Raid on DH’s capital budget rises to £640m –  Health Service Journal The Treasury agreed a further £150m transfer from the Department of Health’s capital budget in the early months of 2015 to help the health service cope with ongoing revenue spending pressures, HSJ can reveal. NHS Staff Survey 2014 findings…

Literature Search Service – Southport & Ormskirk Library & Knowledge Service We offer a specialised enquiry and literature search service. Let us know what information you need and we will do the searching for you. We carry out complex searches on databases such as The Cochrane Library, Medline, CINAHL, PsycINFO…

Implementing the NHS five year forward view – The King’s Fund This report calls for fundamental changes to how health services are commissioned, paid for and regulated to deliver the vision of the NHS five year forward view. Raising awareness of needlestick injuries in healthcare settings – HM Government At the fifth…

DynaMed introduces a new mobile app! If you use the clinical reference tool, DynaMed™ which the Library & Knowledge Service subscribes to, you can now access the valuable, evidence-based content anywhere with the new DynaMed mobile app. The new app has been redesigned to make it easier and faster to find…

National review of avoidable deaths ordered by health secretary – Nursing Times An annual national review of avoidable deaths is to be introduced to help hospital boards have a “laser-like focus” on eradicating mortalities that could have been prevented, the health secretary has announced. Contact the Library & Knowledge Service to…

£1.2m fund for volunteers to help under pressure A&Es – Health Service Journal Trusts will be given an extra £1.2m to fund 700 volunteers to help ease pressures on accident and emergency departments. Contact the Library & Knowledge Service to request this article or Phn. 01704 704202 New presentation for Choice…

Community trust abandons FT bid – Health Service Journal STRUCTURE: Liverpool Community Health Trust has abandoned its bid for foundation trust status after concluding it no longer represented a sustainable future for the trust. Contact the Library & Knowledge Service to request this article or Phn. 01704 704202 NHS managers…

Nursing revalidation will raise standards, says NMC chief – Health Service Journal Implementing revalidation for the nursing profession will raise standards, the chief executive of the Nursing and Midwifery Council has said. Contact the Library & Knowledge Service to request this article or Phn. 01704 704202 Language Controls For Nurses, Midwives,…