About Us

The Library and Knowledge Service (LKS) provides library and information services to all NHS staff and placement students across Mersey and West Lancashire Trust sites. Our aim is to deliver high quality information to support patient care, education and learning, service development, and research activity.

For Primary Care staff in the Halton, Knowsley and St Helens area, please take a look at our Primary Care Resources page.

Primary Care Resources

You can access resources and services via:

• The libraries at Ormskirk, Southport or Whiston hospitals.
• Our outreach librarians visiting you at your place of work
• This website

Our opening hours are:

We provide the following...

• Enquiry and Literature Searches. We offer a specialised enquiry and literature search service for clinical and management topics. Complete the literature search request form with details of the information you need, and we will do the searching for you.

• Training and Guidance. The LKS offers tailored training sessions designed to meet the different needs of Trust staff and students. You can arrange individual or group training in the libraries, at a mutually convenient location, as well as over MS Teams.

• Current Awareness. You can sign up to regular bulletins on the latest developments in healthcare. We can also set up tailored alerts to meet your specific information needs.

• Library Resources. Our resources collection covers all aspects of health from acute to primary care, mental health, public health, health management and research. Across the three library sites we hold a wide range of books and health education resources, all available for loan and searchable on our online catalogue. And if we don't hold the book or journal you need, we can obtain them through our document supply service.

• Library Space. Our libraries are bright, welcoming spaces offering quiet places to work or study, PCs and printing facilities and soundproofed pods.