Things in the Library 28 February

Things to attend
Sheffield University Psychiatry Society would like to invite you to a free event they are holding on the 8th March in the Richard Roberts Auditorium, called 'Medicine, Madness and the Media'. Speakers include:
Simon Buckden    'A personal experience of PTSD and the stigma of mental illness'
(our very own) Dr Girish Vaidya   'ADHD - Mad, Bad or Sad?'and 
Professor Femi Oyebode   'Madness at the Theatre'.
Followed by Medfest -an annual national (and now-international!) film festival.
It is an afternoon of short films, clips and animations about aspects of health, mental illness and medicine in general, followed by a discussion by a panel of locally and nationally distinguished people.More information here The films will start at 1pm, feel free to attend just the morning/just the afternoon if that suits you better. The event is free but please register 

Things to read
This week the report 'Focus On: Distance from home to emergency care' was published. The report examines the typical distances from home that people travel to receive emergency care, and how this has changed over time. It explores the distances between a person’s home and the hospital at which they attended A&E, or received an emergency inpatient admission, using Hospital Episode Statistics from the 10-year period from 2001/02 to 2011/12. It can be read in full here 

Things to pledge
Don't forget Monday 3rd March is NHS Change Day where we are all encouraged to do something better together in the workplace. More information here and you can register your pledges here


Things have gone from bad...
We arrived in the library one morning this week to find that our library overdues hadn't been sent during the night. This meant the library staff had to engage their dusty brains and remember which buttons to press to send them manually. It transpired that a Microsoft update had been installed on the server where our system is hosted and the system had sulked - despite being tested first. Fortunately all was solved the next day. Please remember that if you borrow books from us you will get an nice little email the day before your item is due back so you can just hit reply and ask if you need to renew your items. If you don't respond the the emails gradually get less nice as the fines and admin charges increase but we really don't like taking lots of money off people so talk to us if you have a problem returning your items.

...to worse
A different morning this week we came in to find that following an overnight interruption to the power supply our best colour printer wasn't working and after a visit from a nice electrician it seems the problem may be terminal...18 months old and not cheap! Being without it wouldn't have been a particular problem as we have a lovely new colour photocopier except that we were planning a print job which wasn't compatible with the photocopier settings. Don't forget you can scan documents from our copier to your SCH email address without charge.
...BREAKING NEWS...nice IT guy from Uni may be able to help us with our printer.

...but all's well
So if you were in the library on Thursday you would have seen Kate and Gill with lots of bits of paper coming up with a 'Blue Peter' solution. This meant the Orders of Service for the hospitals annual Service of Remembrance were safely delivered to the chaplaincy in time for the event on 9th March.

Things Fairly Traided
Today I have a Fair Trade muffin recipe for you here.
On Tuesday evening after the library had closed at 19:00 (as it does Monday-Thursday) I went to the opening of a new shop  just up the road from the hospital in Broomhill. It is called Fair Grounds and during Fairtrade fortnight, which runs to March 9, the shop will be open Monday to Saturday from 10am to 5pm. From March 11 the shop will be open Tuesday to Saturday.

Things in the Library 14th February

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Things sweet.... and irritating
I spotted this Tweet yesterday which amused me Dr Paul Coxon (@paulcoxon) tweeted at 10:41 AM on Thu, Feb 13, 2014:

Roses are red

Violets are...

[To gain full access to poem content please sign in via your Athens or Shibboleth account]

I'm sure many of you are frustrated when you see a message like that above when you are trying to read full access of an article. To simplify your life remember to access articles via this link  and sign in with your NHS OpenAthens account. If the journal you require isn't available to you don't despair we can supply SCH staff with articles usually within 24 hours if you fill in the details on this form or send us an email.

