Monday 2 February 2015

New national collection of electronic resources available from April 2015

New national collection of electronic resources available from April 2015 NICE have now finished their re-procurement of the NHS National Core Content. The core content is a selection of electronic resources that are purchased on behalf of all NHS staff in England and available via NHS Open Athens accounts.The new core content selection will be available from April 2015 until March 2018 and consists of:Databases (available via HDAS):
  • AMED (Allied and complementary medicine)
  • British Nursing Index
  • CINAHL full text (Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature)
  • Embase
  • Health Business Elite
  • HMIC (Health Management Information Consortium)
  • Medline
  • PsychARTICLES ~new~
  • PsychInfo
Electronic journals collections (available via My Journals and HDAS):
The renewal of the existing resources, plus the addition of the Proquest and PsycARTICLES collections mean even more electronic journal titles are available, in addition to those purchased locally by our service on your behalf. NHFT Library Service

​Northampton General Hospital reveal major expansion plans which would DOUBLE the hospital in size

​Northampton General Hospital reveal major expansion plans which would DOUBLE the hospital in size A huge expansion to Northampton General Hospital could almost the size of the main building. Plans have been unveiled by NGH to build a large multi-storey ward to the south of the main hospital site. Northants Herald and Post

Getting involved in the NHS

Getting involved in the NHS The NHS in Northamptonshire is asking people to get involved in its development.

Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (NHFT) has been holding an NHFT Involvement Week all this week. Northamptonshire Telegraph

Free materials to support the Care Certificate implementation launched

Free materials to support the Care Certificate implementation launched Materials to support employers preparing to implement for the Care Certificate, including revised standards and guidance, are now available to download. The materials are intended as a first step for employers, to prepare them for the official launch of the Care Certificate in March 2015.

This will help employers become familiar with the fifteen new Standards, and how to assess members of staff completing The Care Certificate.

For more information please visit our updated Care Certificate page. Health Education England

Redesigning health and social care: challenges and opportunities from an IT and digital perspective

Redesigning health and social care: challenges and opportunities from an IT and digital perspective This report presents a high-level, illustrated guide to recent and forthcoming reforms, including the Health and Social Care Act 2012 and the Care Act 2014, and sets out some of the consequences, especially for IT and digital policy and activity. Socitm

Doctors urged to tell patients names

Doctors urged to tell patients names More than 90 NHS organisations back a terminally ill doctor's campaign to encourage healthcare staff to introduce themselves to patients. BBC News

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Stroke campaign 'reduced disability'

Stroke campaign 'reduced disability' Campaign to raise awareness of stroke symptoms saves thousands from lasting damage, Public Health England says. BBC News

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NHS mental health care ‘pushed to breaking point by lack of beds’

NHS mental health care ‘pushed to breaking point by lack of beds’Patients are being put at serious risk, says Royal College of Psychiatrists – on some days in some areas there are simply no beds available

The lack of acute beds available to mental health patients has left the system at breaking point, the Royal College of Psychiatrists has said.

Illustrating the scale of the problem, the college said it understood that on one occasion last year there were no beds available for adults in England. It called for action to tackle the problem. Continue reading... The Guardian

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Child obesity rates are 'stabilising'

Child obesity rates are 'stabilising' "The rise in childhood obesity … may be beginning to level off," BBC News reports. Researchers examined trends in child and adolescent rates of overweight and obesity using electronic GP records from 1994 to 2013.

The data shows there was a significant increase in child and adolescent overweight and obesity rates every year during the first decade from 1994 to 2003. Overall, annual rates did not increase significantly during the second decade, 2004 to 2013.

However, when split by age category, the results showed there was still a significant upward trend in overweight and obesity rates for the oldest age group (11 to 15 years) – albeit with less of an increase than there was in the first decade. At its maximum in recent years, overweight and obesity has affected almost two-fifths of adolescents in this age group.

Infographic: How the NHS PR bill is spent

Infographic: How the NHS PR bill is spent An investigation using the Freedom of Information Act has found how much seven NHS organisations or regulators spend on PR and how this will, or is projected to, increase in 2014/15. GP Online

David Cameron’s brother-in-law issues NHS warning

David Cameron’s brother-in-law issues NHS warning Cardiologist married to the prime minister’s sister speaks of ‘extraordinary challenges’ facing hospitals

Labour has called on David Cameron to heed his brother-in-law’s warning that the NHS is under unprecedented pressure.

Dr Carl Brookes, a cardiologist married to the prime minister’s sister, told his local newspaper that hospitals such as his in Hampshire were facing “extraordinary challenges”. Continue reading... The Guardian

Patient discontent with health and care ‘being masked’ by fear of complaining

Patient discontent with health and care ‘being masked’ by fear of complaining The true scale of public discontent with the NHS and social care is being masked by the genuine fear of patients and vulnerable elderly people that they will face reprisals if they report their poor experiences, according to the head of Healthwatch England. The Independent