Things in the library 25 July

Things happening today
Gill is away in Oxford attending the Health Libraries Group conference.

The landscape of health and social care librarianship is dynamic, ever-changing and always challenging and the conference is how we, as your librarians can update our knowledge, debate the future of information provision and discover best practice in library and information services.  Watch out for a report next week.

Unusual things
Doctors in India have extracted 232 teeth from the mouth of a 17-year-old boy in a seven-hour operation. "Ashik's malaise was diagnosed as a complex composite odontoma where a single gum forms lots of teeth. It's a sort of benign tumour," Doctors have described his condition as "very rare" and "a world record"


And closer to home The British Dental Health Foundation said some parents were not paying enough attention to the importance of their child's teeth. Read what they say here.

Things published

The Patient Information Forum has launched a new edition of its Guide to Producing Health Information for Children and Young People. It aims to help anyone who communicates with children and young people about their health improve what they do, and shares practical advice as well as examples of current best practice in the field. see the summary guide here.


Things to drink 
We all know we should stay hydrated during the hot weather but we also know how easy it is to forget when you are busy so make sure you're prepared. This article tells you how much to drink to avoid dehydration,


Gooseberry ginger ale. I have not tried this yet but it looks an interesting one for a summer drink.  (If only my sister had not had all the gooseberries stolen from her allotment!)

Things in the library 18 July

NICE things
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has a new look website which "makes looking for and using NICE guidance, quality standards etc much simpler and more intuitive"

You can also find all guidelines, technology appraisals, interventional procedures, quality, diagnostic and public health standards relevant to the Trust on the library catalogue  enter  CA/TA/QS/IPG/PH/DG and the number into the search box. If you click on the title you will then see a link to the guidance webpage where you can view, print or save.

Mental Health things

NHS England is taking urgent action to improve access to specialised inpatient mental health services for children and young people after publishing a “frank and honest” report on current provision. In response to the findings NHS England  will urgently do the following:

• Increase general CAMHS specialised beds for young patients – there will be up to 50 new beds around the country with further beds moved according to need;
• Recruit 10 to 20 new case managers working  across the country responsible for ensuring that young people receive appropriate levels of care
• Improve the way people move in and out of specialised care; with consistent criteria for admission and discharge, based on best practice

New things

Journal Club.  There is one more session of the current season on 31 July 8.00-9.00am presented by James Donnelly.  We are         looking for presenters for the next season which starts in Sept 2014. Full details on the Journal Club website here. You can also find previous presentations on the site if you missed them. Please note the change to a Wednesday evening instead of Tuesday

Things for the future

This year's Future of Health conference will be held in central London on 21st November 2014. The conference  "aims to open up dialogue and create a new way of working across health, social care and the third sector to produce the best outcomes for the people they serve. Visit the website for more information.

Sporty things
After the  world cup, Wimbledon, British GrandPrix and The Tour de France (Tour de Yorkshire) what next?? The Commonwealth Glasgow 2014 games start 23rd July - 3rd August

http://www.glasgow2014.com/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/commonwealth-games/2014

http://www.weareengland.org/

Make your own sports drink

Sports drinks are really easy to make - not to mention a lot cheaper than buying expensive bottles in shops. All you need are a few ingredients and a little bit of imagination. Find out how here.

Things in the library 11 July

Things to "eye up"

NICE have issued an Eyes on Evidence commentary on Antipyretic therapy for children with fever. A Cochrane review finds that giving paracetamol and ibuprofen together or one agent after the other is more effective at eliminating fever in febrile children than either therapy alone. They comment  "This is the first published systematic review comparing combined and alternating paracetamol and ibuprofen with single antipyretic treatment to report useful treatment effects (based on 6 trials)."  To read the commentary click here

CHIMAT produces a number of eBulletins to keep you up to date with the latest news, events, policy reports, research and other resources relating to children's, young people's and maternal health.

Child and Maternal Health Knowledge Update

Children's Mental Health and Psychological Wellbeing eBulletin

Perinatal and Infant Mental Health eBulletin

Learning Disabilities and CAMHS eBulletin

To subscribe to one or more of the bulletins click here. 

Thing to get involved in

If the Grand Depart inspired you why not slip into your lycra, hop on your saddle and follow in the tyre tracks of the greats!

