Annual Evidence Updates for December

If you've ever done a literature search, you'll know how time-consuming it can be. The Specialist Collections in NHS Evidence produce Annual Evidence Updates (AEUs) which undertake a review of all the literature published on a specific topic within the last 12 months. So if there is an update on a topic in your field of interest, it will save you time AND keep you up-to-date with the latest evidence! Take a look at the updates published this month - you might have an early present...


6th December

Alcoholic liver disease (NHS Evidence - gastroenterology and liver diseases)
Alcohol misuse produces a spectrum of liver injury ranging from simple fatty change through alcoholic hepatitis to cirrhosis and, in some 20% of individuals, to hepatocellular carcinoma. The update will present an overview of the best systematic reviews from the past year, along with commentaries from experts in the field. There will also be links to useful policy documents and other items of interest.
View it here from the 6th Dec: http://www.library.nhs.uk/gastroliver/

Malignancies post kidney transplant (NHS Evidence - kidney diseases and male urogenital disorders)
This update on post-transplant lymphoproliferative disease (PTLD) has reviewed the literature published over the last year and found relevant systematic reviews, randomised controlled trials and cohort studies. It will also assess the impact of the new evidence published since the introduction of the BSH/BTS guidelines for the diagnosis and management of PTLD in June 2010.
View it here from the 6th December: http://www.library.nhs.uk/kidney/

13 December

CAM for lower back pain (NHS Evidence - complementary and alternative medicine)
This update includes a list of systematic reviews, meta-analyses and selected randomised controlled trials published since September 2009, along with commentaries from experts.
View it here from the 13th Dec: http://www.library.nhs.uk/cam/

Familial hypercholesterolaemia (NHS Evidence - genetic conditions)
It is over two years since NICE clinical guidance 71 'Identification and management of familial hypercholesterolaemia' was published and the topic continues to generate interest among healthcare professionals. This update includes a list of relevant guidelines, systematic reviews, meta-analyses and selected randomised controlled trials published in the last year, together with a commentary written by a relevant expert.
View it here from the 13th Dec: http://www.library.nhs.uk/geneticconditions/

Headache (NHS Evidence - neurological conditions)
The Project Team has carried out a systematic literature search on headache to identify all high level evidence published since the date of the last Headache AEU in August 2009, including guidelines, systematic reviews, health technology assessments and economic evaluations. Leading headache and migraine experts from around the UK have read and appraised these for their validity and relevance to the busy clinician. A list of the papers deemed worthy of inclusion, along with expert commentaries by reviewers, will be freely available on the site. The project team have also identified uncertainties in research to contribute to the DUETs database (see www.library.nhs.uk/duets for more details).
View it here from the 13th December: http://www.library.nhs.uk/neurological/

Spinal diseases (NHS Evidence - trauma and orthopaedics)
NHS Evidence - trauma and orthopaedics in conjunction with NHS Evidence - musculoskeletal have produced an Annual Evidence Update on Spinal Diseases. As in previous years, we have included guidelines and systematic reviews which have been published within the last 12 months. This Annual Evidence Update includes reviews covering disc surgery and minimally invasive surgery along with various therapies and treatments. This topic should be of particular interest to all health professionals working in this field.
View it here from the 13th Dec: http://www.library.nhs.uk/trauma_orthopaedics/

White paper update for all NHS North West Staff

Please note that the DH business plan (2011 – 2015) is now available on the DH website at http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Publications/PublicationsPolicyAndGuidance/DH_121393

This business plan sets out the vision and priorities for the Department of Health, and in the Structural Reform section the key commitments involved in delivering their reform programme. The Transparency section of the plan sets out the key indicators that the DH believe are most useful to the public in understanding the costs and outcomes of health and social care services, and also provides a wealth of additional data that Boards and the public will find useful, and which is further expanded in the supporting Information Strategy that accompanies the plan.

NOVEMBER 2010

A splash of colour as the days get darker...

Staff at Stepping Hill - the library needs your help!

