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The knowledge resource for healthcare communities

For healthcare professionals to share workplace knowledge

What is Toolbox?

Toolbox is a secure online information resource set up by trainees to help to better orientate themselves with their hospital and department. Including contact numbers, referral methods, ward handbooks & guidelines.

Why does it matter?

Easily accessible information at local level ensures that healthcare professionals can be efficient and effective in carrying out their role. This in turn has positive impacts on patient safety as well as education and training.

What can it do?

Toolbox is estimated to save 40 minutes per trainee per day. At a typical NHS Trust with 60 users, this could save £200,000 per hospital every year.

Video: Introducing our new brand Health Toolbox, February 2022

Everything you need

Personalised: Hospital specific information written for you.

Reliable: Easily accessible information with review dates.

Efficient: estimated to save 40 minutes per trainee per day.

Versatile: Website, iOS and Android apps all synchronised.

Easy to use: Seamless editing from desktop or mobile device.

Crowdsourced: Contributions from you and your colleagues.

Specialty handbooks, survival guides, induction packs
- Easy to use visual editor with rich text, files, links.
- Teaching videos, shared calendars, feedback forms.
- Crowdsource and delegate sections to different teams.
- Real time updates to the website and apps.
Clinical guidelines in PDF format
- Listings with instant search, review status.
- Last review and expiry dates, maintainers per file,
  monthly reminders and notifications.
- Shared folder at the trust, automatically synchronized
  with your toolbox website and apps (option).
Contacts directory (shared address book)
- Bulk import all your contacts.
- Telephones / extensions with direct dial on mobile,
  bleeps, emails, fax numbers, web links, notes.
- Contact categories per department, include in pages.
Tools for administrators ("Wrench" menu)
- Role-based access control (reader, editor, administrator).
- Analytics, monthly performance, review dashboard.
- Custom reports, posters, QR codes, PDF export.
- Page revision history, daily backups.

Trusted by 10,000 healthcare professionals

“I am excited by the development of the [Health] Toolbox. It is an excellent innovation which I feel will significantly transform the perennial issues faced by junior doctors and hospitals in general. I am also particularly encouraged by the inclusion of patient safety as both a driving principle and an explicit consideration in the Toolbox itself. I strongly endorse this initiative and encourage you to get involved at your hospital.” Sir Bruce Keogh, NHS Medical Director 2007–2013
“We have found that this has been of real benefit to our locum workforce, especially anyone who is booked at short notice, or out of hours. We have recently added a dedicated locum section on the main menu to ensure it is easy to find which highlights key information, such as who they can ask for help, where they can park when they arrive etc.“
Victoria Jones, Junior Doctor Liaison Manager, University Hospitals Birmingham
"We have fully implemented toolbox and it has made a massive difference to our induction, no more reams of photocopying and have shaved hours of the induction as now all the information is in one place. Thanks for coming up with this.”
Judy Crabb, Education Centre & Medical Education Manager, Dorset County Hospital

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ORCHA reviewed

GDPR compliant

Cyber Security Essentials Certified

Web Security A+ Mozilla Observatory

Website based content

The website is written in a Wikipedia-style format, allowing crowdsourcing of information maintained by local authorised users, to keep it relevant and updated. Each hospital has its own domain, co-ordinated by a lead editor who reviews the information, and a senior clinician who provides support and continuity.

Security

No patient information is ever added and hospitals can retain control of information uploaded to the site. Access is restricted to healthcare professionals working at the trust. Data transfers are protected using industry standard encryption.

iPhone™ / Android™ apps

The app automatically and securely downloads the information to the phone in real time. Information can be instantly searchable both online and offline. Phone calls and emails can be made at the click of a button.

Video: What doctors and educators say

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How do we get involved?

NHS Organisations
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Other organisations
We are committed to improving quality of care throughout healthcare so if you want to know more please get in touch.

Healthcare professionals
Healthcare professionals can start a new site by getting in touch.
You will be able to complete a valuable and enduring quality improvement project and receive certificate upon completion.

Join an award winning project
Toolbox was winner of a HSJ Value in Healthcare Award. 500 healthcare professionals have been editors to date. And we have endorsements at all levels from junior doctors up to the NHS Medical Director Sir Bruce Keogh.