A Million Decisions

Every day across the healthcare sector in England more than a million decisions are made that have a profound and lasting impact on people's lives and which influence the quality of healthcare and the cost of services.

#AMillionDecisions is an ongoing initiative jointly-led by CILIP Health Libraries Group and NHS England.

#AMillionDecisions calls for all decisions in the healthcare sector to be fully evidence-based, and for government and health service providers to employ and make use of the expertise of librarians and knowledge specialists in meeting their obligations under The Health and Care Act.

Get involved and spread the message

• Share this message: Health librarians and knowledge specialists bring the evidence for #AMillionDecisions in #Healthcare
• Share your experiences and impact stories on social media adding #AMillionDecisions
• Use the autosignature in your emails [Download]
• Share advocacy materials on social media, web, and with your colleagues and professional networks
• A Million Decisions image [Download]
• A4 poster [Download]
• A5 postcard [Download]
• Create your own advocacy materials using the templates:
  • Impact case study templates (NHS and non-NHS) and the Champion endorsement template [Download]
• Find out more by contacting CILIP Health Libraries Group or the NHS England national knowledge and library services team.

Endorsements

Senior leaders from across the health sector have endorsed our work. Join them and share your message by contacting england.kfh@nhs.net

Examples of our impact

Health librarians and knowledge specialists ensure that decisions are based upon the best available evidence and encourage knowledge to be captured, shared and re-used.

Multiple benefits are possible for healthcare staff and organisations when they work closely with health librarians and knowledge specialists:

• improving quality of care
• improving patient outcomes
• releasing clinician time for care
• saving money
• facilitating decision making
• enabling research, change and innovation
• improving understanding and knowledge