Things in the library 20th December

Sarah, Gill & Kate would like to  wish everyone a                  Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

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Things beautiful and tasty
When I contacted the photographer Caroline Trotter to ask for permission to use the above image in our blog (something you should always do unless you know it can be freely used under a Creative Commons licence) she also supplied a lovely recipe for mincemeat - so here it is

Mincemeat
This is a colourful mixture with larger chunks than most mincemeats, just to show its home made!
450g apples peeled cored and roughly chopped
180g shredded suet
200g soft brown sugar
225g raisins
225g sultanas
225g currants
115g dried cranberries
225g glace cherries roughly chopped
grated rind and juice of three lemons
4 tsp mixed spice
½ tps cinnamon
tsp grated nutmeg
6 tblsp whisky

Mix all the ingredients except the whisky, place in a bowl, leave overnight covered. Then place in a oven 120C, gas ¼ for a couple of hours and mix through.
When cold stir in the whisky and store. Make mince pies!

Things inspirational
As Paediatric Surgery is one of the departments we specifically support  with clinical library services I am always interested in seeing what they get up to when away from SCH. Here is Ross Fisher giving a talk at TEDx in Stuttgart - worth watching - none of the children referred to are SCH patients.



Things Sheffield is doing well

Health leaders in the city have welcomed results today which show Sheffield is still leading the way in cutting children’s obesity rates.National figures released today show Sheffield still has one of the lowest rates of childhood obesity nationally with nearly 80 per cent of children aged four to five are of a healthy weight, which is higher than the national average figures of just under 77 per cent. Nearly 65 per cent of children aged 10-11 are of a healthy weight, only slightly lower than the national average of just over 65  per cent.Of the core cities, Sheffield is ranked highest for prevalence of healthy weight in the Yorkshire region and second highest behind Bristol for year 6 children. Read more here

Things published

Investing in people for Health and Healthcare Workforce Plan for England 2014/15 is available as pdf here

Things to know about our Christmas opening hours

Mon 23 and Tues 24 Dec 2013     Closed for Stocktaking

Weds 25 Dec – Wed 1 Jan 2014  Closed 

Open again on Thurs 2 Jan 2014 08:45 – 17:00  and   Friday 3 Jan 08:45 – 17:00

Library services are available during the Christmas Period at the Health Sciences Library, Medical School, Royal Hallamshire Hospital

Tues 24 Dec 09:00 - 17:00 (Open)     10:00 - 17:00 (Staffed Service Hours)

Wed 25 Dec – Sun 29 Dec CLOSED

Mon 30 Dec – Tues 31 Dec 09:00 - 17:00 Self-service only

Wed 1 Jan  CLOSED

Things in the library 13 December

Things that are twinkly

We have put up our Christmas decorations and around the tree a selection of our leisure reading books. If you plan to curl up with a good book over Christmas come up to the library to borrow one or browse our selection online here search for 'leisure'.

Things to do with Christmas
On 23rd and 24th December the library staff will be conducting their annual keep fit (and get dusty) routine. We will be stocktaking ...which means we take every item off the shelves, clean them, scan them and put them back again. As this is not a spectator sport the library will be closed those two days and then remain closed until re-opening on Thursday 2nd January.

Things you can help us with
Prior to the stocktake we are looking at various areas in the library to see if the book coverage is as you would like it to be. If you would like to help us by coming and looking at 'your' specialist area and making suggestions please get in touch.

Things to look at  and perhaps use

The British library has just added over a million images to Flickr Commons for anyone to use, remix and repurpose. These images were taken from the pages of 17th, 18th and 19th century books and concern a startling mix of subjects - which can be viewed here I found this image  from 1879 Taylor's "The Illustrated Guide to Sheffield and the surrounding district" of the gates to Weston Park.


Things to ponder on and discuss
There has been considerable discussion lately about scientific publishing - and from our experience we know many journal subscriptions are rocketing in price. This week Andy Schekman, a US biologist who won the Nobel prize in physiology or medicine this year and receives his prize in Stockholm on Tuesday, said his lab would no longer send research papers to the top-tier journals, Nature, Cell and Science. Read the article he wrote in the Guardian here

Things we did
Journal Club this week involved an interesting mix of consultants (Gastroenterology, Surgery and General Paediatrics) along with a clinical nurse specialist and junior doctors discussing a paper on predictive marker tests for children with constipation. Next journal club 9th Jan 8.00 to 9:00 am.