Things you can give your opinion on
NHS Sheffield Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG), the organisation which decides where the majority of Sheffield’s NHS monies should be spent, has been asking people to give opinions on their commissioning plans for the next five years - and there’s now just two weeks left to contribute. Get involved here


Things to read 
From NICE 'Eyes on Evidence' Prenatal valproate exposure and autism in children : A population-based cohort study suggests that the risk of autism may be tripled in children born to mothers who took valproate during pregnancy. Read more here

and...
The Mental Health Foundation have issued a free information pack "Children and young people with learning disabilities - understanding their mental health" which you can download here






and also..
Spotted on PLOS ONE..... "What Are the Effects of Teaching Evidence-Based Health Care (EBHC)? Overview of Systematic Reviews" read the findings here.
If you haven't come across PLOS ONE yet it is an international, peer-reviewed, open-access, online publication which welcomes reports on primary research from any scientific discipline.

Things in the news
Scientists at Strathclyde University have developed a new test to speed up the diagnosis of bacterial meningitis. The open access article "Simultaneous detection and quantification of three bacterial meningitis pathogens by SERS" can be read here

Things to put in your diary

Sheffield University Medical School is holding an exhibition from June 23rd for six months describing the work of the 3rd West Riding Field Ambulance which consisted of Sheffield doctors, nursing orderlies, nurses, stretcher bearers and chaplains on the Western Front in France during the Great War. Their heroic care of the wounded will be illustrated and how the Royal Army Medical Corps ( R.A.M.C.) efficiently organised the evacuation pathways from the front line back to England in the most horrific war the world has experienced. The care of the wounded returning to Sheffield by the territorial force of the 3rd Northern General Hospital in the city’s hospitals, halls, schools and even cricket pavilions where more than 70,000 wounded soldiers were treated throughout the war will also be described.

Things romantic
Why not spoil the person in your life with this classic pasta dish Pasta Puttanesca from Delia..though possibly best not to tell them what the name means...very easy to make even for a novice.

Even simpler is this cake in a mug - 3 mins in a microwave!

Things in the Library 7th February

Things to join, use and love
Tomorrow is National Libraries Day so although we are closed at weekends we do encourage you to go along and use and support your local library - many of which will be hosting special events - in Sheffield here.
Don't forget we are here as a library for all staff at Sheffield Children's Hospital we can support your clinical work, studies and also provide leisure reading. Check our our full range of services here and don't forget you don't have to physically come to the library as the library is a Service not just a Place.


Things at Ryegate
An example of us being out-and-about is that Kate held a Library Clinic up at Ryegate on Tuesday. She was able to help people with queries about e-learning, e-mail, literature searching, accessing full-text journals and registering for Athens accounts - if you don't yet have an NHS OpenAthens account register here. The next Ryegate Library Clinic is planned for Wed 2nd April 13.00-15.00.

Things to be aware of
Tuesday 11th Feb is Safer Internet Day and as people working with and caring for children there are many issues we should all be aware of and educate ourselves and others about. The day offers the opportunity to focus on both the creative things that children and young people are doing online, as well as the role and responsibility that all stakeholders have in helping to create a better internet. Lots of information, a quiz and details of events here

Things you are invited to
Inaugural Professorial Lecture - Professor Charmaine Childs How 'hot' is the injured brain? A journey from the outside to the centre of the human body
Tuesday 11 March 2014 5.30 for 6pm
Room F518, Robert Winston Building,
Sheffield Hallam University, Collegiate Campus
More details and booking form here

Things useful
The Mental Health Foundation have published an information pack which is free to download here. This pack is intended to provide a basic introduction to mental well-being and mental health problems before considering mental health problems in children and young people with learning disabilities in more depth.

This introduction to the subject is supported by a range of different resources that may be useful for all those working with children and young people with learning disabilities, including details of different programmes that support mental health, as well as practical resources that can be used to support children.

Things we are doing next week
Tuesday 11th 17:30 to 18:30 Introduction to next season of Journal Club - chance to find out what goes on, pick up a handbook and perhaps sign up to present a paper..and of course sample the muffins

Things to make

Still the weather for comforting casseroles in our house but a very quick and tasty one here that is easy, healthy and a bit different - I'll be making it again this weekend - Italian-style beef stew