Tag: clinical decision making

Resource of the Month

The Knowledge and Library Hub

The Knowledge and Library Hub connects NHS staff to high quality knowledge
and evidence resources all in one place. Full access is free with your Open
Athens credentials.

The Knowledge and Library Hub includes:

  • Journals, books and databases
  • Clinical decision making resources including NICE guidelines and BMJ Best Practice
  • Policy and management information and research literature
  • Resources purchased nationally and locally
  • One-click links to full-text, request a copy or contact an NHS library

If you do not already have an Open Athens account, you can complete your own registration here: https://openathens.nice.org.uk/ or get in touch with the library for support: academic.library@lscft.nhs.uk

Please feel free to download our resource of the month poster and share with your team or within your department.

BMJ Best Practice

Clinical decision-making support just a tap away

BMJ Best Practice is a clinical decision-making resource provided free by Health Education England to all NHS staff in England and particularly useful for medical students and newly qualified and junior doctors.

Rated as one of the best support tools worldwide, BMJ Best Practice includes step by step guidance on diagnosis, prognosis, treatment and prevention as well as medical calculators, how-to videos and patient information leaflets.  Content includes clinical expertise from over 1,600 international authors and 2,500 peer reviewers which means you have up to date references available at your fingertips, anywhere, any time of day or night.

Watch the animation or find out more at bmj.com/hee where you can register using your OpenAthens log in details. Once registered you can also download the mobile app.  If you need help getting access please email your Trust library team – they’ll be happy to guide you! academic.library@lscft.nhs.uk

Download the poster for more information and to share with your colleagues.

Resource of the Month

BMJ Best Practice

BMJ Best Practice is a fantastic resource to support with clinical decision making. The resource is available online and accessible as a mobile app. Simply login with your Open Athens details to access all materials from treatment options to clinical calculators and patient leaflets. Simply search the condition or symptom you are hoping to treat to find evidence based support.

Please feel free to download and share our poster in your departments across the Trust:

BMJ-Best-PracticeDownload

For any support with your Open Athens account, or to set one up please contact: academic.library@lscft.nhs.uk

Partnership for Responsive Policy Analysis and Research (PREPARE)

Understanding clinical decision-making at the interface of the Mental Health Act (1983) and the Mental Capacity Act (2005)

Source: The King’s Fund Health Management and Policy Alert

The Mental Health Act (1983) (MHA) and the Mental Capacity Act (2005) (MCA) both provide a legal means by which people can be deprived of their liberty and admitted to hospital on a formal basis when they lack capacity to consent to their admission and treatment. A key interface of the MHA and the MCA arises where an individual lacks the capacity to decide whether to be admitted to hospital to receive care and treatment, and are not objecting to admission or treatment, then the decision of which Act to use for these purposes is that of professionals involved. This report looks at that decision-making process.