Thing to read
NICE issued new update to guidance on treating urinary tract infection in children download full text here

Things to do with cycles
There has been a lot in the press recently about the safety of cyclists on the roads so I was interested to spot this item. The Canadian Paediatric Society recently published a position statement on 'Bicycle helmet use in Canada: The need for legislation to reduce the risk of head injury'. They state that "research evidence to date and recognition of the substantial impact of traumatic brain injuries support the recommendation for all-ages bicycle helmet legislation" you can read the full text here .Watch out for wobbly young bike riders on Boxing day but I think this chap from 1880 may have had a little too much brandy butter in his mince pies!

Things to eat
A recipe recommended by one of Sarah's daughters who has made it for Christmas gifts - white chocolate mallow fudge - recipe here. Don't eat too much though or you may have to join us in our Stocktaking Exercise.

Things in the library 6th Dec

Things to like 
Don't forget we have a Facebook page 'Like' us to keep up with things we find interesting

Things about referencing
Ever wondered how to reference a Tweet or a Facebook page? Bournmouth University have some useful guidelines here, though you should always check with the publication/organisation for which you are writing in case they have specific preferences

Things that won't be working (only on Saturday 7th December)
The suppliers of the Cochrane Library will be conducting maintenance on their platform from 10am UK time on Saturday the 7th December 2013 for approximately 5 hours. We have been informed that reviews and search functionality will not be available during this period.

Things that will be normally be working
The rest of the time the Cochrane resources are all available to you in full text here. They have a variety of online training resources here to help you.

Things to read
We spotted this article published this week 'Bronchiolitis Management Before and After the AAP Guidelines' in Pediatrics. You can access the full text with your NHS Open Athens account.

You may have heard of the report published in November  'How to ensure the right people, with the right skills, are in the right place at the right time: A guide to nursing, midwifery and care staffing capacity and capability' published recently read the full text here

Things to give you a flavour of what we do

A medical publisher recently organized an award scheme to recognise the value medical librarians bring in complex healthcare environments such as medical schools, hospitals and other healthcare institutions globally the winning video can be seen here on YouTube. These are exactly the sort of services we can provide so please ask for more information about how we can support you and your department.

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Things to keep you warm and cosy
Sarah thinks her favourite warming 'Chicken in Green Curry with mint and basil' will do the trick

Things in the Library 29 November

Things published
Child and adolescent mental health services - guide for commissioners
This guide describes what ‘good looks like’ for a modern child and adolescent mental health service (CAMHS). Read it here

“If only someone had listened”
Office of the Children's Commissioner for England published three disturbing reports this week on child abuse and rape issues.
They can be accessed via our library catalogue here search for 'child abuse'


Excellent articles for parents/carers on Transition 
Contact a Family Charity have just published their latest issue of 'Connected' aimed at families with disabled children. Focus on transition in this issue. It can be read online here useful for professionals working with these children to see the subject from another viewpoint

Experience based co-design toolkit
This toolkit outlines a powerful and proven way of improving patients' experience of services, and helps you to understand how it can help you meet your aims. Find out more from the King's Fund here.

Things we did
You might have seen from a flurry of emails that the library has been having a bit of a spring clean by getting rid of everything from some flower vases to a printer. This has given us some more space, we have some new computer chairs in the library for our users and also a better place to work with your own laptop. Kate has also  been spring cleaning and has unworn wellies to sell (sizes adult 7/8/9) if you are interested!

Things we went to
Sarah went off Leeds on Tuesday to meet up with other NHS Library managers in Yorkshire & Humberside. I (Gill) went off to London on Thursday as I am on a user group committee for our library management software. Kate is currently studying on the City & Guild's 'Preparing to teach' course so she was off out on Wednesday..you will be able to see her in action at next week's InfoBites. Just occasionally you can catch all three of us in the library at the same time!

