Category: Research

Clinical, mental health, and nursing e-book collections

Around 5,000 titles have been made available from EBSCO via OpenAthens until the end of May 2020 and include titles from Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, McGraw-Hill Education, Springer Publishing, Wolters Kluwer Health, Taylor & Francis and Cambridge Scholars Publishing.

The clinical collection is available here and topic areas include dermatology, gynaecology and obstetrics, internal medicine, medicine (general), nursing, ophthalmology, otorhinolaryngology, pathology, paediatrics, pharmacology and surgery.

The nursing collection is available here and topic areas include nursing research and theory, pharmacology, nursing management, evidence-based nursing, home care nursing and leadership.

The psychology collection is available here and topic areas include psychoanalysis, psychotherapy, counselling, social psychology, evolutionary psychology, developmental psychology and more.

For support contact EBSCO

Oxford Medicine Online

To help NHS staff who are tackling COVID-19, Oxford University Press is providing access to the entirety of Oxford Medicine Online to the NHS until the end of June 2020.

Library users can freely access Oxford Medicine Online using their OpenAthens login details here.

In addition Oxford Medicine Online has also freed up a collection of online resources and journals addressing COVID-19 in the hope that this information will be useful to medical professionals and carers. Find the resources here.

Online Resources – Knowledgeshare

Knowledgeshare connects health care staff with their local NHS library and knowledge Service

You can join Knowledgeshare by completing this joining form and emailing it to the Gosall Library at academic.library@lancashirecare.nhs.uk. Using the information you provide on this form the library staff will create a profile of you in the system detailing your interests.

Read more about Knowledgeshare here

Reform

Driving innovation and long-term growth in the UK’s life sciences sector

This paper brings together experts from government, the research community and the life sciences industry. It discusses the steps the UK must take to remain a leader in life sciences and deliver on the government’s vision for a thriving research and innovation-led health care economy.

Read the paper here

NHS Clinical Commissioners

Advancing population health management

Population health management (PHM) – the use of data to identify specific groups within a population that may have similar characteristics and similar needs, and develop targeted interventions to meet those needs – was a notable theme of the NHS long-term plan. But it’s something that clinical commissioners have been doing for some time. This report brings together PHM stories from 10 different areas of England – led by clinical commissioners – to demonstrate the progress that has already been made in advancing this approach to health care, and what more will need to be done.

The report can be read here

Report: South West Research and Evaluation Workshop Bristol

Public Health England, October 2019

The Research, Translation and Innovation (RTI) division has been working with PHE centres to strengthen links between public health academics and others across the public health system via research workshops to explore public health research needs and priorities in their local areas. This workshop focussed on:

• Education and Training.

• Work of the CLAHRC.

• Social Prescribing.

• Support for Research.

• Research and Innovation.

Click here to view the full report.

Involving patients and the public in research

The Healthcare Improvement Studies Institute, July 2019

Healthcare Improvement Studies Institute learning report aims to build a better understanding of the role of patient and public involvement (PPI) in research, thereby helping ensure meaningful involvement that has tangible impacts and mitigate against undesired consequences.

Click here to view the full report.