The library is running a survey about health promotion this month and we need to gather as many responses from hospital staff as we possibly can.

Recently, members of library staff visited some of the wards, armed with yellow questionnaires (and free pens!) and asked clinical staff to complete our survey. If you are employed by Stockport NHS Foundation Trust, and if you haven't already done a library survey on the ward, please help us by completing one online. There are only 6 questions, and the survey should take less than 30 seconds to complete. (We've timed it!)

There is a link to the survey on the library's microsite on the hospital intranet, or you can click on the link here: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/HR9KDJQ

We have free pens, fridge magnets and keyrings for anyone who comes into the library and completes a survey for us! Available while stocks last... :-)

Free access to Springer journals for the month of November

The journal provider Springer is offering free access to selected journals from now until the 30th November. Journals included in the free content give-away include the following:

Canadian Journal of Anesthesia
Critical Ultrasound Journal
International Journal of Emergency Medicine
Journal of Anesthesia
Journal of Clinical Monitoring and Computing

Journals from a wide variety of medical specialties have been made freely available for this month. Click on the following link to see all the journals in the Medical collection that have free access: http://www.springer.com/medicine?SGWID=0-10054-12-773705-0

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!

Training sessions being held this month

There's no such thing as a free lunch, but there IS such a thing as a free training session! So come along and learn something new, or refresh your memory if it's been a while since you used the library's resources.
And best of all, it won't cost you a bean!

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

Tuesday 05 Oct 9 - 10am

Bite Sized Option: Accessing Full Text Articles
Tuesday 12 Oct 4 - 5pm

In-Depth Literature Searching

Monday 18 Oct 1.30 - 4.30pm

Bite Sized Option: Electronic Books

Friday 22 Oct 12 - 1pm

Bite Sized Option: Literature Searching

Wednesday 27 Oct 4 - 5pm

Please phone the library on 0161 419 4690 to book your place on a course.

Annual Evidence Updates to be published in October

Annual Evidence Updates highlight the best current evidence for selected healthcare topics. They consist of good quality information from a search of the literature over 12 months, plus user-friendly summaries by relevant experts. Here are the topics due out this month:

Heart failure (NHS Evidence-cardiovascular)
Topics in this update will include diagnosis, pharmacology, organisation of care, devices, rehabilitation, palliative care and psychology.
View it here from the 4th Oct: http://www.library.nhs.uk/cardiovascular/

Complementary and Alternative Medicine for depression (NHS Evidence-complementary and alternative medicine)
Evidence on specific therapies such as acupuncture, diet and nutrition, herbal medicine, massage, meditation and mindfulness, and yoga.
View it here from the 4th Oct: http://www.library.nhs.uk/cam/

Depression (NHS Evidence-mental health)
Topics in this update will include neuropsychology; diagnosis and risk factors; pharmacological treatments including SSRIs, SNRIs and TCAs; psychosocial treatments including CBT and CCBT; other treatments including electroconvulsive therapy and transcranial magnetic stimulation; genetics; co-morbidity and dual diagnosis.
View it here from the 4th Oct: http://www.library.nhs.uk/mentalhealth/

Breast cancer (NHS Evidence-cancer)
View it here from the 11th Oct: http://www.library.nhs.uk/cancer/

Ethnicity (NHS Evidence-ethnicity and health)
Topics to be covered in this update will include breast cancer, refugee health, black and minority ethnic carers, end of life care and childhood heart risk factors.
View it here from the 18th Oct: http://www.library.nhs.uk/ethnicity/

Service reconfiguration (NHS Evidence-health management)
Evidence about several aspects of service reconfiguration, including those that affect several clinical specialisms.
View it here from the 25th Oct: http://www.library.nhs.uk/healthmanagement/

Two quality sources of patient information

Healthtalkonline and Youth Healthtalk are evidence-based collections of patient experiences, discussing themes such as reactions to diagnosis, effect on work or social life, treatment options or side-effects. Youth Healthtalk focuses on young people's concerns about health and illness.

