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.)
The current bulletin for Suicide Prevention, 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
This report explores how ‘virtual wards’ are funded and implemented as well as the potential benefits, limitations, and scientific evidence to be taken into consideration when providing a safe, effective, and patient-centred alternative to hospital inpatient care for older people.
With thanks to our colleagues at Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Trust, the latest edition of the Serious Mental Illness bulletin is now available to view.
You may need an Open Athens account to read some of the literature. For support setting up an account or help accessing any of the documents 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
Just a reminder that the Gosall Library will be closed on Monday 29th August for the Bank Holiday weekend. We would like to wish all our colleagues a lovely extended weekend.
Source: The King’s Fund
The health and care system is under intense pressure, with rising waiting times, persistent workforce shortages and patients struggling to access the care they need. As a result, patient and public satisfaction with services has dropped significantly, prompting debate and discussion about the future of health and care services. In the context of what can feel like a heated political and media discussion, the King’s Fund have taken five myths that sometimes feature in this debate and debunked them.
