'How To Use' guide here:  How to use BNF Publications online | About | BNF | NICE

Some people find the mobile app useful. You can download both of these for free for iOS and Android devices - take a look here for more information: BNF & BNFC App | RPS

The NHS Knowledge and Library Hub

The NHS Knowledge and Library Hub collates a large range of knowledge and evidence resources in one place. It offers access to journals, books, clinical tools, NICE guidelines, e-publications and databases like Medline and CINAHL

Use your NHS OpenAthens details (if applicable) to access the full text of journals and books.

Access it below:

Knowledge and Library Hub (ebscohost.com)

Your student NHS England OpenAthens account also includes access to e-Learning for Healthcare, which your tutor or placement location may occasionally ask you to use for your studies.

e-Learning for Healthcare is a set of online learning tutorials produced by Health Education England and other partners specifically to support practice in the NHS

When you use e-Learning for Healthcare for the first time you will need to log-in via NHS England OpenAthens and will then need to register. Once this is complete you should have access to the system.

A quick start guide can be found online: https://support.e-lfh.org.uk/my-e-learning/starting-and-progressing-through-your-e-learning/#1358

Accessing eLFH

1. On the homepage https://www.e-lfh.org.uk/  select “Register/Login” and then “Sign in with Open Athens”

2. Type in University of Greenwich to find your affiliation. Important: You want to select the one with and NHS logo.

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3. Type in the username you received for NHS resources, this is NOT the same as your student username.
4. Once logged in, if it is your first time you will be asked if you have an eLFH account, as you do not have this yet, click "Proceed to next step". You will be taken to a registration page. Follow the steps on the page to complete.

Troubleshooting:

As the login details is separate to your student login you may need to  first open a incognito/ private mode window.

To access Clinical Skills.net you require your student username and password and will need to set up your profile first before you can access the modules.

1. Click login.

2. Type in your institution.

3. As it is your first time accessing, you don't have a login yet. Look for institutional access and click this instead

4. Then, complete your profile details. 

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You should then be able to access the site.