Economic Evaluations

A resource for Occupational Therapy

This report outlines the economic evaluation examining the impact of occupational therapy in relation to financial costs of providing a service. The analysis compares the costs of occupational therapy with an alternate (control) intervention to determine whether occupational therapy is more beneficial that the other intervention, what is the difference in cost and how beneficial is occupational therapy in relation to costs, when compared with the control intervention.

An economic evaluation examines the impact of occupational therapy in relation to financial costs of providing a service. The analysis compares the costs of occupational therapy with an alternate (control) intervention to determine:
Is occupational therapy more beneficial than the control intervention to attain desired outcomes, such as increased independence or improved quality of life?
What is the difference in cost between occupational therapy and the control
intervention?
How beneficial is occupational therapy in relation to costs, when compared with the control intervention?

World Federation of Occupational Therapists. Economic Evaluations A
resource for occupational therapy. (2021). Geneva, Switzerland


As resources available to provide occupational therapy can be limited, economic evaluations are helpful to make choices regarding how financial investments are made.

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Supporting the mental health of NHS staff

The role of NHS leaders in reducing mental health stigma and creating mentally healthy cultures

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

This guide, funded by the British Medical Association and posted on the Mental Health at Work website, aims to provide practical advice, hints and tips to help NHS leaders and line managers to create mentally healthy cultures and support better mental health. It includes information about mental health stigmas, and how to break them down. It is the first of a series of resources aimed at NHS leaders, managers and champions.

For more resources to support mental health at work visit Mentalhealthatwork.org.uk

Sharing Knowledge

Lunch and Learn Project

The library are pleased to announce that our ‘Lunch and Learn’ sessions will commence in March. These 1 hour sessions are an opportunity for staff to listen and learn to a key speaker during their lunch hour, with the hope that you will learn something new . Each month will focus on a different key speaker, with guests from inside and outside the Trust.

All Library members will receive a Teams invite to attend the session live, however sessions will be recorded for those unavailable to watch at their leisure. Please email katie.roper@lscft.nhs.uk if you would like the invite to be extended to you or your team.

If you would like to get involved and be a key speaker to raise awareness of your department, discuss your specialism or have any requests for key speakers please email Katie.roper@lscft.nhs.uk or academic.library@lscft.nhs.uk

Please feel free to download the poster below to display in your workplace:

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Looking forward to lunching and learning with you all.

Library Bulletin

Digital Mental Health

The latest edition of Digital Mental Health Current Awareness bulletin, produced by Greater Manchester Mental Health, is now available to view and download.

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Meet the Author

Catherine Jones

Catherine Jones is a best-selling romantic novelist, also writing as Kate Lace and Fiona Field.

She went to one, all-girls’ school from 4 -18 and left to join the army where the ratio of men to women (500:1) was much more satisfactory. In the next few years she met her husband, moved countless times and discovered extreme sports.

When, after eight years of marriage, she fell pregnant and had to give her job up, she produced three children in four-and-a-half years and wrote a book taking the micky out of being an army wife. Luckily even the army liked the book so her husband kept his job until he decided that 17 moves were more than enough and it was time to stop.

Catherine now writes romantic novels (she has had 22 published), lives in her own home in Oxfordshire where she has put down roots, got to know her neighbours and looks after her cats, kids and husband (not listed in any order of priority). She is vice chairman of the Romantic Novelists’ Association and captained their team in University Challenge – The Professionals in 2005.

As our featured author, Catherine 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.

New Podcast

Sleeping rough during Covid-19 and beyond: a public health emergency?

Source: The King’s Fund

What can the NHS do to meet the health needs of people sleeping rough? What was the inside story of the Everyone In initiative during Covid-19? And will the government end rough sleeping by 2024? Helen McKenna sits down with Dame Louise Casey, recent Chair of the Prime Minister’s Rough Sleeping Taskforce, Dr Caroline Shulman, a GP working in inclusion health, and Paul Atherton (FRSA), who shares his lived experience of homelessness.

To listen to the podcast click on the image below.

Learning Disabilities and Autism

Framework for commissioner oversight visits to inpatients

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

The NHS long-term plan made a commitment to making sure that people with a learning disability and/or people with autism are safe and are getting high-quality inpatient care. The guidance (accessible below) for commissioners and case managers aims to support the implementation of best practice in relation to commissioner oversight visits. This includes the minimum expectations for visits during the coronavirus pandemic.

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For more information click here.

Donating Books

We are looking for good quality used books to add to our stock for our patient libraries

If you have any books that you have finished with that you would be willing to donate to the library please let us know. These can be dropped off in the library or posted to us in the internal mail:-

The Gosall Library, Lantern Centre, Vicarage Lane, Preston PR2 8DW

The books will be sent to our patient libraries at the Harbour, Guild Lodge and the Cove for our patients to enjoy.

We are looking for books of up to about 5 years old, or in good condition, in any genre, paperback or hardback, including books suitable for children and young people (ages 8 to 18).

If you have a pile of books waiting to be taken to the charity shops when they re-open maybe we can take them off your hands instead! Or, as spring is just around the corner, maybe it is time for a spring clean?

Please email us with any queries: academic.library@lscft.nhs.uk

A big thank you from the library team

Public Health

Current Awareness Updates

How to stop the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19).
Public Health England (PHE); 2021.

(Advice for everyone to help stop the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19).)

Shooting Up: infections among people who inject drugs in the UK.
Public Health England (PHE); 2021.

(This Public Health England report describes the extent of infections among people who inject drugs (PWID) in the United Kingdom.
27 January 2021: Added December 2020 update report, data tables and links to the slide set and infographic.)

Young people’s mental and emotional health: Trajectories and drivers in childhood and adolescence.
Education Policy Institute; 2021.

(Based on data from the Millennium Cohort Study, this report reveals insights into the determinants of young people’s wellbeing, including how it is affected by their relationships, background, and use of social media. The research shows that while the wellbeing of all young people declines by the end of their teenage years, there is a strong gender divide within this: girls see far lower levels of wellbeing and self-esteem than boys – driven by a sharp fall of both during mid-adolescence.)

Engaging men earlier: a guide to service design.
Samaritans; 2021.

(This handbook aims to provide a set of principles upon which wellbeing initiatives for men should be based. It is aimed at anyone commissioning, designing, evaluating or delivering initiatives, services or activities aimed at improving the wellbeing of men.)

Child obesity: patterns and trends.
Public Health England (PHE); 2021.

(Slide sets presenting the latest data on child obesity in England and the 9 English regions. These slide sets present the latest data on child obesity from the National Child Measurement Programme. The national slide set also includes data from the Health Survey for England. Trends in child overweight and obesity are shown and patterns are examined by age, sex, ethnic group, and area deprivation.)

Public Health Outcomes Framework: February 2021 data update.
Public Health England (PHE); 2021.

(The Public Health Outcomes Framework (PHOF) examines indicators that help health and care professionals and the public to understand trends in public health. The data are presented in an interactive tool that allows users to view them in a user-friendly format. The data tool also provides links to further supporting information.)