Things to come to
InfoBites next week on Tuesday 3rd Dec at 13:00 is a quick 20 min taster on the subject 'Why Social Media'. As usual cakey nibbles will be available or bring your lunch with you. Find out what is available, how best to use it and workplace possibilities.

Things that happened

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Journal Club this week was excellent... the paper was about a care process model for febrile children and as a result of the discussions follow up actions include looking at current trust guidelines and a potential service evaluation. The paper can be read here logging in with your NHS Athens account. Next Journal Club 10th Dec.










The muffins were "heavenly" the recipe for Rosemary Lemon muffins is here 

Things in the library 22 November

Things to do
The Cochrane Library - An introduction for Researchers

Tuesday, 26 November 2013

Starting time:13:00, GMT Time (London, GMT)

A 1 hour online training session - you need to book here (may already be fully subscribed)

Things to read and do
Analysing your staff survey results -there is an increasing amount of interest in the links between staff and patient experience. Matthew Watt from Health Education Yorkshire & the Humber has developed a tool for NHS Employers, which allows organisations to see links between the data in the staff survey and patient data. More information here

Things you might want to try

Google Scholar have launched Scholar Library you can save articles from the search page, organize them by topic, and use the power of Scholar's full-text search & ranking to quickly find just the one you want - of course you never can be certain with Google if features will stay for ever or be discontinued. If you are interested in other reference management software come and ask us. I hope to do an InfoBite on the subject next year. More about Scholar Library here

Things about Social Media

NHS Employers have published a document called "Increasing staff engagement with social media" you can read it here.This briefing looks at how you can use social media in your organisation to improve staff engagement. It is aimed at the HR community but will also be of interest to communications teams and line managers.
It discusses how social media platforms can be used to engage staff and provides examples of engaging staff using social media. It looks at what you can do now to improve staff engagement and things you need to consider.



Things to attend
You might also be interested in our next InfoBites which is entitled 'Why social media' a quick 20 min introduction to the topic, on 3rd December at 13:00 in the library.

Things moving fast
Kate and Sarah are both runners so were interested in this report showing declining fitness in children - it's claimed that on average, children today run a mile 90 seconds slower than did their counterparts 30 years ago. Read more here

Things to buy

If you have someone in your life who loves a 'real' book you might like to look at these - please will someone point my husband in the direction of this blog! Click here for more details


Things we did and ate

Journal Club had a good discussion this week around a paper on Cerebral Palsy - the next meeting will be next week 28 Nov 8:00 to 9:00 watch out for an email with further details.
This week attendees were able to sample these excellent carrot, spinach and cumin muffins recipe here

Things in the library 15th November

Journal Club helps things happen
Back in June David King attended a session of Journal Club - the discussion there gave him an idea which has just led to him, Robert Morton & Cliff  Bevan publishing a review in Archives of Diseases in Children - Eduction and Practice on 'Capillary refill time'. Read it here you can access it with your NHS Open Athens account.



So a thing not to miss

Next week the  Journal Club is on Tuesday 19th November 17.30 - 18.30.  The session will be held in one of the clinical skills rooms on F floor of the Stephenson Wing. Rohini Rattihalli will be presenting the paper "A systematic review of interventions for children with cerebral palsy: state of the evidence". Copies of the paper are available from Sarah but if you don't get a chance to read the paper don't worry just come along
.......and don't forget all this AND MUFFINS.....best recipe here next week.

App things
Did you know the NHS reviews health apps to ensure they are clinically safe so if you want to see what you (or your patients) might find useful check them out here. They include free and paid ones and are clearly marked to show on which platforms they work.

Things in the news
You may have heard about the pilot study being undertaken by University of Sheffield to encourage mothers to breastfeed by offering incentives in the form of vouchers find out the facts here

Things we have done
If you missed Sarah on Tuesday she was off on her first-aid refresher course.She has been a first aider for many years and this was the annual update to her 3 year training - she managed to coincide with a lady from Becton doing the same course and so was able to spread news of the library. For those of you not based at Western Bank we are still your library and can provide most services remotely see here

Things published
New proposals for urgent and emergency care - read here
The national medical director of NHS England has published 'Transforming urgent and emergency care services in England Urgent and Emergency Care Review End of Phase 1 Report: High quality care for all, now and for future generations' The report has proposed a fundamental shift in provision of urgent care, with more extensive services outside hospital and patients with more serious or life threatening conditions receiving treatment in centres with the best clinical teams, expertise and equipment.

