Information skills training in April

Information skills training in April:

There are still some places left on our information skills programme in April:

• Evidence for Health
  A hands on workshop focused on some of the best health information resources on the web, including NHS Evidence, the Cochrane Library and Trip.
• Literature Searching
  An introduction to searching for the published literature on databases like Medline and the British Nursing Index.
• Critical Appraisal: an introduction
  The basics of assessing the quality of research evidence.
• Critical Appraisal: in action
  a interactive follow up group session giving you the opportunity to appraise a randomised controlled trial.

We can also tailor a session for you individually, or in groups. If you need training for your team, something for a PLT session or even for an event or conference, we can help. Contact us for more information.

£1m to help 6,000 see an NHS dentist in Northamptonshire

£1m to help 6,000 see an NHS dentist in Northamptonshire:
DENTAL services have been given £1 million of Government money to allow 6,600 more people to join NHS surgeries in Northamptonshire. Northampton Chronicle and Echo

Delays cost East Midlands Ambulance Service £4m in nine months

Delays cost East Midlands Ambulance Service £4m in nine months:
DELAYS by paramedics between dropping off patients and getting ready for another 999 call, wasted £4.5 million for the ambulance service in Northamptonshire in nine months. Northampton Chronicle and Echo

Top judge criticises investigation delays into misconduct of nurses at Northampton care home

Top judge criticises investigation delays into misconduct of nurses at Northampton care home:
A TOP judge has hit out at delays in dealing with nurses facing misconduct charges over events which led to five pensioners dying at a Northampton nursing home. Northampton Chronicle and Echo

Prescription fee goes up to £7.65

Prescription fee goes up to £7.65: An increase in NHS prescription charges in England of 25p to £7.65 comes into effect, as dental treatment costs also rise. BBC News

VIDEO: English NHS bill's passage into law

VIDEO: English NHS bill's passage into law: The government's NHS bill for England finally became law in the last week despite months of arguments and protests. BBC News

Seven-day consultant cover 'best'

Seven-day consultant cover 'best': Senior doctors should be in hospitals for at least 12 hours a day, seven days a week, a leading medical college has said. BBC News

BMA announce timetable for industrial action ballot

BMA announce timetable for industrial action ballot: The British Medical Association (BMA) has announced plans to hold an ballot on industrial action. NHS Employers

Macmillan Cancer Support report: The age old excuse-the under treatment of older cancer patients

This report from Macmillan Cancer Support examines what it is like to be an older person going through cancer treatment and whether they get the treatment they should?
 
The Charity expresses concern about a number of issues that may contribute to under treatment:
 
. Recommendations on treatment are too often being made on the basis of age, regardless of how fit patients may be.
 
. Assessments do not adequately measure an older person's ability to cope with treatment, and co-existing health problems are often not identified or effectively managed.
 
. Many patients do not take up treatment because they have inadequate practical support to help them at home, with transport, or with care for dependent spouses and other family.
 
. Older people are not represented on enough clinical trials, reducing the amount of evidence available to clinicians on benefits and risks of cancer treatment and impact on quality ... Macmillian Cancer Support

NHS patients to be treated by Virgin Care in £500m deal

NHS patients to be treated by Virgin Care in £500m deal: Private company, Virgin Care, finalises £500 million contract to run NHS community health services in Surrey. The Daily Telegraph

Glut of NHS doctors by 2020, report warns

Glut of NHS doctors by 2020, report warns: Thousands of junior doctors and medical students may have to take jobs overseas as the NHS faces an oversupply of 20,000 consultants within the next decade, a report has suggested. The Daily Telegraph

Doctors 'too slow' diagnosing dementia'

Doctors 'too slow' diagnosing dementia': Doctors in parts of the country are not diagnosing dementia early enough and must be better trained in order to improve treatment, the head of Britain's largest biomedical research charity has said. The Daily Telegraph

Bureaucrats return to lead doctors' groups

Bureaucrats return to lead doctors' groups:
Two-thirds of the new bodies charged with running health services under the Government's controversial reforms have hired a bureaucrat, not a doctor, as their boss. The Independent

Compliance Framework 2012/13

Compliance Framework 2012/13: The Compliance Framework sets out the approach we are taking in 2012/13 to assess the compliance of foundation trusts with their terms of Authorisation and to intervene where necessary. Monitor