Take a look at all the research that our colleagues at Lancashire and South Cumbria Trust have been part of. The bulletin promotes research conducted by Trust staff and recognises their support and dedication towards evidence based practice.
It is available to view and download below.
If you or your colleagues are involved in any research, please let the Library team know by emailing; academic.inbox@lscft.nhs.uk
Read this week’s bulletin on Dementia here
WHO reviews effect of physical activity on enhancing academic achievement at school.
World Health Organization (WHO); 2021.
(Today children and adolescents aged 5–17 years spend nearly two thirds of their time at school in sedentary activities and only five percent of school time doing physical activities. According to the WHO/Europe review, increasing the amount of physical activity can have a positive impact not only on children’s health and well-being, but also on their performance in the classroom.)
New data show vaccines reduce severe COVID-19 in older adults Public Health England (PHE); 2021
(New data show both Pfizer-BioNTech and Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccines significantly reduce severe COVID-19 in older adults.)
A window of opportunity for Public Health NHS Providers; 2021
(A new briefing by NHS Providers looks at the risks and opportunities which may arise from the dissolution of PHE and the creation of the National Institute for Health Protection. It outlines considerations for a new public health system, along with the role of Trusts and Integrated Care Systems.)
NHS entitlements: migrant health guide.
Public Health England (PHE); 2021.
(Advice and guidance for healthcare practitioners on the health needs of migrant patients. 17 February 2021: Updated links to COVID-19 migrant health guidance, dental health, and access to healthcare for migrant and/or undocumented children.)
Healthy weight environments: using the planning system.
Public Health England (PHE); 2021.
[How local authorities’ public health and planning teams can promote healthy weight environments.]
Physical activity: understanding and addressing inequalities.
Public Health England (PHE); 2021.
(Evidence-based guidance for addressing inequalities in physical activity locally. This guidance can be used by local level practitioners and commissioners to begin tackling inequalities in physical activity across and within protected characteristic groups. It presents the findings of a review, analysis and research aimed at understanding the enablers, barriers and opportunities for increasing physical activity across inequality groups.)
Coronavirus (COVID-19): Keeping children safe from abuse and harm.
Home Office, Public Health England, Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport, and Department for Education; 2021.
(Advice for parents and carers about the main risks children may be particularly vulnerable to at this time and information about available help and support.)
COVID-19 in children and the role of school settings in transmission – first update.
European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC); 2020.
(The aim of this document is to provide an update on the knowledge surrounding the role of children in the transmission of SARS-CoV-2 and the role of schools in the COVID-19 pandemic, based on the experience in the EU from August–December, 2020. This document also addresses transmission to and from staff in school settings, school-related mitigation measures including risk communication, testing, contact tracing and the efficacy of partial and full school closures.)
Source: The King’s Fund Health Management and Policy Alert
Health technology assessment approaches in the UK (as well as some other countries) limit themselves to evaluating health benefits that accrue to treated individuals and resource use within the health care system. As a result, vaccines and other technologies that generate broader benefits – such as maintaining health care capacity or labour productivity – may be undervalued and underused. This report on the broader value of vaccines (commissioned by the ABPI Vaccines Group) sets out actionable short- and long-term recommendations on how to drive change towards recognising and rewarding the broader value of vaccines in the UK.
For more information click here.
Source: The King’s Fund Health Management and Policy Alert
This report enables organisations to compare their performance with others in their region and those providing similar services, with the aim of encouraging improvement by learning and sharing good practice. The report hopes to provide a national picture of WRES in practice, to colleagues, organisations and the public on the developments in the workforce race equality agenda.
Thank you to everyone who completed our Library user survey. We are always looking at ways in which we can improve and develop our department and from this have developed a newsletter to keep you up to date with current awareness, e-resources, books as well as top tips.
The newsletter will be sent to all our Library users every month and can also be viewed, printed, shared and displayed by downloading the document below.
Just a reminder that our Lunch and Learn project begins with a wellbeing and mental health session on Thursday 18th March 2021 12pm-1pm. If you haven’t already recieved your team invite please contact katie.roper@lscft.nhs.uk.
We hope you enjoy reading our newsletters- if you would like to see anything featured in these, please send your ideas, suggestions or requests to academic.library@lscft.nhs.uk
Friends, Families and Travellers; 2021
This online tool aims to help primary care networks (PCNs) to assess their engagement with inclusion health groups. These are the groups identified as experiencing the worst health inequalities in the UK. The tool will provide a unique and tailored guide that will help PCNs to embed action on tackling health inequalities into their everyday activities
Laura Kemp started writing to get out of doing a real job.
A journalist for 15 years, she turned freelance after having a baby because she couldn’t get out of the house, washed and dressed, until lunchtime at the earliest.
A columnist and contributor, she regularly writes for national newspapers and magazines, such as The Daily Mail, The Sun and Grazia, and spends too much time on Twitter.
Married with a son and a neurotic cat, Laura lives in the provinces, where she goes about her business ignorant of what’s on-trend until it reaches her town, by which time it’s out of fashion.
Laura’s first novel Mums Like Us was published by Arrow in February 2013 and Mums on Strike was published in January 2014. The Late Blossoming of Frankie Green was published by Head of Zeus in June 2016, The Year of Surprising Acts of Kindness was published by Orion in February 2018, and Bring Me Sunshine was published in June 2019.
Her latest novel, Under A Starry Sky, was published in paperback in July 2020.
As our featured author, Laura has kindly answered a few questions for us about books that have entertained and inspired her and her work as an author.
Read the interview here.
For more information about Laura and her books see her Facebook page or follow her on Twitter.
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.
Read this week’s bulletin on Learning Disabilities here
