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Anatomy and Physiology Resources

Acland's Atlas of Human Anatomy

An online platform of more than 300 3D narrated videos of anatomical structures to support teaching and learning. Review and testing options. Supports Flash and non-flash devices.

NetAnatomy

Designed to teach human anatomy to students of the health professions, including undergraduate medical and health sciences students.

Visible Body

Visible Body is a suite of interactive online programs that bring human anatomy to life through 3D anatomical models, video animations and simulations, cutting-edge, augmented reality technology, and more.

Anatomy Books

Data & Statistics

Office for National Statistics

Office for National Statistics

Statistics covering a range of Health & Social Care topics.

re3data.org

re3data.org

re3data has become the resource of information about research data repositories. It indexes and provides extensive information about more than 2450 research data repositories

Statista

An online statistics, market research and business intelligence portal. It provides access to data from market and opinion research institutions, as well as from business organisations and government institutions.

Department of Health & Social Care Statistics

DHCS Statistics

Department of Health & Social Care Statistics statistics (England)

NHS England Statistics

NHS England Statistics

Statistics on a range of health and care subjects. These statistics are used to inform debate, decision-making and research both within Government and by the wider community.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Data & Statistics

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Data & Statistics

CDC is one of the major operating components of the US Department of Health and Human Services.

World Health Statistics

WHO Health Statistics

Search and browse the wide range of data collections related to global health and well-being that are managed and maintained by WHO.

UK Data Archive logo

UK Data Archive

The UK's largest collection of social, economic and population data for over 50 years

Edinburgh Data Share

Edinburgh DataShare

A digital repository of research data produced by University of Edinburgh researchers.  Data is associated with an existing or forthcoming publication, or which has potential use for other researchers.

Drugs & Pharmacology Resources

Drug Calculations for Health Professionals

This is a great tool to help students, nurses, paramedics, allied health professionals and doctors sharpen their skills or maintain competency. 

Drug Safety Update - GOV.UK

Alerts, recalls and safety information about drugs and medical devices, from Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency.

NICE - Medicines and Prescribing

Support for delivering quality, safety and effiency in the optimisation of medicines. Includes free access to the British National Formulary (BNF).

Specialist Pharmacy Service

The NHS Specialist Pharmacy Service supports medicines optimisation across the NHS.

Drug Calculation Books

Legal Resources

Lexis Library

Covers UK legislation and a wealth of case law, news, company, market research and directory sources. Resource Guide

Westlaw

Westlaw covers UK legislation and a wealth of case law, news, and textbook sources. Unless using the personalised service, skip the MyWestlaw login. Resource Guide

Long Term Conditions

GOV.UK - Long Term Conditions

Guidance, news, research and statistics on long term health conditions from GOV.UK

NICE - Long Term Conditions

All NICE products on multiple long-term conditions. Includes any guidance, advice, NICE pathways and quality standards

The King's Fund - Long Term Conditions & Multi-Morbidity

From The King's Fund's "Time to Think Differently" project

Royal College of Psychiatrists

The IAPT pathway for people with long-term physical health conditions and medically unexplained symptoms

NHS Resources

Students from the School of Nursing and Midwifery are eligible for an NHS OpenAthens account to access the following resources:

  • ProQuest & Chadwyck-Healey databases
  • Ovid Technologies, Inc.
  • e-Learning for Healthcare (see below Word document for advice on how to log in to this resource)
  • EBSCO Databases, Discovery Service, eBooks, Point of Care Products, DynaMed and Journal Collections
  • NHS Knowledge and Library Hub

Look out for an email in the month following the start of your course from Eduserv Athens asking you to activate your account.

For further advice on your Open Athens account or to reset your password please contact:

Abigail Allen- Senior Information Adviser - abigail.allen@plymouth.ac.uk