Q. Who is entitled to NHS Athens? How do I get a password?

Undergraduate students on courses in Diagnostic Radiography, Medicine (MBChB), Midwifery, Nursing, Operating Department Practice, Pharmacy and Physiotherapy are entitled to have an academic NHS Athens username. This allows access to NHS digital library resources that are available across England, including Embase, Emcare, HMIC, Social Policy and Practice, eLearning for Healthcare and BMJ Best Practice.  (The BNF and BNF app do not need NHS Athens).

More details of these resources are available in another FAQ. 

We may register you for an account when you start your course, but to request an NHS Athens account, please contact librarians@le.ac.uk from your University email account, and tell us which course you are on.  Please send enquiries to the same email address.   If you need to reset your password, you can do so at https://openathens.nice.org.uk/ForgotPassword/Reset.  If this does not work, please email librarians@le.ac.uk.

University staff who teach any of the above student groups are eligible for NHS Athens and can request one by emailing librarians@le.ac.uk. 

Students on other courses in the Medical School, School of Healthcare or the College of Life Sciences are unfortunately not entitled to an academic NHS Athens username. If you are also employed by the NHS, you can apply for a regular NHS Athens. To do this you need to contact your local NHS library. In Leicester, these are at the Leicester General Hospital, Glenfield Hospital, and the Leicester Royal Infirmary.