Customise your homepage

What is a Widget?

Find out how you can customise this site to better suit your needs.

You can add or remove "widgets" - small self-contained areas of content and functionality - from the customise panel of The Knowledge Network home page.  Below you can view the current set of widgets appearing on Home, and you can use the features within "Add more widgets" to search or browse for available widgets and add or remove them to/from the homepage.

Add more widgets

  • Image for 'Add our search' widget.

    Add our search

    This is a list of our specialist searches that can be added to your browser search bar. The list of available search providers will be visible on The Knowledge Network home page. It is possible to search for a widget and add it to your homepage.To do this: click on ‘Add a widget to the panel...’, scroll down to Add More Widgets box and find a widget by clicking on Featured Widgets, All Widgets or Search tab. Click on More Details then Add To My Home. Return to your homepage and the widget will be visible.

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  • Image for 'Continuous Improvement Toolkit' widget.

    Continuous Improvement Toolkit

    This feature uses tabs to navigate to sub pages. It contains The Continuous Improvement Toolkit which has been designed by the Scottish Government Improvement Support Team to aid NHS Scotland in achieving a culture of continuous improvement. Created for managers, clinicians and frontline staff in NHSScotland, the toolkit is a generic resource that can be used for any service improvement work. Please click on each tab to read through the information and browse the available links on each page. It is possible to search for a widget and add it to your homepage. To do this: click on Add/Remove Stuff, scroll down to Add More Widgets box and find a widget by clicking on Featured Widgets, All Widgets or Search tab. Click on More Details then Add. Return to your homepage and the widget will be visible.

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  • Image for 'Quality Strategy Image' widget.

    Quality Strategy Image

    This feature displays the Institute of Medicine's 6 Dimensions of Quality diagram which is being used within the Scottish Government's Healthcare Quality Strategy. It is possible to search for a widget and add it to your homepage.To do this: click on ‘Add a widget to the panel...’, scroll down to Add More Widgets box and find a widget by clicking on Featured Widgets, All Widgets or Search tab. Click on More Details then Add To My Home. Return to your homepage and the widget will be visible.

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  • Image for 'Search and browse clinical enquiries' widget.

    Search and browse clinical enquiries

    This feature shows an overview of the key parts of the Clinical Enquiry And Response (CLEAR) community website. It allows you to search and browse the community website and keep up-to-date with the latest additions. It is possible to search for a widget and add it to your homepage.To do this: click on ‘Add a widget to the panel...’, scroll down to Add More Widgets box and find a widget by clicking on Featured Widgets, All Widgets or Search tab. Click on More Details then Add To My Home. Return to your homepage and the widget will be visible.

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  • Image for 'Support Self Management in Practice Toolkit' widget.

    Support Self Management in Practice Toolkit

    This feature offers the Supporting Self Management in Practice Toolkit, an online resource (with a primary care focus) to help staff in NHSScotland and Partner Agencies think creatively about how they can support people with Long Term Conditions to Self Manage. It is a repository of high quality resources to enable support for self management in daily practice. It is possible to search for a widget and add it to your homepage.To do this: click on ‘Add a widget to the panel...’, scroll down to Add More Widgets box and find a widget by clicking on Featured Widgets, All Widgets or Search tab. Click on More Details then Add To My Home. Return to your homepage and the widget will be visible.

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  • Image for 'Testing For The Best' widget.

    Testing For The Best

    This is a link from The Knowledge Network to Testing for the Best. Testing for the Best in Education Development is a resource to help planners, learning and development specialists and others in NHSScotland think creatively about education and training. It is possible to search for a widget and add it to your homepage.To do this: click on ‘Add a widget to the panel...’, scroll down to Add More Widgets box and find a widget by clicking on Featured Widgets, All Widgets or Search tab. Click on More Details then Add To My Home. Return to your homepage and the widget will be visible.

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