Source: House of Commons Library; 2022.
A summary of NHS demand, performance, backlogs, and capacity of services in England. It covers A&E statistics, waiting lists and pressures, ambulance data, delayed discharges, staffing levels including doctors and nurses, and more.
Take a look here: NHS Key Statistics: England, June 2022 – House of Commons Library (parliament.uk)
Source: The King’s Fund
This plan for digital health and social care sets out a vision for a digitally enabled health and social care system and how it can be achieved. It collates existing digital strategies, plans and guidance into one single action plan. It is aimed at health and social care leaders across the system, and industry partners to help them plan for the future. The document aims to outline clear priorities for digital transformation, and begins to set out the support that will be available to local systems to enable the changes that are needed.
The current bulletin for Depression, produced by Merseycare NHS Foundation Trust, is now available to view and download.
For support accessing any of the articles within the bulletin please contact: academic.library@lscft.nhs.uk
Risk communication and community engagement (RCCE) for monkeypox outbreaks: Interim guidance, 24 June 2022.
World Health Organization (WHO); 2022.
(This Interim Guidance outlines recommendations, considerations and methods to raise awareness, manage risk perception, maintain trust and proactively support people at risk to make informed decisions to protect themselves and others from monkeypox.)
Addressing local inequalities through employment.
NHS Employers; 2022.
(A series of case studies showcasing how NHS and non-NHS partners are coming together to support people into work.)
Flooding and public mental health: assessment and management UK Health Security Agency (This guidance on flooding and health aims to provide information for public health authorities, emergency services and health professionals on the measures needed to prevent major effects on health arising from floods in England.)
New resources for safeguarding and empowering young people with SEND when online Learning disability today (A UK-based charity has created new resources to safeguard and empower young people with Special Education Needs and Disabilities (SEND) when they are online. Childnet’s new project, Thrive Online, is designed to help educators, parents and carers to support young people aged 11 and over to use the internet in a safe and meaningful way. The free resources cover important topics such as digital wellbeing, healthy online relationships and online pornography.)
Cracking Good Food; Promoting Healthy Eating
(Cracking Good Food have created a support booklet that includes a weekly
guide to family meals that are low fuel and nutritious. Their in-house nutritionist has researched current food prices at ALDI and Tesco to compile a guide to create a nutritionally balanced meal plan costing between £45-£60 each week to feed a family of 4.)
With thanks to our colleagues at Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust the July edition of the current awareness bulletin for stress and burnout is now available to view and download. The links to abstracts have been activated in this bulletin and if you click on the title, it will lead you to the abstract.
Some of the references contained in the bulletin may be an Open Access reference, which will be available for you download and some may be available to download via your Athens Account login. Some of the references may be an abstract only, and the full text will have to be requested directly from the library. Please get in touch with academic.library@lscft.nhs.uk for any queries or support.
The current bulletin for Dementia, produced by Merseycare NHS Foundation Trust, is now available to view and download.
For support accessing any of the articles within the bulletins please contact: academic.library@lscft.nhs.uk
Throughout the pandemic, politicians and other policy-makers have emphasised the need to protect the NHS from collapse or overwhelm but even before Covid-19, the health service struggled to stay above water given worsening capacity, staffing and demand issues, especially during the colder months. This briefing looks at what happened to urgent and emergency hospital care last winter, when another wave of the virus hit the country during a time when it would be stretched to its absolute limits even without a pandemic.
Thank- you to all of those who attended our July lunch and learn session last week. This was held with Dave Clayton – the founder of ‘Wotwududo’ – an educational program to help children discuss scenarios related to a range of mental health issues.
You can catch up on the session here: Lunch and Learn-20220706_120143-Meeting Recording.mp4
We greatly appreciate any feedback you may have on these sessions and kindly ask for you to complete our short survey: Lunch and Learn – July session Survey (surveymonkey.co.uk)
We are currently producing our next LSCFT Staff Research bulletin. If any staff members have been involved in any research over the past few months, please get in touch or send your research to: katie.roper@lscft.nhs.uk so that we can include your paper in our next edition.
The current bulletin for Learning Disabilities, produced by Merseycare NHS Foundation Trust, is now available to view and download.
For support accessing any of the articles within the bulletins please contact: academic.library@lscft.nhs.uk
