1. Information and Library Service King’s Fund as an information resource supporting commissioning Lynette Cawthra Information & Library Service Manager King’s Fund 17.7.06

2. Information and Library Service  King’s Fund library  NLH Management  Future plans

3. Information and Library Service King’s Fund ILS Supports the work of those involved in the development and management of health and social care services by: providing public access to a unique collection emphasis on ‘grey literature’ links to Fund colleagues

4. Information and Library Service King’s Fund ILS  Health and social care London health Health inequalities Older people’s care Ethnic minority health NHS management and policy DH documents, government reports, grey literature, statistics

5. Information and Library Service King’s Fund ILS Reading lists Practice-based commissioning Markets in primary & community care Improving care for long-term conditions Older material on fundholding!

6. Information and Library Service King’s Fund ILS  Public walk-in access, and email/phone enquiry service  Plus 60,000 ‘invisible’ users a month  And a resource for Fund staff

7. Information and Library Service NLH Management  Packages of quality-assessed, timely information for NHS managers  Peer-reviewed digests, ‘hot topics’ pages, news alerts and RSS feeds  Primary care a particular focus

8. Information and Library Service NLH Management ‘Hot topics’:  Practice-based commissioning Practice-based commissioning  PCTs as commissioners PCTs as commissioners  GMS contract - enhanced services  General Dental Services Contract

9. Information and Library Service Forthcoming attractions  NLH Patient and Public Involvement  A new way to get to our database…