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E-resource purchasing for NHS England. Helen Bingham. 30 September 2009. Current national contracts. Databases from Ovid: B NI, EMBASE, Medline (free), HMIC, PsycInfo : to end March 2011 Databases with full text from Ebsco : CINAHL, Health Business Elite: to end March 2011
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E-resource purchasing for NHS England Helen Bingham 30 September 2009
Current national contracts • Databases from Ovid: BNI, EMBASE, Medline (free), HMIC, PsycInfo:to end March 2011 • Databases with full text from Ebsco: CINAHL, Health Business Elite: to end March 2011 • BMJ & the BMJ Journals Collection (22 titles) from BMJ Publishing: to end March 2011 • AMA journals collection (JAMA + 9 Archives titles) via Swets:to end Dec 2010 • MyiLibrary eBooks via Coutts • ZETOC www.nesc.nhs.uk
Features of current contracts • Procured using the NHS Purchasing & Supplies Agency (PASA) Framework Agreement (FA), which is also used for local procurement. The FA lists approved suppliers and includes a ‘model licence’ for eJournals. • Three types of eJournal contract: • Fixed price – AMA • Transition to e-only - BMJ • Aggregated content – CINAHL & Health Business Elite www.nesc.nhs.uk
Performance • Year-on-year increase in usage of most resources • Average costs 2008-2009 • But still too much wriggle room for suppliers! www.nesc.nhs.uk
Changes • Contracts have transferred from NLH to NHS Evidence • NHS Evidence procurement strategy is under development • All elements of the technical infrastructure are being reviewed • The Framework Agreement is being transferred from PASA to OGC Buying Solutions • And, of course, the financial downturn....... www.nesc.nhs.uk
For the next procurement • Analysis of need • Engagement with partners i.e. HE, CHILL, social care • Engagement with suppliers • Switch from financial to calendar years • Negotiate nationally for transparent SHA and Trust level deals, with incentives for collaborative purchase • Consider top-up options • Will need to start in earnest in 2011 – what are your views? www.nesc.nhs.uk
Current e-resource purchasing in SC • 63 different e-book titles from Coutts and Ovid • e-Royal Marsden Manual from Wiley purchased by five services • 12 different databases – three services purchase UpToDate, two each purchase Global Health and Medical Masterclass • 205 different e-journal titles, of which only 17 purchased by more than one service • 8 journal archives • Purchases typically for 1 or 2 organisations www.nesc.nhs.uk
Collaborative purchasing elsewhere • NHS East Midlands – 8 acute Trusts collaboratively purchase 25 e-journals from Ovid • NHS North East – mental health Trusts collectively buy the Ebsco Psychology/Behavioural Sciences collection • NHS Yorks & Humber – pan-Leeds purchase of 7 journals • NHS North West – SHA and acute Trusts 9 journals, SHA and PCTs 6 journals • NHS London – joint NHS-HE purchase of Ovid’s LWW collection and BMJ’s DTB • A few other examples – e-books or purchases for NHS+HE by HE-managed libraries www.nesc.nhs.uk