What are the immediate health and care pressures the next Prime Minister will need to address once they’re in post? Join host, Jo Vigor, and a panel of colleagues from The King’s Fund: policy adviser, Charlotte Wickens, Head of Policy, Sally Warren and Senior Policy Fellow, Simon Bottery as they discuss the impact this may have on health and social care.
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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
The current bulletins for Learning Disabilities and Community Health, produced by Merseycare NHS Foundation Trust, are now available to view and download.
For support accessing any of the articles within the bulletins please contact: academic.library@lscft.nhs.uk
Source: The King’s Fund
This report examines data collected by the Royal College of Physicians (RCP) on the consultant and Higher Specialty Trainee geriatric medicine workforce. This data, which was collected between 2019 and 2021 as part of the RCP’s annual workforce census, demonstrates the staffing challenges facing older people’s health care. Despite the growth in medical student places, there are not enough specialist health care professionals being trained and retained to meet the needs of the population as it ages.
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The Library will be holding a Macmillan Coffee Morning on Wednesday 28th September 2022. Please come along to the Lantern Centre (10am until sellout) to have a hot drink and a treat. All proceeds donated to Macmillan cancer support.
Come and take a browse round the library and get to know the team.
If you would like to donate a cake or a prize for our tombola, please get in touch with academic.library.lscft.nhs.uk or bring it with you on the day. Please note this will be cash only.
The current bulletin for Suicide Prevention, 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
ASH brief for local authorities on youth vaping.
Action on Smoking and Health (ASH); 2022.
(This short briefing is to help local authorities respond to growing concerns about youth vaping in their communities. It is primarily for public health officials and trading standards officers, but also sets out important information for councillors, schools, parents and retailers. Links to further information are also provided.)
Quantifying health inequalities in England.
The Health Foundation; 2022.
(Results show health inequalities starting at a very early age and continuing to develop through adulthood. The early ages and changing structure of health inequalities reinforces the notion that nothing short of a joined-up policy approach can address the wide and complex health inequalities we see in England. We believe this new presentation of health inequalities shows powerfully that investing in the circumstances in which people live will help people stay healthier for longer.)
Advertising ban was linked to lower purchases of unhealthy food and drink.
NIHR Evidence; 2022.
(This is the first study to look at the implementation of the TfL advertising ban. It found that advertising restrictions are feasible, and could have a meaningful impact on population health. The findings could encourage governments and local authorities to consider similar policies to prevent obesity. The TfL restrictions were part of a childhood obesity strategy, but they could influence the whole population.)
Commission on Young Lives,
Centre for Mental Health; 2022.
(Alongside the Children & Young People’s Mental Health Coalition, Centre for Mental Health have co-authored the fourth report from the Commission on Young Lives on rethinking mental health services for vulnerable young people. It reviews the latest data with a focus on those who are at higher risk, including those from racialised communities, lower socioeconomic backgrounds, young people with SEND, those in contact with the criminal justice and care systems, as well as LGBTQI+ communities.)
Domestic abuse and mental health: the amplified risks created during the pandemic.
Hisham I N. BJPsych Advances 2022;28(5):316-327.
[This article focuses on how COVID-19 and its anticipated aftermath exacerbate the risk factors for domestic abuse in the general population and discusses clinical implications for mental health practitioners in the UK. It aims to provide a point of learning based on previous disease outbreaks and recessions, with a focus on specific factors, such as unemployment and alcohol misuse, and how these contribute to increasing incidence and severity of abuse and how to mitigate these for patients…] Open Athens account required.
Our next Lunch and Learn session is happening on Monday 26th September 2022 (12-1pm) with our colleague Marisa Wray, who will be sharing her experience of receiving a cancer diagnosis during the pandemic. Marisa is also a consultant psychiatrist within the Trust and will be discussing the impact this has had when working with her own patients.
All library members should have received a Team’s invite to the meeting. If not, please get in touch with academic.library@lscft.nhs.uk for an invite to be extended to yourself or your team.
With thanks to our colleagues at Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Trust the latest edition of psychosis and schizophrenia bulletins are now available to view and download.
Some articles may require Open Athens accounts to access. Please get in touch with the library; academic.library@lscft.nhs.uk for any support setting up an Athens account or retrieving articles.
Source: The King’s Fund
This report reviews the evidence on both the direct and indirect impacts of fuel poverty and cold homes on health; the inequalities in who this affects the most; and the relationship between health inequalities and climate change. It makes the case for prioritising reducing fuel poverty through policy suggestions at both the national and local level.
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