This is just a reminder that the next Lunch and Learn session will be held via Teams on Monday 13th December between 12pm and 1pm.
This session will feature Joanne McLoughin, Professional OT Lead, talking about fatigue.
Teams invites have been sent to all our Library registered users. If you would like an invite to be extended to you or your team please email: carmel.smith@lscft.nhs.uk
The current bulletin for Public Health, produced by Greater Manchester Mental Health Trust, is now available to view and download here
For support accessing any of the articles within the bulletin please contact: academic.library@lscft.nhs.uk
Thank-you to everyone who attended our lunch and learn session yesterday. Our guest speaker, Paul Bibby, Head of Strategy and Business Planning, gave a very interesting presentation about the Trust strategy, featuring a short video summarising the key information.
If you missed the session, you can watch the session recording here (please use your LSCFT email to access).
We would really appreciate any feedback on these sessions. If you have a few spare minutes we kindly ask you to complete our survey- which should take no longer than 5 minutes to complete: https://www.surveymonkey.com
Source: Thinking Beyond Boundaries (Making More Health) Podcast Series by the NHS Confederation
Throughout this podcast series, Michael Wood, head of health economic partnerships at the NHS Confederation, will be interviewing a number of Making More Health Fellows – celebrating their achievements, discovering what drove them personally and discussing the particular role social entrepreneurs play in fostering long-term change.
In this episode learn how one woman’s passion for motorbikes led to the transformation of health access for rural communities in Africa.
As a former motorcycle racer, Andrea Coleman, founder and chief executive of Two Wheels for Life and co-founder of Riders for Health, has dedicated her life to using motorcycles for humanitarian causes. Listen in to hear how Andrea has harnessed her passions to optimise healthcare services by providing transport logistics in low-resource settings to ensure that patients receive the care and treatment they deserve.
COVID-19: infection prevention and control (IPC).
UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA); 2021.
[November 2021 Updates: 1) Guidance broadened to include seasonal respiratory infections; 3 COVID-19 specific pathways removed; section on the hierarchy of controls added; physical distancing advice updated. 2) Updated to clarify text on aerosol generating procedures. 3) Dental appendix broadened to include seasonal respiratory infections; 3 COVID-19 specific pathways removed and replaced with respiratory and non-respiratory pathways.]
COVID-19 rapid guideline: managing COVID-19
National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE); 2021.
[In November, NICE added a new recommendation on ivermectin.]
Daily Insight: Another test for NHS staff.
HSJ: Health Service Journal (Daily Insight) 2021;:7031436.
[A letter sent by Chris Whitty, Ruth May and Susan Hopkins has strengthened expectations on NHS staff who have just returned from abroad. NHS workers returning from any non red-list country must have a negative PCR test before returning to work. Also: New guidance has recommended that trusts relax the segregation of patients according to covid-19 risk. There is likely to be a developing picture on infection control guidance over the next few weeks in light of the Omicron variant. 30 November.]
Frequently asked questions: Demonstrating Covid-19 and vaccination status.
House of Commons Library; 2021.
[This briefing paper provides answers to frequently asked questions about demonstrating Covid-19 status (otherwise called Covid-19 status certification) and use of the NHS Covid Pass in England.]
Covid-19 status certification.
House of Commons Library; 2021.
[Covid-19 status certification (also referred to as a “vaccine passport”) has been proposed as a means of reducing the risk of transmitting the Covid-19 virus in a number of settings. This briefing explores the Government’s policy on certification. It also provides discussion on the scientific evidence and other issues associated with the use of certification.]
Responding to violence against women and children during COVID-19: impact on service provision, strategies and actions in the WHO European Region (2021).
World Health Organization (WHO); 2021.
[A new report published by WHO/Europe shows that helplines providing support to women and children experiencing violence saw a spike in calls during the first 9 months of the COVID-19 pandemic. The data in the new report was collected between January and September 2020, a time in which millions of people in the WHO European Region were confined to their homes because of lockdowns or other restrictive measures.]
UK vaccine response to the Omicron variant: JCVI advice.
Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC); 2021.
[Advice from the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) in response to the emergence of the Omicron variant. This statement sets out the JCVI’s advice on extending the UK COVID-19 vaccination programme to offer booster doses to adults aged 18 to 39 years, and second doses to children and young people aged 12 to 15 years.]
Type 2 diabetes in adults: management.
National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE); 2021.
[This guideline covers care and management for adults (aged 18 and over) with type 2 diabetes. It focuses on patient education, dietary advice, managing cardiovascular risk, managing blood glucose levels, and identifying and managing long-term complications. In November 2021, NICE reviewed the evidence on SGLT2 inhibitors for adults with type 2 diabetes and chronic kidney disease, and made new recommendations. See the section on chronic kidney disease for more information.]
Cognitive behavioural social skills training: Methods of a randomized controlled trial for youth at risk of psychosis.[Abstract]
Addington J. Early Intervention in Psychiatry 2021;15(6):1626-1636.
[Poor functioning has become a hallmark of many youth at clinical high-risk (CHR) of psychosis. Even for those who do not make the transition to psychosis remain troubled by functional deficits and a decline in functioning increases the odds of transitioning to psychosis. There are very few treatment studies that have attempted to improve social and role functioning. The aim of this paper is to describe the methods of a treatment study to address social and role functioning in CHR.]
Good health and Wellbeing – Social Prescribing: Global Social Prescribing Alliance Playbook.
Global Social Prescribing Alliance; 2021.
[The Global Social Prescribing Playbook is aimed at people and organisations leading local, national, and international implementation of social prescribing. Among other things this report aims to clarify the role of the link worker and help leaders to plan how they can work with community groups, voluntary organisations and civic society to increase the number of community activities available, including across physical activity, financial wellbeing, arts and culture, and nature.]
Gendered experiences of obesity: Narrowing gender gaps in prevention and treatment.
Social Market Foundation; 2021.
[This report explores gendered experiences of obesity in the UK , examining how obesity rates differ between men and women, the drivers of these trends and the extent to which policy aimed at reducing obesity rates needs to be gender specific.]
Emerging infections: monthly summaries.
UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA); 2021.
[October update on new or emerging infectious disease events that could affect UK public health.]
Substance misuse treatment for adults: statistics 2020 to 2021.
Office for Health Improvement and Disparities; 2021.
[Statistics on alcohol and drug misuse treatment for adults from the National Drug Treatment Monitoring System (NDTMS).]
Environmental enrichment for stroke and other non-progressive brain injury. [Abstract]
Qin H. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2021;11:CD011879.
[OBJECTIVES: To assess the effects of environmental enrichment on well-being, functional recovery, activity levels and quality of life in people who have stroke or non-progressive brain injury.]
The current bulletin for Eating Disorders, produced by Greater Manchester Mental Health Trust, is now available to view and download here
For support accessing any of the articles within the bulletin please contact: academic.library@lscft.nhs.uk
The Therapist Aid website features essential tools for mental health professionals; therapy worksheets, audio, activities, and more.
Therapist Aid is dedicated to helping mental health professionals improve their craft by providing free evidence-based education and therapy tools. The resources have been created with clients in mind, which means avoiding jargon, and creating tools that are not only useful in theory, but in practice.
Scan the smart code on the poster or visit the website here. For help with this please email the library team: academic.library@lscft.nhs.uk
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