Implementation things 
NICE have a range of educational tools for healthcare professionals. On-line, interactive and free. See the range here and a specific one you might be interested in is:
Managing overweight and obesity among children and young people: costing report - read here
NICE have published a costing report and template to estimate the financial impact to the NHS of implementing the guidance in England. The costing work focuses on the recommendations that require the most resources to implement or will generate the most savings. The cost and activity assessments are estimates based on a number of assumptions. These assessments provide an indication of the likely impact and are not absolute figures. The costing template can be used by health communities to assess the local impact of implementing the recommendations, based on the local population. The national assumptions used in the template can be altered to reflect local circumstances.

Things to eat - better not be cake after that last item
Kate recommends this Cheat's Paella which her family all love - though she reduces the oil content to make it healthier. Recipe here

Things in the library 8th November

Not a thing..a new person
If you come into the library on a Tuesday or Thursday morning you might see our new member of the team. Jac Fox has joined us to assist with the NHS Athens administration. Sarah is not only responsible for our trust Athens accounts but is also the regional administrator for both Yorkshire & Humberside and East Midlands. We are very pleased to welcome Jac..you might also bump into her in Hearing Services.


Things we have done
This week an InfoBites session on a brief introduction to Critical Appraisal. If anyone would like to see the presentation from this week please email us and we will send it to you.

Things published

Tackling FGM in UK: Intercollegiate recommendations for identifying, recording and reporting Female Genital Mutilation the report can be read here 

The report recommendations include:

1. Treat FGM as Child Abuse: FGM is a severe form of violence against women and girls. It is child abuse and must be integrated into all UK child safeguarding procedures in a systematic way.
2. Implement an awareness campaign: The Government should implement a national FGM awareness campaign, similar to previous domestic abuse and HIV campaigns.
3. Hold frontline professionals accountable: The NHS and local authorities should systematically measure the performance of frontline health professionals against agreed standards for addressing FGM and publish outcomes to enable effective benchmarking.

 Information, Communication and Technology in the NHS

The Academy of Medical Royal Colleges has published a new report suggesting the NHS must radically overhaul the way it collects and shares data if patients are to be treated safely and effectively, 'i-care: Information, Communication and Technology in the NHS' sets out seven key challenges for achieving the technology revolution within the NHS. The report has been developed in answer to the Secretary of State for Health's ambition to make the NHS 'paperless' by 2018.It can be read here 

Things being grown

Various hairy appendages are sprouting along upper lips in support of Movember to raise money and awareness for men's health issues such as testicular cancer, prostate cancer and mental health. There is still time to join a group and take part or sponsor one of our colleagues. 

Two people we know are taking part are Ross Fisher and Phil Ayrton click on their names to support.

Things to sing

A study of children at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) has scientifically proven what parents have suspected for centuries – that lullabies really do help to soothe poorly children and reduce their perception of pain. - see more here. 

Things to keep you warm

We open until 19:00 Monday - Thursday and this week when I finished on Wednesday I got particularly wet going home so I was very pleased to find this lovely bowl of soup waiting for me. The recipe is here although I believe some celery and carrot had been added to my version which was excellent. I actually think this photo looks nicer than the 'real' one.

Things in the library 1st November

Things we have done
Busy day in the library today as Sarah is conducting the ST1 STEPP training module on Evidence Based Medicine which she does a few times a year for the ST1s and ST3s. Sarah's new favourite book on the subject is " A beginner's guide to evidence-based practice in health and social care professions" by Helen Aveyard (ISBN 9780335246724)





Things we are going to do
Next week Sarah will be presenting a 20 min introduction to Basic Critical Appraisal on Tues 5th Nov at 13:00 in the library as the next in our InfoBites series - there will be cake too.


Things to buy
We still have some older editions of books available to buy - come up and browse.




