Collaborations for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care (CLAHRCs)

February 23, 2016 Comments Off on Collaborations for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care (CLAHRCs)

Also known as CLAHRCs

Source: National Institute for Healthcare Research

Link to main document 

Publication format: Web page includes links to a number of regional CLAHRCs

Date of publication: 20th January 2016 (last update)

Summary of driver: CLAHRCs are collaborations of NHS providers, NHS commissioners, universities, other relevant local organisations and Academic Health Science Networks. There are 13 regional CLAHRCs whose primary focus is chronic disease and public health, and they conduct research and translate into improved patient outcomes.

Key features of driver: The aims of the NIHR CLAHRCs are to:

  • Create a distributed model for the conduct and application of applied health research
  • Create and embed approaches to research and its dissemination
  • Increase the country’s capacity to conduct high quality applied health research focused on the needs of patients, particularly targeted at chronic disease and public health interventions
  • Improve patient outcomes locally and across the wider NHS
  • Contribute to the country’s growth by working with the life sciences industry.

£124 million has been allocated to 13 new Collaborations for a five-year period from 1 January 2014, funding allocation and key areas of research are listed on the main web page. The 13 CLARCs are listed below, each offer varied opportunities to network:

Primary audience: Researchers in NHS, Public Health and Universities

Impact on library policy/practice: Opportunities to link in with our colleagues undertaking research

Date last updated: 19th February 2016

Due for review: 19th February 2017

Group member responsible: Tracey Pratchett

The Five Year Forward View for Mental Health

February 19, 2016 Comments Off on The Five Year Forward View for Mental Health

Source: A report from the independent Mental Health Taskforce to the NHS in England

Link to main document

Publication format: pdf

Date of publication: February 2016

Summary of driver: The independent Mental Health Taskforce outlines the 10 year journey for transformation of NHS mental health services placing the experience of people with mental health problems at the heart of it. 20,000+ people outlined the changes they wanted to see and their priorities are prevention, access, integration, quality and a positive experience of care. Their voices are quoted in this report and their views are reflected in the recommendations.

Key features of driver: This document sets out the vision for developing new models of mental health services over the coming years and makes recommendations for the following areas:

  • Getting the Foundations right: commissioning for prevention & quality care
  • Good quality care for all 7 days a week
  • Innovation & research to drive change
  • Strengthening the workforce
  • A transparency and data revolution
  • Incentives, levers and payment
  • Fair regulation & inspection
  • Leadership inside the NHS, across government and in wider society

Primary audience: mental health teams, providers and commissioners

Impact on library policy/practice: Can inform current awareness and evidence searches

Date last updated: February 2016

Due for review: 19th February 2017

Group member responsible: Tracey Pratchett

Hospital archive digitisation project

February 19, 2016 Comments Off on Hospital archive digitisation project

Organisation:  Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Project Team: Eileen Hume, Head of Trust Integrated Library Service, offered archiving and local history expertise, supervised the project. Team of WUTH Library Assistants, scanned the photos and saved them on to the local network drive.

Description of product/service:  An Access database of nearly 300 digitised images taken from historical photographs and documents from former hospitals that now comprise Wirral University Teaching Hospital (WUTH) NHS Foundation Trust, dating back to the early 20th century. This project digitised archive items of former hospital sites that now comprise WUTH and was limited to a manageable number (293) of items due to staffing availability and timescales.

Resources required:

  • Resources – archive collection comprising photographs, newspaper clippings and other items.
  • People – a Library Assistant to scan and save the images. A Librarian to create the Access database.  A Library Manager to supervise the project.
  • Time – time needed to be put aside to create the Access database, collate and sort the existing archive material, plan the project, scan the items, then display the resulting images as part of the NHS 60th anniversary celebrations.
  • Expertise / skills – archiving expertise was provided by the Head of Trust Integrated Library Service. Skills required to use the scanner and Access database.

 Timeframe:  June – Sept 2008

Alignment to Local, Regional and National Objectives: Commemoration of the 60th anniversary of the NHS

  • Trust Marketing Plan
  • Trust Communications Strategy
  • Trust Public engagement strategy
  • Trust Knowledge Management strategy
  • Corporate memory
  • Commemoration of the 60th anniversary of the NHS
  • HCLU position statement on historical archive documents.
  • Head of Trust Integrated Library Service named regional expert on local history archiving
  • Hill Review
  • Lifelong learning
  • Darzi framework:
  • Public engagement

Intended outcome for customer / organisation / library: Complete digitised collection of photographs

Next steps: None

Journal Club Support Service

February 19, 2016 Comments Off on Journal Club Support Service

Project Team: Victoria Kirk, Clinical Librarian

Description of product/service:  Journal Clubs help to bridge the gap between research and practice.   This service aims to support staff in developing the evidence based practice and critical appraisal skills required to run a successful Journal Club by signposting relevant resources, tools and services. Available to all prospective and existing Journal Clubs within the organisation and those organisations with which the library service has a Service Level Agreement. The service signposts relevant resources, it does not offer library staff to facilitate Journal Club meetings.