Your cycle challenge...300 miles, a 4 day bike ride through the Kent countryside to Dover, across the Channel to Calais. Along quiet French country lanes, through traditional market towns , past the war memorials and cemeteries of the Somme. The pièce de résistance of this cycle challenge will be the final cycle up the Champs Elysées to the Arc de Triomphe, following in the tyre tracks of the cycling greats, before watching them cycle the same route the next day in the finale of the Tour de France!  Register online here

Underestimated things

Announcing the new Built-in Orderly Organized Knowledge device, otherwise known as the BOOK. 

In a world full of new technology and electronic access to information it is easy to forget the humble book.  This is an amusing account of it's benefits!

Things to borrow

To find a list of all the new books that have been added to the library catalogue in the last 30 days, click this quick link

Things to note in your diary

The library opening hours will be revised slightly for the summer.  You can find the changes on the library noticeboards or here . 

Journal Club 5.30 - 6.30pm Tuesday 15th July 

"Dipstick Screening for Urinary Tract Infection in Febrile Infants" This will be presented by Charlie Elder.

Favourite things to eat

Cookies and cream fudge brownies! Even the most hardened haters of chocolate brownies will be converted by this recipe for Oreo brownies that Sarah produced last journal club.recipe here

Things in the library 4 July

Things to be aware of

New NICE guidance consultation on co-sleeping - the draft recommendation is extending the advice to infants up to 1 year of age and 

says that midwives, GPs and health visitors should ensure parents and carers are told of the link between co-sleeping (falling asleep with a baby in a bed, or on a sofa or armchair) and 

Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS). Public consultation on these draft recommendations will run until Thursday 31 July 2014.

They also ask healthcare professionals to:

• advise parents and carers that the association between co-sleeping and SIDS is likely to be greater when they, or their partner, smoke
• inform parents and carers that the association between co-sleeping and SIDS potentially increases if they have used drugs and/or recently drunk alcohol
• tell parents and carers that the association between co-sleeping and SIDS potentially increases if their child had a low birth weight or was born prematurely

Commissioning of public health services for children

From 1 October 2015, the responsibility for commissioning children’s public health services, including health visitors, will transfer from NHS England to local authorities. The Department of Health, alongside its partners, has produced documents to support local authorities and other stakeholders through the transition. The documents identify six areas where health visitors have the most impact on children aged 0 to 5’s health and wellbeing:

Overview of the six early years high impact areas

Early Years High Impact Area 1 – Transition to Parenthood & early weeks

Early Years High Impact Area 2 – Maternal (Perinatal) Mental Health

Early Years High Impact Area 3 – Breastfeeding (Initiation and Duration)

Early Years High Impact Area 4 – Healthy weight, healthy nutrition 

Early Years High Impact Area 5 – Managing minor illness & reducing accidents 

Early Years High Impact Area 6 – Health, wellbeing and development of the child age 2                                                   

A Thing to help understand the new NHS

Commissioned by NHS England and written by five doctors in training, 'Understanding the new NHS' is an accessible and informative guide to the NHS for everyone working and training within it.

Things Sheffield medics did in WWI
Sheffield Medics in WW1 exhibition is now officially open and will be until the 28th November 2014, Accessible to the public from 9am - 5pm, Monday to Friday.In addition to the exhibition, a lecture series will continue to run alongside and all lectures are also open to public, although must be booked in advance.Further details about the project can be found on the webpages 

Thursday 24 July 2014 6.00pm - 7.00pm Lecture Theatre 1, B Floor, Medical SchoolLecture by Tom Scotland, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon Emeritus
'The changing management of abdominal wounds during the Great War; from "laissez faire" to urgent surgical intervention and lessons learned!''

Wednesday 24 Sept 2014 6.00pm - 7.00pm Lecture Theatre 1, B Floor, Med School
Lecture by Brian Morgan
'Harold Gillies and the Birth of Plastic Surgery in World War One'

Wednesday 8 October 2014 Venue and time to be confirmed
Lecture by Surg Cdr A. W. Lambert OBE, MSc, MS, FRCS (Gen Surg) RN, Mne Andy Grant
'Military and medical training for deployment: the views of a surgeon and Royal Marine'

Things summery to eat

What else but..a salad or what is known in my house as 'Wimbledon salad' this recipe is similar to mine

(C) https://www.flickr.com/photos/floringorgan/4694122800

Things out of the library

I'm off on my holidays next week and then off to a Health Librarians Conference so I will be leaving the blog to Sarah & Kate...and will be checking to see what they have been doing.

If you are off on your holidays soon have a great time and don't forget your holiday reading from the library. This does mean the library will be closed for some Tues & Wed evenings so please check before visiting