Things in the library 16 December...

Things closing for Christmas...
We will be closed for stocktaking all day on Thursday 22 December and then closed between Christmas & New Year re-opening on Tuesday 3rd January.

We wish you all a Merry Christmas & Happy New Year.

Things about journal club...

The next meeting of Journal Club will be on Thursday 22nd December 8:00 to 9:00 - Paper: Evaluation of a New Strategy for​ Clean-Catch Urine in Infants (Pediatrics Volume 1 38, number 3 , September 2016)​. If you then need to work off the homemade muffins you could come and join the library staff for a really exciting party game ...stocktaking!

Things on Evidence Based Medicine...
School of Health and Related Research are advertising this course at the moment booking Deadline: Wednesday, 4th January 2017: Real World Evaluation: Ten key principles for Evaluating Complex Health and Social Interventions (2 day course) Thursday, 2nd - Friday, 3rd March 2017

Things about fractures...
This week, as part of the Child Health Emergency Medicine Social Media Campaign, Cochrane Child Health are highlighting a 2014 Cochrane summary on interventions for treating femoral shaft fractures in children and adolescents. This review was selected for the TREKK Evidence Repository on fractures.

Things about decisions...

This week was the pre-launch of a joint campaign by Health Education England (HEE) and CILIP, the (Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals),  highlighting the multiple beneficial outcomes when health service providers work closely with their library and knowledge services. Every day across the healthcare sector in England more than a million decisions are made that have a profound and lasting impact on people’s lives and which influence the quality of healthcare and the cost of services.
HEE and CILIP are campaigning for decisions in the healthcare sector to be fully evidence-based, calling on government and health service providers to employ and make use of the skills of librarians and knowledge specialists in meeting their obligations under The Health and Social Care Act 2012.
Let us know if help we have given you has had an impact on your work.

Things about improvement...
An evidence-based national framework to guide action on improvement skill-building, leadership development and talent management for people in NHS-funded roles has been published. Developing People- Improving Care. The vision is for team leaders at every level of the NHS to develop improvement and leadership capabilities among their staff and themselves. This will help protect and improve services for patients in the short term and for the next 20 years.

Things children are eating...
Health Survey for England 2015  was published this week this report examines the prevalence of overweight and obesity among children in England in 2015. It describes differences between groups of children, by age, sex and income. Parents’ and children’s perceptions of their weight are
compared with objective measures of body mass. Trends in childhood obesity over time are also discussed. There is comment and further information from Children's Food Trust

Things about infections...
Surgical site infections (SSI) surveillance: NHS hospitals in England was published this week. This annual report covers surgical site infection (SSI) data collected by NHS hospitals and independent sector NHS treatment centres.

Things to curl up with...
What better than a good book....don't forget we have a selection of leisure reading that anyone may borrow. Don't take a chance on Father Christmas not bringing you something to read this year ! Come up to the library and browse before we close for Christmas.

Things in the library 9 Dec...

Things going up...

Jeanette Hall (SCH staff) says: "My daughter Emily (14yrs), and her friend Abi (13yrs) are climbing every single climb (364 in total!) in the Climbing Works in aid of Sheffield Children's Hospital on 21st Dec! Last year they took 9 hours to do this!Please sponsor them. You can also support them by coming down to watch on the day, we will be there from 10am until night!"

Things about Gastrostomy Tubes...

This was a retrospective cohort study comparing complications and outcomes between different low-profile non-balloon GTs at a pediatric tertiary care center over 10 years.

Things about end of life care...

A new NICE guideline covers the planning and management of end of life and palliative care in for infants, children and young people (aged 0–17 years) with life-limiting conditions. It aims to involve children, young people and their families in decisions about their care, and improve the support that is available to them throughout their lives. The guideline does not cover children and young people without a life-limiting condition who die unexpectedly (for example, accidental death).

Things about migraine...

It is sometimes assumed that children and adolescents with migraine have a psychiatric or behavioral comorbidity, a belief that can be stigmatizing. This review examines the recent literature addressing this area to determine if pediatric and adolescent migraineurs are at increased risk for psychiatric comorbidity and to discuss management strategies.

Things about Journal Club...
​Thursday 15th December 8-9am, in the Education and Skills Centre, F Floor, Stephenson Wing.
Paper: Evidence of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Spread by Aerosol. Time to Revisit Infection Control Strategies?


Things closing...

Advance notice we will be closed for stocktaking on Thursday 22 December and we will be closed between Christmas and New Year - reopening on Tuesday 3 January.








Things in Weston Park museum...
The Museum across the road from the hospital will be transforming their Arctic World gallery into Santa’s North Pole ho-ho-home and he’ll be there in person with a warm welcome and quality presents. Open weekends, 3–18 Dec: Sat 10am–5pm Sun 11am–4pm Also open Mon 19 - Fri 23 Dec, 10am–5pm Sat 24 Dec, 10am–4pm. Santa’s appearance times may vary (even Santa needs to have lunch!) Please check times on arrival.

Things to sustain you...
I expect you all have a busy weekend ahead ( when my list of things I have to do got to 20 I stopped adding anymore) so why not try this healthy but comforting dish of Pearl barley, bacon & leek casserole that takes little preparation time.

Things in the library 2 Dec

Things sparkly...
Us...we have put our Christmas decorations up early this year as once we get into preparing for our annual stock-take (library closed Thursday 22 Dec) we forget about them until the last minute and then don't seem to have them up for long. Come and see how we look and take out some festive leisure reading for your Christmas break (if you get one!).
Remember we are closed between Christmas & New Year so if you need any library services before we go let us know as soon as possible please. Books that are 3-week loans are now being stamped for January.



Things about doctors & managers...
The Nuffield Trust have published a narrative literature review on  this week. This  looks at empirical studies on perceptions of doctor–manager relationships at medical director and clinical director level in the UK published since a 2002 survey on this subject by the same authors. This literature review accompanies a research report on the findings from a 2015 survey of doctor– manager relationships at board and middle-management levels of NHS acute trusts, which seeks to understand their views on the current state of the relationship in the UK, the pressures it is coming under, how it has changed, and the outlook for the future.

Things glowing...
I heard an interesting item on 'Inside Science' on BBC Radio 4 yesterday about glowing dressings that detect infection. These have been developed at University of Bath and have now started clinical trials. The trial, at Southmead Hospital Bristol, Bristol Royal Hospital for Children, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and Queen Victoria Hospital East Grinstead will see swabs and used dressings taken from hundreds of patients to be used in laboratory tests at the University of Bath. These double-blind tests will establish statistically how sensitive the bandages are to infections, and how specifically they react to infections they are designed to detect. The samples will also undergo tests by scientists at the University of Brighton seeking genomic data from infection-causing bacteria which will help improve the bandages’ performance further.

Things about disability services...
The report 'Disability Matters in Britain 2016: Enablers and challenges to inclusion for disabledchildren, young people and their families' has been published. The report pulls together the views and experiences of disabled children, young people and their parents or carers with the aim of raising awareness of good practice being adopted already, encouraging others to follow their lead and to help ensure that disabled people of all ages are valued as equals in our communities. The report reflects the views of 10 young people, 123 parent carers of disabled children and adults and 128 professionals and volunteers who responded to the Disability Matters ‘call for evidence’ earlier this year. Key findings include:

• Out of 72 examples from 123 parent carers, 30 parent carers experienced negative or unhelpful attitudes from others including other parents
• 22 parent carers said they found it difficult to access healthcare services 
• 20 parent carers reported trouble in finding opportunities for their child or young person so socialise with others
• 19 parent carers said their child hadn’t accessed any social activities such as cinema, bowling and youth clubs in the past 12 months due to poor attitudes, inexperienced staff or inaccessible buildings and services
• 40% of 96 respondents in the health sector felt their organisation was average or below average at communicating with disabled children and young people

Things Welsh and Christmassy...
A festive fairytale treat for all the family, A Child’s Christmas in Wales chronicles Dylan Thomas's own childhood memories and remains one of his most popular and loved works. In this wonderful adaptation for strings, step into December days ‘as white as Lapland’, where mischief is easily found, snowballs are hurled, and the curious grownups are shrewdly observed. University of Sheffield 18th December Evening & Matinee performances. Music: Ligeti Quartet Narration: Matthew Bulgo

Things achieved...

We haven't heard much from Sarah..she was last heard of heading for the Galapagos Islands. However here is her certificate of achievement.  At least she has stocktaking to look forward to on her return!

(c) http://laylita.com/

Not sure what she has been eating on her travels but as it's chilly here perhaps we can try one of these Ecuadorian soups...though not sure Tesco stocks cow's feet so might give that one a miss!