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WHAT'S NEW
NEW SHALL BRIEFING APRIL 2013 ISSUED
Find out about a development opportunity, reprocurement, Athens update and more.
[30/04/2013]
NICE ELECTRONIC AND PRINT CONTENT FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT
Information and links to further information about the new Framework Agreement
[30/04/2013]
EVENTS
STAFF DEVELOMENT GROUP MEETING
30/05/2013
11am
CONSUMER HEALTH GROUP CONFERENCE
05/06/2013
10.30am
SIMTG MEETING
06/06/2013
11am

Strategic Health Library Leads (SHaLL)

The Strategic Health Library Leads (SHaLL) Group was formed on 1 April 2013 and suceeds the Strategic Health Authority Library Leads (SHALL) from 2009 to 2013 and the National Library for Health (NLH) Co-ordinating Group (2007 to 2009).

SHaLL members are the library leads from each of the 13 Local Education and Training Boards (LETBs) in England, and representatives from HE, social care, independent health libraries, CILIP and key NHS bodies. This includes NHS Evidence with whom SHaLL has a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU).

SHaLL MISSION:

To support, work, plan and campaign for the excellence of health and social care through evidence-based practice and lifelong learning, by developing and providing high quality knowledge, information and library services.

SHaLL AIMS:

  • To represent the interests of NHS Library and Knowledge Services at national level

  • To communicate actively with the NHS Library and Knowledge Services community so as to identify, respond to and influence appropriate issues

  • To foster and maintain effective partnerships with key organizations including NHS Evidence, Connecting for Health, the Health Information Centre, Public Health Observatories etc.

  • To identify, respond to and influence policy initiatives and consultation documents, and promote awareness of these

  • To evaluate, promote and share good practice and innovations in a proactive manner

  • To develop processes and frameworks for the benchmarking of services in order to ensure that they are meeting the needs of the workforce

  • To support and encourage research and evidence-based practice.

  • To promote the use and evaluate the impact of quality assured knowledge resources and services.

  • To support the development of library staff skills and roles and promote the value of these within the NHS

  • To act as a mutual support and learning network.

Terms of reference (2009) for SHALL.

Access minutes from the Strategic Health Library Leads (SHaLL) meetings.

We have a current workplan for 2012-13

Minutes from the predecessor group, NLH Coordinating Group, will be available on this website.

SHaLL Structure

SHaLL's work programme is taken forward by its 5 Working Groups and their Task and Finish Groups.

A diagram (revised March 2012) shows the relationship between SHaLL and its working groups.

Page updated 2 April 2013