1. Priorities and Challenges 2018 – 2019
North West
Library Service Managers
6 March 2018

2. Regional Stuff - 1 A single northern budget for HCLU Implications
An equitable budget
As HEE North adjusts all its work to a single northern approach
Implications

3. Regional Stuff - 2 One regional CPD programme One development fund
One newsletter
One set of e-resources………….
One Athens and Link Resolver support service
Three strong networks
Sharron Cox: new HCLU Office Manager

4. Regional Stuff - 3 Working out what’s going on:
Mergers and amalgamations
STPs and ICSs
Meeting with Rob Webster

5. LQAF 2018 5 core criteria: 1.1a, 1.3c, 5.3h, 5.3l and 5.4a
Same as last year
Compliance statement & evidence
“No change from 2017” – verified compliance
Evidence
Peer reviewers wanted
More guidance to follow
Gil– your LQAF guru – ask her anything
1.1a There is a designated board member accountable for the library/ knowledge service with a clear two-way communication process with the library/knowledge service manager
1.3c The positive impact of LKS can be demonstrated.
5.3h LKS support clinical and management decision making. AMD
5.3l LKS are developed to support information provision for patients and/or the public. P
5.4a Members of the LKS team are actively involved in the creation, capture, sharing, utilisation, or reuse of knowledge in the organisations served. P
1.1a instead of 1.1c partnerships.
Push from HEE to identify library champions and where they don’t exist Tim Swanwick HEE (PG Dean and Senr Clinical Advisor) working with Leadership Academy will try and help us.
Read our feedback – self-assess against verified scores
Amount of evidence – guidance to follow.

6. Library Quality Assessment 2019-
Working on new standards
Ties in with HEE Quality Framework
Included in the Learning and Development Agreement between HEE and your Trust
Pilot in summer 2018
Introduce April 2019
Teaser for the new standards

7. National Stuff - 1
2nd cohort of the HEE-Leadership Academy leadership programme
National CPD offer:
Paraprofessionals
Strategic planning
Marketing and promotion
Mobilising evidence
Patient information: supporting the NHS workforce
Working with employers and champions
Engagement

8. National Stuff - 2 Re-procurement of national core content
Funding model
Piloting the new LKS quality tool
Toolbox on statistics for library managers