What's New

New Website - KnowledgeShare

14 April 2026

We now have a subscription to KnowledgeShare – a national current awareness service managed by NHS Librarians across the country. Sign up using your NHS OpenAthens account to get the latest evidence, research and guidance directly to your inbox, keeping you up to date and saving you valuable time. Whether you need updates in a specific specialty or across multiple areas, we ensure you never miss important developments https://forms.office.com/e/gPH1zBVg2E.

New Website - Staff Publications

7 April 2026

Did you know, we have a staff publications page on our website? You will find it in the RDI section of our website here: https://library.merseywestlancs.nhs.uk/staff-publications.

New Website - Library Training

31 March 2026

Want to use our online resources, but not sure how to access them or what they do? Or, do you want to learn how to carry out our own literature search, create references for the assignment you’re writing, or critically appraise an article for your journal club? Then why not book a library training session? We can help you with all these things and more.

New Website – Literature Searching

24 March 2026

Did you know that we can do your literature searching for you? Our librarians are experts at finding the information you need, saving you from spending time trying to search for it yourself.

New Website – Faster and Easier Access to Online Resources

16 March 2026

You have access to a wide range of different online resources via our new website. Scroll down to the bottom of our homepage at: https://library.merseywestlancs.nhs.uk/ for quick access to our most used ones, including:

New Library and Knowledge Service Website

9 March 2026

We’re excited to announce the launch of the new LKS website which brings together the services and resources of the libraries at Ormskirk, Southport and Whiston into one, easy to access location.

Your Library Made Easy

2 February 2026

Did you know that being a member of the MWL Library means you are automatically a member of NoW?

Simple searching in one place

13 February 2023

NEW RESOURCE: NHS Knowledge and Library Hub

10 January 2022

As NHS professionals you make a multitude of health and

Launch of our new website

30 March 2021

Since our last Library Survey we’ve been working hard to bring you a new and improved website. You’ll see we’ve updated the overall look of the site and have a brand new logo, but our main aim has been to improve our current awareness service. You’ll be able to customise our new Knowledge Alerts so that you receive the information you want, when and where you want it. We also wanted to make it easier to access the resources that you use most frequently as well as improve how the site works and looks on your mobile devices.