Things in the news

image taken from Flickr taken by Robert Scoble

You may have seen reported research published in The Journal of Archives of Disease in Childhood this week which has highlighted a link between swaddling and hip dysplasia and late onset osteoarthritis. Read the full text with your NHS Athens login here





Things we are proud of
NHS libraries are judged against a variety of quality indicators and we are pleased to announce the we have just received a certificate recording our 94% compliance for 2013






Things we have found

Whilst supplying an article to another health library from a 1958 issue of the Lancet I came across some interesting snippets:

• an article bemoaning the increased habit of tablets being manufactured in colours and the concern that this would lead to an increase in accidental poisoning of children. The authors describe an experiment conducted with 'Smarties' - which actually seems to have only proved that children prefer red and orange Smarties (before the days of blue ones)
• discussions on the availability of Polio vaccine (imported from Canada in 1958) and the description of local UK outbreaks which struck a chord with the recent news from Syria.
• it had just become an offence under the clean air act to have black smoke emitting from any chimney in England and Wales
• there was also a humorous article relating problems with cycles and padlocks outside hospitals so some things never change!

I can recommend a browse through some old journals to while away some moments and you can even do this on-line (so less dust) as some publishers have digitised their entire journal holdings e.g. Archives of Disease in Childhood from 1926 onwards is available to you via your NHS Athens login (along with 2013 articles too of course). If you haven't got an Athens login set one up here .

Things about the NHS support organisations

NHS Employers has produced a new infographic showing the organisations that support the new NHS and what they do.This new infographic looks in detail at some of the other organisations in the new system that support the NHS, focussing on the NHS workforce, commissioning NHS services, patient care and support, supporting NHS organisations and public health. Click here to view

Things to eat

Sarah spotted these Bonfire Night recipes and thought the toffee apple squares sounded particularly yummy.

Things we already knew

Yorkshire is the third best region in the world to visit in 2014, according to travel guide Lonely Planet.

Things in the library 25th October

Things published:

Annual report from the Chief Medical Officer:

"Prevention pays - our children deserve better" read the full report here 

Things that are useful:

Clinical Evidence systematically finds, assesses and summarizes the most relevant evidence for a wide range of common clinical questions and has a separate child health section. Review findings are displayed in a quick and easy to use format.  Sign in with your NHS Open Athens account 

Things other people have been reading:

The 5 most read articles in Paediatrics and Child Health over the last 3 months - available full text via your NHS Open Athens account

1. Otitis media with effusion in children: current management  January 2012 (Vol. 22 | No. 1 | Pages 9-12) Peter J. Robb, Ian Williamson

2. Preseptal and orbital cellulitis in children: a review  January 2012 (Vol. 22 | No. 1 | Pages 1-8) Patrick Watts

3. Obesity genes: implication in childhood obesity January 2012 (Vol. 22 | No. 1 | Pages 31-36) Yvonne Böttcher, Antje Körner, Peter Kovacs, Wieland Kiess

4. Diagnosing autism January 2013 (Vol. 23 | No. 1 | Pages 5-10) Kirsty Yates, Ann Le Couteur

5. The management of hearing loss in children June 2012 (Vol. 22 | No. 1 | Pages 13-18) Marianne D. Elloy, Andrew H. Marshall

Things to participate in (or involve those you know):
The Department of Education and Department of Health are consulting young people on a new code of practice and on replacing special educational needs (SEN) statements with 0 to 25 education, health and care plans. They are now seeking the views of young people with special educational needs and have issued two draft codes of practice. The consultation period closes on the 20 December 2013.
Code of practice consultation document under 16s
Code of practice consultation document 16-25

Things not to forget:

End of British Summer Time on Sunday so turn your clocks back one hour.

Remembrance poppies for sale in the library from Monday next week

Things you might want to do - (bit early for Christmas sorry)

Buy Pete McKee Christmas Cards  (or  pre-order a stocking sized Theo) to support the Children's Hospital Charity shop online here

Christmas Jumper Day Friday 13th Dec wear or knit a jumper to support Save the Children- find out more here You don't have to knit a large jumper  - Gill knitted Christmas egg cosies for her family last year

Things to eat:

Just to prove we do eat more than just cakes Gill can recommend this seasonal recipe "Spiced root soup with crisp spiced onions"

Things in the library 18th Oct

Things we did:
Library Away Day
Sorry if you came to see us on Tuesday 15th ...we weren't here... we were having our Away Day to consider 'where next' for the library service. A useful ice breaker exercise we did was to summarise what our purpose is in the form of a tweet i.e limited to 140 characters. That certainly got the brain cells working. We didn't go very far just across the road to the Arts Tower but it was good to get away out of our usual environment. 


