Annual Evidence Updates for November

The following Annual Evidence Updates are scheduled for November:

1 November
Head and Neck Cancer www.library.nhs.uk/cancer
The update will include expert commentaries on the following topics:
* Causes, risks and prevention
* Screening
* Assessment and diagnosis
* Treatment and disease management
* Service delivery and standards.

Annual Evidence Update on Psoriasis www.library.nhs.uk/skin
"What’s new” analysis, discussing the new evidence and its implications for clinical practice — this year written by Dr Amy Foulkes, Professor Chris Griffiths and Dr Richard Warren.

8 November
Diabetes www.library.nhs.uk/diabetes
New relevant systematic reviews on diabetes under the following topic headings: co-morbidities, complications, condition management, delivery of care, diagnosis/classification, economics, ethnicity, epidemiology, genetics, gestational diabetes, living with diabetes, other types of diabetes, patient education, pre-diabetic state, pregnancy, prevention/causes/risk factors, and screening. Also this year, expert commentaries have been invited on the topics of diabetes nursing, diabetic nephropathy and dietetics.

15 November
COPD www.library.nhs.uk/respiratory
The Annual Evidence Update for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) will present the latest evidence published in the this area over the last 12 months.

End of life care www.library.nhs.uk/commissioning and www.library.nhs.uk/improvement
Areas to be covered are:
* Measuring quality
* Access to care
* Patient experience, including communication
* Pathways
* Carers, including bereavement and after death care
* Policy and professional organisation documents

Lung cancer www.library.nhs.uk/cancer
The following topics are covered:
* Causes, risks and prevention
* Screening
* Assessment and diagnosis
* Treatment and disease management
* Service delivery and standards

22 November
Glaucoma www.library.nhs.uk/eyes
This update will present the following topics:
* Diagnosis,
* Monitoring/follow up,
* Treatment (medical, surgical and laser),
* Patient education,
* Service provision,
* Routine NHS information.

Supportive and palliative care in chronic lung disease www.library.nhs.uk/palliative
This Annual Evidence Update addresses dyspnoea (or breathlessness) and cough, which is less common but can nevertheless be just as distressing for patients with cancer and other chronic conditions.

29 November
HIV/AIDs www.library.nhs.uk/infections and www.library.nhs.uk/publichealth
To coincide with World Aids Day on 1 December
The Update will focus on HIV and TB co-infection, with guidelines, systematic reviews and other evidence that has emerged in the last 12 months.

Expert commentaries include:
* The global overview of HIV and TB co-infection
* An overview of the BHIVA guidelines for treatment of HIV and TB co-infection
* Clinical implications of HIV and TB co-infection for GPs
* An overview of HIV and TB co-infection in the UK
* Diagnostic tests and guidelines

The Annual Evidence Update from the National Library for Public Health will identify and contextualise all high-level evidence and guidelines on behaviour change interventions in high-risk populations including ethnic minorities, gay men, injecting drug users, commercial sex workers, and other populations.

Special care dentistry www.library.nhs.uk/oralhealth
The 2010 Update is published to coincide with meetings of the two professional societies for special care dentistry (British Society for Disability and Oral Health and British Society of Gerodontology). The Update brings together new guidance and systematic reviews.

Stroke www.library.nhs.uk/stroke
This update for health professionals and patients will present significant advances in knowledge about stroke rehabilitation. Topics will include organisation of care, upper limbs, mobility, speech and language, basic personal needs, cognition and perception and living with stroke.

Spending Review 2010

The NHS Evidence - health management specialist collection has put together a briefing on the Government's Spending Review. This briefing includes the main Spending Review documents alongside press coverage and analysis from associations such as the BMA and the RCN. There are also links to related research and evidence. Content will be added and updated as more analysis and responses are published over the next few weeks.

You can find the briefing here:
http://www.library.nhs.uk/healthManagement/Page.aspx?pagename=SPENDING

Oxford Textbook of Medicine

Oxford University Press has published a web-based version of the new (5th) edition of the Oxford Textbook of Medicine. This version contains over 2,500 figures and illustrations which can be downloaded in PowerPoint and used in presentations and lectures. There are links via PubMed to original sources mentioned in the references, and the web-based layout makes it easier to browse and search the 600 chapters.

The library has a free trial of this e-book until the end of November. To view the resource online, click on http://www.oxfordtextbookofmedicine.com/ and log in with your Athens username and password when prompted.

The publishers welcome any feedback you may have and have provided a link on the website's homepage. Please let them know what you think of the new format before the end of November.

Training for November and December

Make an early New Year's resolution and attend a free training course!

Friday 05 November 2010 - IN DEPTH Literature Searching
Time: 9am - 12pm

Wednesday 10 November 2010 -

Bite Sized Option: Accessing Full Text Articles
Time: 1 -2pm

Monday 15 November 2010 -

The Best Evidence Based Resources
Time: 1.30 - 4.30pm

Friday 26 November 2010 -

Bite Sized Option: Internet for Beginners

Time: 9 - 10am

Tuesday 30 November 2010 -

Bite Sized Option: Literature Searching

Time: 12 - 1pm

Monday 06 December 2010 -

Bite Sized Option: ATHENS It’s all Greek to me!

Time: 4 - 5pm

Friday 10 December 2010 -

Using PubMed Effectively

Time: 9.30am - 12pm

Friday 17 December 2010 -

Bite Sized Option : Literature Searching

Time: 9 - 10am

OCTOBER 2010

Here's a new photo from James. Highly appropriate for today!

Oxford Textbook of Medicine - free trial coming soon!

The library will soon receive a one-month trial of the new web-based edition of the Oxford Textbook of Medicine. We'll let you know as soon as it's available, and how to access it. If you try it out and have any comments, please let us know.

Watch this space...

Survey of hospital staff - your help is needed!

This month, the library will be sending out a survey to staff at Stepping Hill Hospital about patient information. We'll put an electronic version on the intranet, but we'll also be visiting departments around the hospital, asking staff to complete the questionnaire. Don't worry, there are only 5 questions and it takes less than 1 minute to complete (we've timed it!) So please help us by doing the survey when you see it. Many thanks in advance!