Both websites are produced by the charity Database of Individual Patient Experience (DIPEx) and use rigorous and systematic research methods to collect and analyse interviews with people in the UK from all ethnic groups. These accounts, in video, audio or written format, ensure that a full range of patients' perspectives are presented.

You can encourage patients and their families to visit these websites to help them make informed decisions about a particular condition or illness, treatment options and support.

Healthtalkonline is available here: http://www.healthtalkonline.org/

You can access Youth Healthtalk here: http://www.youthhealthtalk.org/

Emerald Healthcare Management Resources

The library has arranged a free trial of Emerald Management First, an online collection of journals and books covering topics such as HR, leadership, change management, strategy and finance.

Staff working for Stockport NHS Foundation Trust can log in with their NHS Athens account to access the full text content. This free trial is available from now until the 22nd October so make the most of this opportunity! Staff working for NHS Stockport should contact the library on 0161 419 4690 for more information.

Access the collection here before October 22nd: http://first.emeraldinsight.com/.

Child and Maternal Health Observatory

The national Child and Maternal Health Observatory ('ChiMat') supports commissioners, managers and other stakeholders who work within maternal and children's health.

Resources include a database of publications, policies and guidance, a range of key information sources and online toolkits.

The website produces a weekly Knowledge Update with news, events, reports and research, to help inform decision-making for high-quality, cost-effective services.

Take a look at the resources available from the ChiMat website here: http://www.chimat.org.uk/default.aspx

The ChiMat Knowledge Update can be downloaded here: http://www.chimat.org.uk/resource/view.aspx?QN=CHMK9#ChiMat

SEPTEMBER 2010

Due to technical difficulties, no photo this time! James will be back next month...

Annual Evidence Updates for September

After a summer break, the schedule for Annual Evidence Updates (AEUs) is up and running again. AEUs are produced by NHS Evidence's Specialist Collections, and consist of good-quality evidence selected from the research published on a particular topic over a 12 month period. They also often include user-friendly summaries written by relevant experts and links to guidelines and other information.

Here is a list of the Annual Evidence Updates due to be published this month. Visit the websites on the day of publication and see the information available. If there is an update in your area, you won't have to do a literature search because the Specialist Collections will have done all the hard work for you!

6th Sept: Gastrointestinal symptoms in supportive and palliative care (NHS Evidence - supportive and palliative care)

6th Sept: Epilepsy (NHS Evidence - neurological conditions)

13th Sept: Alzheimer's disease and dementia (NHS Evidence - later life)

13th Sept: Eczema (NHS Evidence - skin disorders)

13th Sept: Diabetic retinopathy (NHS Evidence – diabetes)

20th Sept: Osteoarthritis (NHS Evidence - trauma and orthopaedics)

20th Sept: Surgical aspects of faecal incontinence (NHS Evidence - surgery, anaesthesia, perioperative and critical care)

27th Sept: Antenatal and pregnancy care (NHS Evidence - women's health)

27th Sept: Amblyopia (NHS Evidence - eyes and vision)

School Mental Health - free access for 2010

The publishers of School Mental Health have made the articles in this journal freely available for 2010.

School Mental Health publishes the latest research related to prevention, education, and treatment practices that target the emotional and behavioral health of children in the education system.

You can access the full text of the articles here, until the end of the year: http://www.springerlink.com/content/1866-2625

Some useful free resources from the Open University

1. Discover how to search for, evaluate and manage information: http://www.open.ac.uk/safari/

2. Open Research Online is the Open University's repository of research publications and other research outputs. It is an Open Access resource that can be searched and browsed freely by members of the public: http://oro.open.ac.uk/

3. iKnow is all about information and knowledge at work. The site offers a variety of free resources aimed at helping you to find and manage information effectively at work: http://iknow.open.ac.uk/wordpress/

4. OpenLearn gives you free access to learning materials from The Open University: http://iknow.open.ac.uk/wordpress/

Emerald Health Care Management Collection trial

The trial will run from Monday 20th September – Friday 22nd October and will use Athens logons. For Stockport staff unfamiliar with Athens logons we will be able to provide a username and password.

http://www.emeraldinsight.com/products/portfolio/pdf/healthcare_management_healthcare.pdf will link to information about the Emerald Health Care Management Collection. We will be trialling this and the surround portal Emerald Management First.