Journal Club this week
The presenter this week was Pawan Kumar Sharma and he  presented the paper "Urine proteomics for discovery of improved diagnostic markers of Kawasaki disease".     Read the article here  and find out more about Journal Club here

Next Journal Club meeting 7th Nov - Thurs 8-9 am where the article to be discussed will be "Electrocardiogram Screening for Disorders That Cause Sudden Cardiac Death in Asymptomatic Children: A Meta-analysis" Pediatrics. 2012 April; 129(4): e999–e1010  Read it here

Things we spotted:
Insight into the social interactions of babies helps reveal how infections spread PLOS ONE article
GMC The state of medical education and practice in the UK report: 2013 Read it here

Things you might want to do:

Helping you to support young carers - School Nurses’ and Community Children’s Nurses’ Master Class - Birmingham

In conjunction with the Department of Health, the RCN are running four master classes to provide school nurses and community children’s nurses with an update on the national policy and to discuss what it means to you.   Details

Things we baked:
No not for Gill's birthday (which was this week) but for Journal Club  Spinach and parmesan muffins 
Recipe can be found here

Delicious

You know us we do have a thing about cakes. We serve them at Journal Club and at our InfoBites session but in this case the deliciousness doesn't relate to Sarah's baking.

You may have seen on websites this symbol of squares this is the sign that you can add an item to Delicious. 

So what is Delicious? 

Delicious is one of many ways of bookmarking or collecting together items on the internet that are of interest to you - it is a free service. You can add tags or subjects to items you have saved; you can then gather them together and organise them. You can also decide if these are to be private or shared. There are options for linking your Delicious account with Twitter and Faceback if you wish. You can also search Delicious for items of interest in your speciality and can add items to your own account if you wish to set one up. 
If you want to use an account like this for yourselves look around at different alternatives (Stumble Upon, Reddit, Digg, Evernote and many others) and see which suit you we can give you help with some of these if you ask us.

So what do we use our Delicious account for? 

We try to keep track of recent publications by Sheffield Children's Hospital staff and this is where we gather them together. So if you want to see what your colleagues are publishing you should be able to find them on our Delicious site. Alternatively if you want the information pushed to you you can follow our page with Twitter or Facebook and we have also set up an e-prompt email alert which you can sign up for here email sign-up , this will send you an email each time we add extra articles to the site.

Do have a look and if we have missed something you have published recently send us the details

Clinical Microsystems…what are they and what will they do?

We have a guest speaker in our monthly InfoBites  session  tomorrow 5^th March at 13:00 in Illingworth Library. Tracy Jackson from Sheffield Children's Hospital will be introducing Clinical Microsystems in a 20 minute session where you can also enjoy food nibbles and buy or bring a drink with you.

Well personally I have no idea what Microsystems are…..although I assume they are small rather than large… so I asked Tracy to fill me in with some background information.

Apparently this is a collaborative venture between Sheffield Teaching Hospitals and SCH and is a service improvement initiative which is entirely patient focused so the emphasis is on quality not cost saving. 

Thirty people from the two hospital trusts received training last autumn to be ‘coaches’ and they are currently working with multidisciplinary teams.

With the help of these coaches(see picture) – more of whom are being trained as I write - skills can be built in established teams within the hospital to help them implement solutions of their own, in order to successfully deliver change and improve service delivery.

This is a 3 year scheme which we were successful in receiving a grant from Health Foundation to implement and the scheme is supported by the Executive Team and senior managers across the trust.

I think it all sounds really interesting and I'm hoping that the phone doesn't ring too much during the session so I can sit and listen myself…there may well be ideas we can pinch for the library…

Do come along to hear Tracy and if you want any more information on Clinical Microsystems please check out this website or contact Tracy direct by email: Tracy.jackson@sch.nhs.uk

...hope the cakes aren't too micro....