We would like to invite all staff to attend our Coffee Morning on Wednesday 28th September. This will be held in the Gosall Library at the Lantern Centre from 10am.
Come and have a brew, buy a cake or treat and have a go at winning a prize on our tombola.
If you would like to donate any cakes, bakes, sweet treats or a tombola prize, please get in touch with: academic.library@lscft.nhs.uk. We would greatly appreciate any donations.
All proceeds for MacMillan Cancer Support.
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 bulletin for Depression, produced by Merseycare NHS Foundation Trust, is now available to view and download.
For support accessing any of the articles within the bulletin please contact: academic.library@lscft.nhs.uk
Vulnerability in infancy.
Office for Health Improvement & Disparities (OHID); 2022.
(Descriptive analysis of vulnerability in infancy using data from the Community Services Dataset (CSDS). Analysis which describes and quantifies the reasons given for hospital and community services recording children as vulnerable in a child’s health record. Vulnerable children are at greater risk of experiencing physical or emotional harm or experiencing poor outcomes because of one or more factors in their lives.)
Unemployment and insecure housing are linked to less successful treatment for depression.
NIHR Evidence; 2022.
(The study found poorer outcomes after treatment for depression among people who are unemployed, struggling financially, not homeowners, and have educational qualifications beyond school. The research concluded that housing and employment status are likely to have a clinically meaningful effect on recovery, independent of the severity of depression, age, marital status or other factors.)
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.)
There are few culturally relevant tools focusing on young Black men’s mental health outcomes. Using approaches that lack cultural sensitivity limits services’ ability to know whether they are working well, and can lead to mistrust and disengagement. Funded by Mind, the Centre for Mental Health has designed a new, culturally informed approach to monitoring young Black men’s outcomes for accessing wellbeing support: Culturally appropriate evaluation for young Black men. It was coproduced with young Black men to identify what impact a service has on their mental health and wellbeing. Community wellbeing and mental health programmes are being asked to pilot the tool, to help determine its effectiveness.
Read the full report here.
We are constantly striving to deliver the best service possible to help embed evidence into your daily practice. In order to take the service forward, we are kindly asking for staff to complete our short survey here. We value any comments, feedback and recommendations.
The current bulletin for Community Mental Health, produced by our colleagues at Greater Manchester Mental Health Trust, is now available to view and download.
You may need an Open Athens account to access the full text articles. For any support setting this up please contact: academic.library@lscft.nhs.uk
Take a look at our September newsletter featuring our resource of the month – The King’s Fund, details of our next lunch and learn session and our coffee morning later this month. We hope you enjoy reading this newsletter and as always value any feedback you may have. Please get in touch should you require any more support or advice from the Library Team.
If you do have a few spare minutes, please let us know your views on our service by completing our short survey.
The current bulletin for Learning Disabilities, 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
Suspected acute viral respiratory infections: managing outbreaks in schools. UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA); 2022.
(Guidance for local UKHSA centre health protection teams about assessing and managing outbreaks of suspected acute viral respiratory infections in schools.)
COVID-19: testing during periods of low prevalence.
UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA); 2022.
(Explains the purpose of ongoing testing and sets out who is currently eligible for access to testing and when tests should be used.)
Moderate alcohol consumption linked with higher iron levels and poorer thinking skills Alzheimer’s Research UK (July 2022)
(UK researchers have found moderate alcohol consumption is linked with higher iron levels in a region of the brain and was associated with poorer thinking skills. Above seven units weekly was associated with higher iron levels in a part of the brain called the basal ganglia, which is responsible for movement.)
NHS to roll out variant busting booster jab from September ahead of winter (NHS England; August 2022)
(The NHS will become the first healthcare system in the world to use the next generation, bivalent COVID vaccine when it kickstarts the autumn booster rollout in early September.)
