Things in the library 24 March...

Things about mental health services...

The Education Policy Institute has published a new report, The performance of the NHS in England in transforming children’s mental health services.  The report analyses data from NHS England’s Mental Health Five Year Forward View Dashboard and examines progress made by the Government in improving children and young people’s mental health services (CAMHS).  It highlights that almost three quarters of CCGs failed to meet NHS England’s benchmark for improving services although there has been a slight improvement since quarter 1.

Things about Children's Social Care...
The All Party Parliamentary Group for Children (APPGC) published the findings of their latest Inquiry into children’s social care services in England in March 2017. The report, ‘No Good Options’, pulls together information obtained throughout the duration of the Inquiry which ran from February 2016 to January 2017.  As part of the Inquiry, the APPGC held 7 oral evidence sessions (including one private closed session) and received 62 written submissions from local authorities, academics, statutory bodies, local safeguarding children’s boards and the voluntary sector. This Inquiry brought together evidence about the current resourcing of children’s social services and changes in the nature and level of demand, to improve our understanding of the challenges facing under-performing children’s services, and how to address them.  ‘No Good Options’ has identified key areas in which improvement is essential if children’s services are to reach all children and young people in need of support.

Things about breast milk...
An interesting article published this week on "Stem-Like Cell Characteristics from Breast Milk of Mothers with Preterm Infants as Compared to Mothers with Term Infants" their finding were that " (1) stem cells are present in preterm breast milk; (2) differential expression of stem cell-specific markers can be detected in preterm and full-term breast milk samples; and (3) the percentage of cells expressing the various stem cell-specific markers differs when preterm and full-term breast milk samples are compared." Briere Carrie-Ellen,  Breastfeeding Medicine. March 2017, ahead of print. doi:10.1089/bfm.2017.0002.

Things for a smart phone...
Childline has launched a new app providing counselling to young people in the UK and Channel Islands through their smartphone. The app, named ‘For Me’ and invented by four teenagers, allows users to interact with all Childline’s online services including: 1-2-1 chat with a counsellor; the 'Ask Sam’ problem pages; and entrance to their private 'locker’, an area where they have their own daily mood tracker and can write down personal thoughts. Currently just available for i-phone..android version out soon.

Things to join...
A reminder that we are currently asking our SCH staff and library users if they would be interested if we started running a leisure reading book club. If you haven't already expressed your interest then please do so on this online form.


Things about lunches...

I thought this was a really interesting idea four university colleagues who get creative with their lunchboxes and share the cooking. It also reminded me about a favourite book of mine which is Salad Love by David Beg which has a different salad for every workday for a year. So this week I am picking one of his salads Chorizo, chervil and couscous