Resources required:

  • People – one professional librarian assigned to each Journal Club.
  • Time – time needed to liaise with Journal Club contacts to discuss requirements of group.
  • Expertise / skills – critical appraisal skills

Timeframe:  Ongoing

Alignment to Local, Regional and National Objectives:

  • 2008 HELICON accreditation report recommended further development of critical appraisal training.
  • Hill Review: Clinical decision making by patients, carers and health professionals; Lifelong learning; Research
  • Darzi framework: Improved healthcare; Clinical leadership; Training and the workforce

Intended outcome for customer / organisation / library: Delivery of support for journal clubs

Next steps: Project review date(s) 12 month review of service.

Due north report: PHE response

February 19, 2016 Comments Off on Due north report: PHE response

Title of driver: This collection of documents outlined Public Health England Response to: Due North: The Report of the Inquiry on health equity for the north 

Source: Public Health England

Link to main document 

Publication format: Web page which lists a collection of relevant pdfs

Date of publication: Latest report published in July 2015

Summary of driver: These documents describe the actions Public Health England (PHE) is taking to improve health equity and outlines their plans to address the issues highlighted in Due North: The Report of the Inquiry on health equity for the north .

Key features of driver: The July 2015 document discusses the following key areas and provides examples of best practice for each:

Economic development and living conditions

  • Leading evidence-informed debate on living standards and health inequalities
  • Supporting local partnerships working for economic growth
  • Promoting health at work
  • Working with the housing sector

Early childhood as a critical period

  • Promoting healthy development in early childhood
  • Giving every child the best start in life is a priority

Devolution: having the power to make a difference at the right spatial scale

  • Sharing power and resources and securing community engagement on the
    determinants of health

The vital role of the health sector

  • Strengthening the role of the health sector in promoting health equity

Primary audience: Public Health Staff

Impact on library policy/practice: Library teams supporting public health staff could incorporate these themes into current awareness services.

Date last updated: 19th February 2016

Due for review: 19th February 2017

Group member responsible: Tracey Pratchett

Due North: The report of the Inquiry on Health Equity for the North

February 19, 2016 Comments Off on Due North: The report of the Inquiry on Health Equity for the North

Source: Report prepared by the Inquiry Panel on Health Equity for the North of England

Link to main document 

Publication format: pdf

Date of publication: September 2014

Summary of driver: This inquiry was commissioned by Public Health England in February 2014, to examine Health Inequalities affecting the North of England. It was led by an independent Review Panel of academics, policy makers and practitioners from the North of England. It  is part of ‘Health Equity North’  created to address health inequalities. It intends to make recommendations to address the social inequalities in health in the North of England compared to the rest of the country.

Key features of driver: The document is split into a number of chapters which cover:

  1. Principles and processes of the Inquiry
  2. Current policy context
  3. Evidence
  4. Making the following recommendations:
  • Tackle poverty and economic equality
  • Promote healthy development in early childhood
  • Increase the influence of the public in allocation of health resources
  • Strengthen the role of the health sector in promoting health equity

Primary audience: Public Health Teams

Impact on library policy/practice: Provide evidence and current awareness services linked to the 4 recommendations

Date last updated: 19th February 2016

Due for review: 19th February 2016

Group member responsible: Tracey Pratchett

What is the MAP toolkit?

February 19, 2016 Comments Off on What is the MAP toolkit?

The MAP toolkit brings together a number of resources that can be used by librarians to demonstrate impact:

1. A directory of key drivers for change, summarised for your convenience, highlighting how theyse drivers might influence library policy and practice.
2. An ideas capture template to plan library activities which fall outside of your ‘core’ services, such as bespoke services that have been tailored for a specific client group (e.g. journal club), one off library project (e.g. developing a fiction collection), information consultancy work (e.g. records management).
3. A MAP stories template enabling you to write up your project, to demonstrate impact, align library workstreams with the wider objectives of the organisation, share good practice with colleagues and ensure your work is visible to stakeholders and senior managers.
4. Examples of ideas from library services who have used the MAP toolkit and want to share good practice.
5. A number of short Knowledge Management (KM) stories about how library staff connect people leading to great things.
6. Examples of reports, plans and strategies from other libraries that we think have that wow factor!

