Longlist announced 3rd March
This year’s longlist of sixteen novels honours both new and well-established writers and a range of genres.
See more details and the full list here
Type 2 Diabetes
Around 2 million people in England are at risk of developing Type 2 diabetes
The latest NHS figures show that the number of people who are at risk of developing Type 2 diabetes is the highest on record. The NHS is ramping up efforts to combat this with the Diabetes Prevention Programme.
Read more here
Case study
Leading with empathy
This case study is part of a series that focuses on improving emergency department retention and recruitment. It outlines how East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust are using a modern, supportive approach to staff development to successfully combat longstanding recruitment challenges and rising rates of staff turnover and absence.
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Eating Disorders Awareness Week
2nd – 8th March
It is Eating Disorders Awareness week this week. Please come along to the library and have a look at our large collection of books on this complex topic
NHS Providers
Mental health services: meeting the need for capital investment
There has been prolonged under-investment in facilities across the English NHS. However, while restricted capital funding is affecting all sectors of the NHS, there is a particular need for capital investment within the mental health sector. This briefing summarises the findings of a survey NHS Providers sent to NHS mental health trusts and foundation trusts to gather further evidence on the sector’s capital funding needs, to support the case they are making for the sector to receive its fair share of capital investment in future.
Read the report here
Institute of Health Equity
Health equity in England: The Marmot Review 10 years on
Ten years since the publication of The Marmot Review, for the first time in more than one hundred years life expectancy has failed to increase across the country, and for the poorest ten per cent of women it has actually declined. Over the past decade health inequalities have widened overall, and the amount of time people spend in poor health has increased since 2010. Because health is closely linked to the circumstances in which we are born, grow, live, work and age, large funding cuts, under the banner of austerity, have had an adverse effect.
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The Booker Prize
2020 International Booker Prize Longlist Announced
Today, 27 February, the judges of the 2020 International Booker Prize reveal the ‘International Booker Dozen’, the 13 novels longlisted for the prestigious award celebrating the finest translated fiction from around the world.
See the list here
Nursing
New tech allowing district nurses to digitally monitor wounds
A new app that utilises 3D imaging has been designed to help district nurses monitor and manage patient wounds more effectively.
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Homelessness
Case study of ‘My Right to Healthcare’ cards which explain the rights of homeless people to accessing GPs
The cards were given to people experiencing homelessness for them to show when registering at a GP surgery. They emphasise that no identification or proof of address or immigration status is needed to register with a GP.
Read more about the case study here
Health Inequalities
Tackling social inequalities to reduce mental health problems
This report from the Mental Health Foundation emphasises that people who are disadvantaged are at a greater risk of developing a mental health problem. If social inequalities are addressed, it could improve individual and collective wellbeing.
Read the report here