Who we are and what we do
The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust (TRFT) Library & Knowledge Service provides library and information services for all staff and students working in The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust, the Rotherham CCG and independent contractors (GPs, pharmacists, dentists and opticians), Rotherham Public Health, Rotherham Hospice, NHS England North Region Yorkshire and the Humber staff who are based at Oak House (Bramley), the Clinical Effectiveness Team at NHS England, social services staff involved in patient care and clinical students on placement within the organisations we serve.
Our aim is to deliver high quality information to support patient care, commissioning, policy-making, public health, learning and development and research. We provide the following services to help you access the evidence-base:
We were formed from a merger between the Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust Library & Knowledge Service and the NHS Rotherham Knowledge Service in April 2012. You can find out more about our work and our vision in our strategy and our annual reviews:
Annual Review & Library Strategy:
Key Performance Indicators:
Surveys & Charter:
Our aim is to deliver high quality information to support patient care, commissioning, policy-making, public health, learning and development and research. We provide the following services to help you access the evidence-base:
- Enquiry and Literature Search Service
We offer a specialised enquiry and literature search service accessible by phone, email, fax or in person. Simply contact us
with details of the information you need and we can do the searching for you. We also offer a Clinical Question & Answer Service,
providing summaries of the best available evidence to answer your questions, and Knowledge Clinics in departments or practices. More... - Information Skills Training
A range of information skills workshops are available through our rolling programme, or to individuals or small groups in their workplace. More... - Library Resources
Our continually developing collection covers all aspects of health from acute care to primary care, mental health, public health, health management and research. In our three libraries across Rotherham we hold over 17,000 books, journals, health education resources and items of IT equipment, all available for loan and searchable on our online catalogue. Free access to ejournals, ebooks, biomedical databases and an interlibrary loan service is also availabe to NHS staff. More... - Keeping Up To Date: Current Awareness
We provide daily, weekly or monthly updates on developments in health. We can set up tailored Knowledge Alerts to cut through information overload to deliver the latest information targeted to the specific needs of each health care professional. More... - Information Consultancy
The Library & Knowledge Service aims to support all aspects of health care policy, service development and commissioning by offering information consultancy that finds the best available evidence or aids the organisation and dissemination of knowledge. More...
We were formed from a merger between the Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust Library & Knowledge Service and the NHS Rotherham Knowledge Service in April 2012. You can find out more about our work and our vision in our strategy and our annual reviews:
Annual Review & Library Strategy:
- New: Library & Knowledge Service Annual Report 2018-2019
- Library and Knowledge Service Strategy 2018/19
- Library & Knowledge Service Annual Report 2017-2018
- Library & Knowledge Service Annual Report 2016-2017
- A Strategy for Library and Knowledge Services to TRFT and contracting organisations 2015-2018
Key Performance Indicators:
- What can you expect from our service? 2017/18 performance against standards
- What can you expect from our service? 2016/17 performance against standards
Surveys & Charter:
View our previous annual reports: