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