Leading NHS library and knowledge services into a new era

1. Leading NHS library and knowledge services
into a new era
LETB Library & Knowledge Service Leads
richard.osborn@southlondon.hee.nhs.uk

2. • Health Education England – strategic body for education,
training and workforce issues from 1st April 2013
• Has a multiprofessional remit
• There are 13 Local Education and Training Boards (LETBs)
which are local committees of HEE
• Governance and structures are currently under review.
Proposal to retain 13 LETBs but cluster them into 4
geographical areas – North, Midlands & East, South and
London
• New structure will begin to be implemented from October

3. • Health Education England has recently published a Strategic
Framework 2014-2029 (Framework 15)
• It looks at the characteristics of the future workforce that will be
needed in order to meet the anticipated needs of people and
patients
• It outlines a sense of direction – the challenges and
opportunities ahead – rather than prescribing a route which
may soon be diverted by changes which cannot be predicted
now
• Available at: http://tinyurl.com/penbmmt

4. • Health Education England has assumed “ownership” of NHS
library and knowledge services in England
• HEE has requested a strategic review of LKS, to mirror the
timeframe of “Framework 15” – 2014-2029
• This work is being led by the HEE Library and Knowledge
Services Leads (LKSL) with support from the HEE
Directorates of Strategy and Education & Quality

5. This review will develop and publish a strategic framework for NHS
library and knowledge services for 2014-2029 that:
•Identifies future leadership requirements, service models and
continuous quality improvement methodologies to ensure LKS
remain a fundamental and integral part of NHS service provision
•Reviews the role of library services and how our work fits with the
HEE strategic framework
•Develops a strategic approach to libraries to ensure LKSL business is
embedded in HEE workstreams and aligned to HEE business cycle
•Determines models for LKSL leadership at national & local level
•Considers and reviews national and local electronic content
procurement to ensure value for money

6. Purpose of NHS funded
Library and Knowledge Services
We provide knowledge and evidence to enable excellent
healthcare and health improvement.
We use our expertise to ensure that staff, learners, patients and
the public have the right knowledge and evidence, when and
where they need it.

7. Vision for NHS funded
Library and Knowledge Services
NHS staff, learners, patients and the public use the right
knowledge and evidence, at the right time, in the right place, to
enable decision-making, learning, research and innovation, to
achieve excellent healthcare and health improvement.

8. Strategic themes
Theme 1. Strategic alignment and engagement
Theme 2. Establish a nationally-led LKS
Theme 3. Optimise funding
Theme 4. Transforming the service
Theme 5. Partnerships (Higher Education is a key partner)
Theme 6. Workforce planning and development
Theme 7. Impact

9. Timescales
•Consultation with library staff took place February – March
(survey findings available shortly)
•Work now well underway to produce draft slide set. Presentation of
strategic framework will be similar to “Framework 15”
•Strategic framework will go to the HEE Board in December

10. Timescales
•Consultation with library staff took place February – March
(survey findings available shortly)
•Work now well underway to produce draft slide set. Presentation of
strategic framework will be similar to “Framework 15”
•Strategic framework will go to the HEE Board in December