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Adfam Research

Overlooked: why we should be doing more to support families and friends affected by someone else’s drinking, drug use or gambling

This report examines Adfam’s latest research with YouGov on the prevalence of people currently negatively affected by the drinking, drug use or gambling of a family member or friend in 2021, and the different challenges and impacts these families currently face. The report’s findings highlight the need for more recognition of the impacts on families and friends and it includes recommendations on how to better support this overlooked group.

Server Outage

Disruptions expected at the Lantern Centre Friday 26th March 2021

For those people who intend to work at the Lantern Centre today – including the Gosall Library, please be aware that IT are undertaking work on the server in the comms room at the Lantern Centre on Friday 26th March from 8.30 am – 10.30am.

Please note: this will mean that all devices connected to the trust server will be offline during this time, including PC’s, laptops, phones, printers, WiFi and any other devices connected to the LSCFT network .

Please accept our apologies for any inconvenience.

Mental health

Current awareness updates

Pushed from pillar to post: improving the availability and quality of support after self-harm in England

Samaritans, October 2020 (This report finds that there is no consistently effective support available to people who self-harm. The research identified four key support needs for people who self-harm, which are seen as essential to providing effective care: distraction from immediate self-harm urges; emotional relief in times of stress; developing alternative coping strategies; and addressing the underlying reasons for self-harm. The report makes several recommendations for how the needs of people who self-harm can be met more effectively.)

Adaptation of evidence-based suicide prevention strategies during and after the COVID-19 pandemic.
Wasserman D. World Psychiatry 2020;19(3):294-306.
[While there is evidence indicating that suicide rates decrease during times of crises, they are expected to increase once the immediate crisis has passed. The scientific community, health care professionals, politicians and decision-makers will find in this paper a systematic description of the effects of the pandemic on suicide risk at the society, community, family and individual levels, and an overview of how evidence-based suicide preventive interventions should be adapted.]


The COVID-19 anxiety syndrome scale: Development and psychometric properties.
Nikčević AV. Psychiatry Research 2020;292:113322.
[In Study 1, a community sample of 292 participants completed the newly developed COVID-19 Anxiety Syndrome Scale (C-19ASS) and results were subjected to a Principal Components Analysis. In Study 2, a community sample of 426 participants completed a battery of questionnaires including the C-19ASS. The C-19ASS appears to be a reliable and valid measure of the COVID-19 anxiety syndrome. The implications of these findings are discussed.]

What should be done to support the mental health of healthcare staff treating COVID-19 patients? Tracy DK, Tarn M, Eldridge R, Cooke J, Calder JDF, Greenberg N.Br J Psychiatry. 2020 Oct;217(4):537-539

(There is an urgent need to provide evidence-based well-being and mental health support for front-line clinical staff managing the COVID-19 pandemic who are at risk of moral injury and mental illness. This article describes the evidence base for a tiered model of care, and practical steps on its implementation.)

New team member

Hello from your new outreach librarian

Hello everyone,

I wanted to formally introduce myself. My name is Katie Roper and I am the newly appointed outreach librarian across Lancashire and South Cumbria. I have a background in education, and it was during my time teaching in Birmingham Children’s Hospital, I realised I wanted to work for the NHS rather than alongside it.. now here we are.

My role involves supporting all staff, students, and service users to effectively and efficiently use electronic resources to make decisions and judgements based on evidence based practice.

Struggling to find evidence in your field of work? Short of time to find your own evidence?  Contact the library service to aid you with a literature search. Training can also be provided to support your own professional development.

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Need help keeping up to date with current information? Contact us for KnowledgeShare request forms or speak to a member of our team where alerts can be personalised to suit your needs.

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Do you know where to find the latest clinical information?  Contact the library team to ensure you have access to a wide range of resources- including; Athens, BMJ, Anatomy. TV,  individual journals and e-books accessible at home and work.

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We are here to support you throughout. Feel free to pop into the library for free tea and coffee, computer access, hotdesking spaces and relaxed meeting areas.

Looking forward to working collaboratively with you all. Please send any completed forms to: academic.library@lancashirecare.nhs.uk. Remember to subsribe to this blog, using the link on the top right of the page for daily updates, bulletins and current awareness updates. Alternatively, feel free to contact me with any questions, queries or support needs; katie.roper@lancashirecare.nhs.uk

Katie Roper

Coronavirus: Gosall Library Services

Due to the current COVID19 situation and following the Government’s guidance, the Gosall Library issue desk remains closed until further notice

Library enquiries are being dealt with, where possible, by email only.  Unfortunately we are not able to deal with postal or telephone enquiries.  The Lantern Centre building is currently open and staff are welcome to visit the library to work in the hot desk areas as usual or to take out/return books using the self issue machine in the main library. Library staff are still available, by email only, to renew books, carry out literature searches and search for journals and to deal with other enquiries where possible.

All existing loans of books from this library are now renewed until 13th July 2020. Further details on library services will be posted on this blog as the situation develops.

Please email us with any enquiries at: academic.library@lancashirecare.nhs.uk

The Gosall Library Team

Nephrology Nursing Journal

ProQuest: Nurses need to publish scholarly articles: overcoming reticence to sharing valuable experience

This article is part of the “Exploring the Evidence: Focusing on the Fundamentals” series. It provides nephrology nurses with basic principles related to writing for publication, information regarding different types of professional articles that may be used for the dissemination of nursing knowledge, as well as steps to follow and issues to consider in the planning and preparation of a manuscript.

For details of the article read here

To request the full text email the library staff academic.library@lancashirecare.co.uk

Jhalak Prize

Longlist for 2020 announced

First awarded in March 2017, the Jhalak Prize, seeks to celebrate books by British/British resident BAME writers. ​ The prize is unique in that it accepts entries published in the UK by writers of colour. These include (and not limited to) fiction, non-fiction, short stories, graphic novels, poetry, children’s books, YA, teen and all other genres. The prize is also open to self-published writers.

Read more about the prize and see the 2020 longlist here

World Book Day

Thursday 5th March

World Book Day is a registered charity on a mission to give every child and young person a book of their own. It’s also a celebration of authors, illustrators, books and (most importantly) it’s a celebration of reading. In fact, it’s the biggest celebration of its kind, designated by UNESCO as a worldwide celebration of books and reading, and marked in over 100 countries all over the world.

Read more here

To celebrate World Book Day here in the library we have put together a fine collection of fiction books to take you on a trip around the world. Through these books we can travel from the country lanes of Britain to the silk roads of the east, reading short stories, historical novels, a travel memoir and a Pulitzer Prize winner. We can read of cocktails being sipped in 1930’s Paris, murder in Tuscany and even the travels of a cat…. if you love reading there is a book here waiting for you!