30 September 2009 E-resource purchasing for NHS England Helen Bingham

Databases from Ovid: BNI, EMBASE, Medline (free), HMIC, PsycInfo: to end March 2011 Databases with full text from Ebsco: CINAHL, Health Business Elite: to end March 2011 BMJ & the BMJ Journals Collection (22 titles) from BMJ Publishing: to end March 2011 AMA journals collection (JAMA + 9 Archives titles) via Swets: to end Dec 2010 MyiLibrary eBooks via Coutts ZETOC Current national contracts

Features of current contracts Procured using the NHS Purchasing & Supplies Agency (PASA) Framework Agreement (FA), which is also used for local procurement. The FA lists approved suppliers and includes a ‘model licence’ for eJournals. Three types of eJournal contract: Fixed price – AMA Transition to e-only - BMJ Aggregated content – CINAHL & Health Business Elite

Performance Year-on-year increase in usage of most resources Average costs But still too much wriggle room for suppliers! eJ cost per download BMJ Collection88p CINAHL£1.18 HBE£3.30 AMA Collection£5.19 eBook cost per view 66p Database cost per search From 4p (BNI) to 34p (HBE) Most under 10p per search

Changes Contracts have transferred from NLH to NHS Evidence NHS Evidence procurement strategy is under development All elements of the technical infrastructure are being reviewed The Framework Agreement is being transferred from PASA to OGC Buying Solutions And, of course, the financial downturn

For the next procurement Analysis of need Engagement with partners i.e. HE, CHILL, social care Engagement with suppliers Switch from financial to calendar years Negotiate nationally for transparent SHA and Trust level deals, with incentives for collaborative purchase Consider top-up options Will need to start in earnest in 2011 – what are your views?

Current e-resource purchasing in SC 63 different e-book titles from Coutts and Ovid e-Royal Marsden Manual from Wiley purchased by five services 12 different databases – three services purchase UpToDate, two each purchase Global Health and Medical Masterclass 205 different e-journal titles, of which only 17 purchased by more than one service 8 journal archives Purchases typically for 1 or 2 organisations

Collaborative purchasing elsewhere NHS East Midlands – 8 acute Trusts collaboratively purchase 25 e-journals from Ovid NHS North East – mental health Trusts collectively buy the Ebsco Psychology/Behavioural Sciences collection NHS Yorks & Humber – pan-Leeds purchase of 7 journals NHS North West – SHA and acute Trusts 9 journals, SHA and PCTs 6 journals NHS London – joint NHS-HE purchase of Ovid’s LWW collection and BMJ’s DTB A few other examples – e-books or purchases for NHS+HE by HE-managed libraries