Library Newsletter

December 2022

Please take a read of our December newsletter, featuring our resource of the month and events taking place over the next few weeks.

Please remember to get in touch with the library team on: academic.library@lscft.nhs.uk if you need any support accessing resources or for any general enquires.

Library Newsletter

September 2022

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.

Resource of the Month

ORCHA APP Library

ORCHA (the Organisation for the Review of Care and Health Applications) is an online app library, giving you the opportunity to download, share and recommend health and care related apps.

With thousands of health and care apps available on the market, it can be hard to decide which apps are reliable and trustworthy.

  • ORCHA only include apps which have been reviewed against best practice criteria.
  • This allows you to map apps for either your personal or professional needs.
  • Simply search for the app you are looking for or browse the contents.
  • Save the apps to your favourites or recommend to others (including patients via a text/email or APP code).
  • Access the Digitial Health Academy for bite size training videos to gain new skills and CPD points.

It’s easy to sign up. Visit: https://lscft.orcha.co.uk. In the top right corner – click ‘Sign up’ and enter your details. Upgrade your account with the code: LSCFT01 to access the Digital Health Academy.

Please feel free to download our resource of the month poster and share with your team or within your department.

Resource of the Month

The Knowledge and Library Hub

The Knowledge and Library Hub connects NHS staff to high quality knowledge
and evidence resources all in one place. Full access is free with your Open
Athens credentials
.

The Knowledge and Library Hub includes:

  • Journals, books and databases
  • Clinical decision making resources including NICE guidelines and BMJ Best Practice
  • Policy and management information and research literature
  • Resources purchased nationally and locally
  • One-click links to full-text, request a copy or contact an NHS library

If you do not already have an Open Athens account, you can complete your own registration here: https://openathens.nice.org.uk/ or get in touch with the library for support: academic.library@lscft.nhs.uk

Please feel free to download our resource of the month poster and share with your team or within your department.

Resource of the Month

The King’s Fund

The King’s Fund is an independent charitable organisation working to improve health and care in England. Their vision is that the best possible health and care is available to all.

The King’s Fund provides a range of consultancy and advisory services which bring together a deep understanding of the health and care system, policy expertise and experience of supporting and developing leaders and organisations.

The library regularly shares reports, blog posts and other information from The King’s Fund on the library blog and on our Twitter page.

To get the latest news from The King’s Fund straight to your inbox subscribe to their email newsletters and health care information bulletins here.

Please feel free to download our resource of the month poster and share with your team or within your department.

Resource of the Month

Royal Marsden Manual Online

The Royal Marsden Manual of Clinical Nursing Procedures has been the definitive, market-leading guide to clinical nursing skills for over three decades. This indispensable guide sets the gold standard for nursing care, providing the procedures, rationale, and guidance required by qualified nurses to deliver clinically effective, patient-focused care with expertise and confidence.

The Royal Marsden Manual of Clinical Nursing Procedures:

  • Provides content written by nurses for nurses
  • Empowers nurses to become informed, skilled practitioners
  • Reflects current procedures and changes in modern adult nursing practice
  • Includes procedures supported by up-to-date evidence with detailed rationales for each step of each procedure
  • Considers the clinical governance around procedures and nursing practice
  • Integrates NMC 2018 ‘Future Nurse: Standards of Proficiency for Registered Nurses’ guidance
  • Contains new content on ‘Self Care and Wellbeing,’ helping nurses to care for themselves emotionally and physically

Access the manual here and log in using your OpenAthens login details. For help with this please email the library team academic.library@lscft.nhs.uk

Please feel free to download our resource of the month poster and share with your team or within your department.

Resource of the Month

Twitter

We use our Twitter page to support Evidence Based Practice, connecting you with high quality information to assist you in providing the best possible practice at LSCFT.

Please follow us for current awareness updates, wellbeing motivation, library insights plus much more.

Tag us @LscftL if you have any suggestions/book requests or ideas. We love to see what our colleagues and friends are up to.

If you like what we are tweeting please like or retweet our tweets or let us know what you would like us to tweet about.

Scan the smart code on the poster or click here to find us and follow us. For help with this please email the library team: academic.library@lscft.nhs.uk

Please feel free to download our resource of the month poster and share with your team or within your department.

Library Newsletter

March 2022

The March edition of the Library Newsletter is now available to view here.

Please feel free to download and share with your colleagues and/or department.

If you would like to see any additional features on our newsletter or have any queries regarding information featured in this month’s newsletter, please get in touch by emailing: academic.library@lscft.nhs.uk

Resource of the Month

Therapist Aid

The Therapist Aid website features essential tools for mental health professionals; therapy worksheets, audio, activities, and more.

Therapist Aid is dedicated to helping mental health professionals improve their craft by providing free evidence-based education and therapy tools. The resources have been created with clients in mind, which means avoiding jargon, and creating tools that are not only useful in theory, but in practice.

Scan the smart code on the poster or visit the website here. For help with this please email the library team: academic.library@lscft.nhs.uk

Please feel free to download our resource of the month poster and share with your team or within your department.

Library Newsletter

December 2021

The December edition of the Library Newsletter is now available to view here.

Please feel free to download and share with your colleagues and/or department.

If you would like to see any additional features on our newsletter or have any queries regarding information featured in this month’s newsletter, please get in touch by emailing: academic.library@lscft.nhs.uk