The resources included in the MAP toolkit can be adapted to meet your local needs and you can use these to support a wide range of library activities, including:

Quality Placement in Healthcare- Best Practice Guidance

February 9, 2016 Comments Off on Quality Placement in Healthcare- Best Practice Guidance

Source:  Link to main document:

Publication format:  PDF

Date of publication: 2015

Summary of driver:

As a result of the national training tariff for education and training, this document was written by Health Education Yorkshire and The Humber (HEYH) in response to requests from non-medical placement providers on best practice in providing high quality placements and learning environments for health care education.

A range of Professional Regulatory and Statutory bodies and regionally agreed benchmarks and criteria were considered when drawing up this document and the relevant links are embedded in the report.

Its intention is to serve as best practice guidance by placement managers to aid review of non-medical placement provision within their organisation, however, it is anticipated that the general themes can also be mapped to medical placements.

Key features of driver:

The document is split into three themes, each listing outcomes/indicators/suggestions for evidence.

  • Theme 1: Whole organisational commitment to, and engagement in education and training for all non-medical professions
  • Theme 2: Provision of high quality practice learning environments across the organisation
  • Theme 3: Innovation and good practice

Primary audience: Those involved in non-medical placement provision in the first instance.

Impact on library policy/practice:

Theme two impacts on LKS policy/practice with the requirement for provision of high quality practice learning environments across the organisation.

Outcome 2b refers to ‘resources available to students in the practice setting with the following indicators:

  • All students to have IT access
  • All students to have sufficient access to learning resources eg. Library journals etc
  • All students to have sufficient and relevant access to physical resources – eg. PCs, desks

This would be good marketing of the physical space of the Library and Knowledge Service within the organisation. There is also the possibility for LKS staff to strengthen support links with mentors.

Date last updated: January 2016

Due for review: January 2017

Group member responsible: LK

Project Plans and Chartership

December 22, 2015 Comments Off on Project Plans and Chartership

Contrary to what you might think, project plans don’t just have to be used for looking forward.

I used the project plan template on the MAP toolkit to reflect on two projects which I had been involved in; with an idea of using them in my chartership portfolio. And so they could be added to the MAP Toolkit wiki.

Eventually I hit the major chartership “bump in the road” that many face – too much evidence. So the fully formed project plans were omitted from my final portfolio. However their influence didn’t end there. The main headings used in the project plans informed the approach I took to the reflection in all my other pieces of evidence.

Instead of staring at the blank screen wondering where to start; the template gave me some pointers to think about (not necessarily using all of these for every piece of evidence):

  • Project team – who was involved – did this expand my practice in anyway e.g. making new connections with colleagues or departments inside or outside of the library?
  • Resources required – was there any training I undertook to be able to do the work and had this impacted on how I approached the task? Were there any new IT systems I needed to use, or any new library processes that had to be developed; and what as my part in this?
  • Timeframe – how long did it take to do the work – are there any learning points to be gleaned from whether the deadline was met or missed? Could anything have been done differently so the work was done more quickly or efficiently?
  • Description of project –
  • What does the project entail?
  • Outline the project process
  • What are the expected outcomes?
    • Reflecting on what it was I or my work group: did or had planned to do, what our aim was, and what actually happened. Also what had I personally expected to get out of it? What skill or experience did I feel had been developed through the work?
  • Alignment to local, regional and national drivers – In the terms of my chartership I mainly focused on the local drivers. What was there going on in our organisation, our customer organisations, or the wider library environment that meant the work I had undertaken was necessary or beneficial?
    • On the national driver front – what was going on in the professional literature that had inspired me to undertake the activity I was reflecting on?
  • Intended outcome for customer / organisation / library – what was the outcome I or my team had been aiming at? Had this outcome been achieved? Were there other outcomes I hope will come about in the future?
  • Next steps – did I feel that there were further actions that could have been taken? Could other things have been done if the time and/or resources had been available?

This approach hasn’t ended with my chartership. I keep a copy of the template for a project plan and I have used this to guide my thought process for planning out various projects. I have also used it to help me plan a presentation to colleagues about why a new service was being introduced and what it involved.

Don’t be daunted by the title ‘Project Plan’. The template can be used as much for looking back as it can for forward planning. It certainly made reflecting on my professional practice for my chartership much easier, and eased me into thinking reflectively.

Frances Griffiths

Health Library, University Hospitals of North Midlands

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