Library Bulletin

Community Mental Health Services

The most recent current awareness bulletin for Community Mental Health Services (produced by Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Trust) is now available to view and download.

If you need support accessing any of the journal articles please contact: academic.library@lscft.nhs.uk

Covid 19 Communication Handbook

A practical guide for improving vaccine communication and fighting misinformation

A practical guide (in wiki format) for improving vaccine communication and fighting misinformation. This project tracks behavioural science evidence and advice about COVID-19 vaccine uptake.

A Close-Up View of a Covid-19 Vaccine Vial on Blue Background

To find out more click here.

Healthy Eating

We are promoting healthy eating in the library this month

The library team will be sharing their favourite healthy eating recipes with you throughout January.

Today’s recipe is for Black and Kidney Bean Chilli, a great warming, comforting healthy recipe which is easy to make and only takes around ten minutes to put together.

Please email your own favourite recipes to us at academic.library@lscft.nhs.uk  0r share them (or photos of your creations) with us on Twitter @LsftL

Caring for and supporting volunteers

How can leaders support the wellbeing of volunteers?

Source: The King’s Fund

In this latest article from our Leading through Covid-19 series, Samaritans branch director Helen Goldsmith outlines how the charity has prioritised the immediate and long-term wellbeing of volunteers during the pandemic.

To read the article click here.

Digital Inclusion in Mental Health

A guide to help improve access to digital mental health services

Source: The King’s Fund Health and Wellbeing Bulletin

In the wake of Covid-19, the use of remote or digital mental health services was accelerated or adopted to ensure individuals who need services could continue to access support. This guide aims to help mental health service providers ensure all individuals in need of mental health services have choice in the care they receive, and nobody is excluded due to a lack of digital access, confidence or skills.

To find out more click here.

Healthy Eating

We are promoting healthy eating in the library this month

The library team will be sharing their favourite healthy eating recipes with you throughout January.

Today’s recipe is for Mixed Vegetable and Bean Curry, a reduced fat, nutritious vegetarian curry which is both filling and delicious.

Please email your own favourite recipes to us at academic.library@lscft.nhs.uk  0r share them (or photos of your creations) with us on Twitter @LsftL

Public Health

Current Awareness Updates

Everybody active, every day: framework for physical activity.
Public Health England (PHE); 2021.
(An evidence-based approach for national and local action to address the physical inactivity epidemic. 8 January 2021: Added report ‘Muscle and bone strengthening activities for children and young people (5 to 18 years)’.)

SARS-CoV-2 genomic sequencing for public health goals: Interim guidance, 8 January 2021.
World Health Organization (WHO); 2021.
(This document provides policy-makers and stakeholders with guidance on how to maximize the public health benefit of SARS-CoV-2 genomic sequencing activities in the short and long term as the pandemic continues to unfold. This guidance focuses on SARS-CoV-2 but is applicable to other pathogens of public health concern.)

Inclusion health: applying All Our Health.
Public Health England (PHE); 2021.
(Guidance to help health professionals prevent ill health and promote wellbeing of individuals in inclusion health groups. This resource includes guidance on: why and how to take action on inclusion health in your professional practice; understanding local needs; measuring impact. It provides recommendations for frontline workers, team leaders, managers and senior or strategic leaders.)

Wound aware: a resource for drug services.
Public Health England (PHE); 2021.
(Information for drug services to help them prevent, identify, treat and manage wounds in people who inject drugs. The resource includes practice notes aimed at service users and examples of good practice.)

Adult excess weight: patterns and trends Public Health England (PHE); 2021

(Trends in adult overweight, obesity and raised waist circumference are shown. Patterns are examined by age, sex, ethnic group, and area deprivation.)

Past COVID-19 infection provides some immunity but people may still carry and transmit virus Public Health England (PHE); 2021

(Study finds past coronavirus (COVID-19) infection provides some immunity for at least 5 months, but people may still carry and transmit the virus.)

Healthy Eating

We are promoting healthy eating in the library this month

The library team will be sharing their favourite healthy eating recipes with you throughout January.

Today’s recipe is for Italian Tuna Balls, a healthy alternative to traditional meat balls, quick and easy to make.

Please email your own favourite recipes to us at academic.library@lscft.nhs.uk or share them (or photos of your creations) with us on Twitter @LsftL

The IFS Deaton Review of Inequalities

A new year’s message

Source: The King’s Fund Health and Wellbeing Bulletin

This report examines the impact of the pandemic on educational, economic, social and health inequalities in the UK. It outlines data and evidence on the groups that have been most heavily impacted by widening inequalities and Covid-19.

Key findings include:

  • The COVID crisis has exacerbated inequalities between the high- and low-paid and between graduates and non-graduates.
  • The crisis has hit the self-employed and others in insecure and non-traditional forms of employment especially hard.
  • Educational inequalities will almost certainly have been exacerbated by the crisis
  • Between March and July, mortality rates from COVID-19 were twice as high in the most deprived areas as in the least deprived.
  • The crisis has had very different impacts on different ethnic groups.
  • Through 2020, pensioners have on average reported becoming financially better off, whilst the young have borne the brunt of job and income loss. (The IFS Deaton Review of Inequalities)

To find out more click here.