Who is eligible to access NHS-funded electronic resources?
The NHS England Entity (User Group) are eligible, defined as follows:
| DESCRIPTION | ACCESS | CRITERIA/NOTES |
|---|---|---|
| (a) each Strategic Health Authority; | Personal Accounts | |
| (b) each Special Health Authority; | Personal Accounts | As published in the Department of Health: Departmental Report 2006 Annex C: DoH Departmental Report Annex C - Specialist Health Authorities |
| (c) each Primary Care Trust; | Personal Accounts | (c) to (g) includes: Trust board non-executive members Trust Governors Trust voluntary workers lay members of local Ethics Committees NHS bank and agency staff not employed by NHS Professionals (for the duration of their contract) NHS retired staff are excluded. |
| (d) each Acute Trust; | Personal Accounts | |
| (e) each Mental Health Trust; | Personal Accounts | |
| (f) each Ambulance Trust; | Personal Accounts | |
| (g) each Foundation Trust; | Personal Accounts | |
| (h) any medical practitioner providing general medical services as described in section 29 of the National Health Service Act 1977; | Personal Accounts | |
| (i) any registered dentist as described in section 26 of the Dentists Act 1984; | Personal Accounts | |
| (j) any dispensing optician or ophthalmic optician as described in section 36 of the Opticians Act 1989; | Personal Accounts | |
| (k) any pharmacist as described in section 132 of the Medicines Act 1968; | Personal Accounts | |
| (l) any Government funded body providing social care; | Personal Accounts | NOTE: NHS Evidence are currently working with the Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) on automating the provision of NHS Athens accounts for Social Care. Social Care staff working within the NHS should continue to register under their employing NHS institutions. Non-NHS social care staff working in the project pilot areas - East of England, London (metropolitan boroughs), North West, South Central, South East and West Midlands - should go to http://www.scie-socialcareonline.org.uk/help/athens.asp to register. If you require assistance contact athens@scie.org.uk |
| (m) the Department of Health and any other Government body or organisation which performs any of the functions listed in (a) to (l) above at any time in the future or otherwise forms part of the NHS including any aggregation of any of the persons listed in (a) to (l) above; | Personal Accounts | |
| (n) any other entity engaged or nominated by any of the persons listed in (a) to (m) above for the purpose of receiving any of the Company Deliverables or Services on behalf of that person; | Walk in access via access accounts at the discretion of local library staff | This includes patients and members of the Public but would exclude individuals seeking access for commercial use/research for profit. |
| (o) any other person authorised by any of the persons listed in (a) to (m) above to use or otherwise have the benefit of the Company Deliverables or Services for the purpose of providing healthcare, social care, dental services, ophthalmic services or pharmacy services or any related or associated services (including for the avoidance of doubt the National Patient Safety Agency, the National Institute for Clinical Excellence, the Commission for Healthcare Audit and Inspection and any treatment centres); | Personal Accounts | This applies to individuals providing direct NHS patient care only (i.e. not administrative or support staff). |
| (p) Health care students whilst on placement or attachment with an NHS organisation in England. Note that from 1 April 2008, the licence also permits access by 1st and 2nd year undergraduate medical, nursing, dental and midwifery students from the day of their starting in any HE or FE institution in England. Academic tutors/library staff supporting those particular students, or supporting students on placement in the NHS, may also have access. | Personal Accounts | NOTE: The means to enable this access to students and to the academic tutors/library staff supporting those students is currently being piloted and is not widely available. Meanwhile, health care students should self-register at https://register.athensams.net/nhs/ from an NHS computer when on placement. |