Needlestick injuries - a new article by a member of our staff

Congratulations to Jean Rogers, Practice Education Facilitator at Stepping Hill Hospital, whose article on needlestick injuries is on the cover of the August 11th issue of the Nursing Standard.

Her article is called ‘Venous thromboprophylaxis: reducing needlestick injury’, and can be found in the Nursing Standard, volume 24, issue 49, pages 35-41. You can read the article in print in the library at Pinewood House, or online at the following address: http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?Ver=1&Exp=04-02-2011&RQT=318&PMID=36596

(You'll need an Athens account to access the journal electronically – please contact the library on 0161 419 4690 if you do not have one).

Jean has also co-authored a book called Orthopaedic and Trauma Nursing, which is due out in February. Well done Jean!

Return of the Lost Books

We have just completed a long overdue stock take and there are a number of books missing.

Have you seen a library book left in a corner?

Lurking in a locker?

Abandoned on a ward?

Just round up any lost books and herd them along to the Library. They will be welcomed home.

New Term = New Learning Opportunity

Friday 03 September 2010 - Time: 9am - 12pm
The Best Evidence Based Resources

Monday 13 September 2010 - Time: 3 - 4pm

Tuesday 12 October 2010 - Time: 4 - 5pm

Bite Sized Option: Accessing Full Text Articles

Thursday 23 September 2010 - Time: 9 -10am

Wednesday 27 October 2010 - Time: 4 - 5pm

Bite Sized Option: Literature Searching

Friday 24 September 2010 - Time: 9am - 12pm

Monday 18 October 2010 - Time: 1.30 - 4.30pm

IN DEPTH Literature Searching

Monday 27 September 2010 - Time: 9.30am - 12pm
Using PubMed Effectively

Tuesday 05 October 2010 - Time: 9 - 10am

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

Friday 22 October 2010 - Time: 12 - 1pm
Bite Sized Option: Electronic Books

To book, call the Library on 0161 419 4690. All courses are free to Stockport NHS employees and NHS students. If you work in Greater Manchester in the NHS, you can attend provided there are places available

Centre for Workforce Intelligence (CfWI) new web portal

The Centre for Workforce Intelligence (CfWI) is the new national authority on workforce planning and development providing advice and information to the NHS and social care system. It provides an easily accessible route to NHS and social care planners, clinicians and commissioners seeking workforce planning and development expertise to improve NHS and social care services.

You will need to register to get into the detail of the site @ http://www.cfwi.org.uk/

Wiley journals - a useful tip!

When accessing a journal provided by Wiley Online Library, please be aware that you need to log in with your Athens account BEFORE finding your article. To log in, click on Institutional login in the top right hand corner of the journal`s homepage. Then click on Go to Athens and type in your Athens username and password. You can then browse the issues and locate the article you want in the usual way.

Library downtime in the hospital

The IT department has scheduled updates of various computer systems around the hospital on Saturday 21st August. The library catalogue and the photocopier / printer in the library will be unavailable from 8 - 9 am on Saturday while this essential maintenance is being carried out. This will occur on the 3rd Saturday of each month from now on.

AUGUST 2010

The English winter - ending in July,

To recommence in August.

LORD BYRON (1788 - 1824)

Instead of a British picture this month, here's one from my trip to Iceland.

The maximum temperature there in summer is a chilly 17 degrees!

Current diagnostic pathology

The library has access to Current Diagnostic Pathology from 2003 to 2007.

The link will be on the library's
Journals A-Z shortly.

In 2008, this journal changed its name to Diagnostic Histopathology, and your Stockport Athens account will give you fulltext access from 2008 up to the current issue.

To see issues from Current Diagnostic Pathology, click here: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/09686053

For Diagnostic Histopathology, click here: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/17562317