Best Practice is a completely new concept for information delivered at the point of care. In a single source there is combination of the latest research evidence, guidelines and expert opinion – presented in a step-by-step approach, covering prevention, diagnosis, treatment and prognosis. Its patient-focused approach represents a major advancement in information delivery at the point of care.

There is a mobile app available

BNF provides an up-to-date full text reference work on medicines on the UK market, especially uses, cautions, contraindications, side effects and relative costs. The free NICE BNF app provides offline reference to the British National Formulary and is available for both iPhone and Android devices for eligible users.

Registered users of the BNF website (see Terms of website use for conditions) are allowed free access to the core content of the latest edition of the BNF and BNF for Children on the MedicinesComplete website. The users need to reside in England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man or any of the countries in the HINARI list of countries managed by the World Health Organisation WHO (see http://www.who.int/hinari/en/for details).

If you are a UK-based individual undertaking work (or training) for or on behalf of the NHS or you are a non-commercial user, you can register on MedicinesComplete

The library incorporates six key resources in the field of evidence based practice: CDSR, DARE, CENTRAL - the Cochrane Controlled Trials Register, the Cochrane Methodology Register (CMR), the NHS Economic Evaluation Database (NHS EED) and the Health Technology Assessment Database (HTA). A seventh database provides information about groups in The Cochrane Collaboration.

Access to the Cochrane Library is free to NHS staff, patients and the public in the United Kingdom. For information on access from other countries see this page

TRIP is a clinical search engine providing a single search interface to a large number of web resources, which contain high quality evidence for answering clinical questions, including journals, synopses, online textbooks and systematic reviews. As well as research evidence we also allow clinicians to search across other content types including images, videos, patient information leaflets, educational courses and news.

UpToDate is a evidence-based clinical resource tool. UpToDate provides:

• ability to search by symptom, condition, procedure or protocol
• graphics and tables
• drug information and drug interactions
• calculators
• CME/CPD
• Society Guidelines 
• Access graded treatment recommendations, utilizing the GRADE system. 

Updated approximately every 4 months. Initial registration on campus required. Once registered, your account must be revalidated every 90 days to remain active. 

Please note that our academic licence is for off campus access for 3rd and 4th year medical students and their lecturers only. Other users should access the resource only when on campus.

NHS access is for NHS staff with a King's affiliate account and on campus only, due to licence restrictions. Other NHS staff can use alternative resources via NHS Openathens such as BMJ Best Practice (GSTT/KCH) or Dynamed (KCH).