Things in the library 30 Oct...

 Things in the library not so much... 

Now we are in Tier 3 restrictions the library staff are taking it in turns to work in the library so there is only ever one of us physically in the library, the others will be working at home. So if you come into the libray there may be a short delay if we are dealing with another customer or taking a phone enquiry. The library remains open Mon-Fri 8:45 to 17:00, please adhere to our social distancing and safety guidelines.

Things to attend...

'Ella Minnow Pea' is the book being discussed this week at Reading Group. Please contact the library if you would like the Teams link for this meeting on Wed 4th Nov at 18:30 till 19:30. 

Journal Club on Thu 5th Nov at 8:00 till 9:00 the paper being presented is 'The addition of fluoxetine to cognitive behavioural therapy for youth depression (YoDA-C): a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multicentre clinical trial'. Please contact the library if you need a copy of the paper. This is the link for joining in virtually.

Things about health care... 

The Care Quaity Commission recently published 'The state of health care and adult social care in England 2019/20'. The report looks at the trends, shares examples of good and outstanding care, and highlights where care needs to improve.In their summary they say: 

Over the summer, CQC reviewed the way health, social care and other local services worked together in 11 parts of the country. There were differences in the way they responded to the pandemic, but there is evidence that the places with established working relationships and an understanding of need in their local area were better able to care for their local population in a time of crisis. 

The reviews have brought into focus the learning that needs to be used to help plan for a longer-term response to the virus. It is essential that the right support is available for all parts of a local health and social care system to drive improvements where they are needed, and to involve voluntary and community organisations in promoting health and wellbeing.

In social care, COVID not only exposed but exacerbated existing problems.The sector, already fragile, faced significant challenges around timely access to PPE, testing and staffing – and coordinated support was less readily available than it was for the NHS.

Things about health inequalities... 

RCPCH has joined a new campaigning coalition; the Inequalities in Health Alliance (IHA). The Inequalities in Health Alliance (IHA) is calling for the Government to: 

1. Introduce a cross-government strategy to reduce health inequalities.

2. Government to commence use of the socio-economic duty, section 1 of the Equality Act 2010, which would ensure vulnerable people be considered in every policy decision they make

3. Adopt a ‘child health in all policies’ approach to policy-making 

The RCPCH say

The evidence consistently shows that poverty and inequality impact a child’s whole life, affecting their education, housing and social environment and in turn impacting their health outcomes. Our State of Child Health indicators reveal a widening gap between the health of children from wealthy and deprived backgrounds. We are pleased that one of our key calls to Government – that they should adopt a ‘child health in all policies’ approach to decision-making and policy development is being echoed by the alliance. This would limit the unintended bad consequences of cross-government policies on child health. 

Things about sleep... 

Research from the Mental Health Foundation on Taking Sleep Seriously: Sleep and our Mental Health has been published. Their review of the existing research, alongside new polling, highlights the important role sleep plays in the context of:

Mental health problems: Sleep problems can be both a symptom of, and a contributor to, mental health problems. Treatment for sleep problems can help improve mental health. There is some evidence that treating sleep problems may help reduce depression symptoms in the general population, suggesting it may be an avenue for preventative mental health care.

Family: Parents (particularly mothers) of young children experience significant changes to the quality and quantity of their sleep which can affect parental mental health and contribute to stress in families. Bedtime routines can help to build good sleep habits in children from an early age.

School: Adolescents’ routines, including school schedules, may affect the amount of sleep they get, which has implications for their mental health. School-based sleep education programmes can be used to increase student knowledge about the importance of sleep and how to develop healthy sleep habits.

Workplaces: The characteristics of a workplace affect our sleep and our mental health. In our survey, 37% of working adults reported that their work (for example, workload, problems with colleagues and worries about job security) reduces the amount of control they feel they have over their sleep. Employers should ensure they support good sleep and good mental health at work by promoting a choice of shift, offering healthy sleep programmes to staff, promoting a good work-life balance and consulting experts and worker representatives to develop flexible work schedules.

Social inequalities: There are inequalities in the quality and quantity of our sleep linked to our environment, race/ethnicity, socioeconomic status, financial stability, and experiences of trauma. In our survey, a quarter (25%) of UK adults reported that worrying about money matters, including bills, negatively affected their sleep in the past month. Of those who were unemployed, more than a quarter (27%) reported experiencing suicidal thoughts and feelings due to a lack of sleep.

Things to make...

The disability equality charity Scope have a recipe for sleepy flapjacks -  which might be just the thing to make at the end of a very wet half-term holiday! I notice in their method they don't say when to add the banana but my guess is you just mash it in with everything else!  

150 grams of oats

150 grams of peanut butter

100 grams of honey

1 or 2 ripe bananas mashed

1. Melt peanut butter, mix in oats and honey ...and bananas

2. Spread onto a greased baking tin.

3. Cook for 20 minutes at 175 or gas mark 5.

Cut into squares before it cools completely.

Things in the library 26th July...

Things too hot...
We were no doubt not alone in being rather too hot yesterday...28 degrees most of the day...we do alternate between closing windows and blinds and opening the fire door to try our best to get some airflow but unfortunately we also have to contend with pigeons flying in and perching on the bound copies of The Lancet! Did you know that the Lancet was so named, when it was founded in 1823 by Thomas Wakley an English surgeon, not only after the surgical instrument called a lancet but as also after the architectural term "lancet arch", a window with a sharp pointed arch, to indicate the "light of wisdom" or "to let in light". No pigeon brains here!

Things to attend...

Journal Club will be meeting on F Floor of Stephenson Wing next Tuesday 13:00 - 14:00. the paper being discussed is 'Paediatric dosing errors before and after electronic prescribing' and a supplementary paper 'Electronic Prescribing Reduced Prescribing Errors in a Pediatric Renal Outpatient Clinic'. Journal Club is open to all health professionals and is a fun, informal way of learning to criticise papers and gather evidence to change practice. At each meeting a speaker presents a critical appraisal of a research paper, using a recognised appraisal tool such as CASP Group members then have an informal discussion to determine whether or not current practice should be altered in light of the presenter's findings. Muffins and drinks provided.

Things launched...

The CCG and local authority in Sheffield have launched their Health and Wellbeing Strategy 2019-24 committing to reducing and eliminating health inequalities in the city.
The CCG has also published its improvement plan setting out its ambitions for long-term improvement for staff and local people.

Things about obesity...
A guide and set of resources to support local authorities with implementing a whole systems approach to address obesity and promote a healthy weight has been published by Public Health England. A growing body of evidence, including from the Government Office for Science’s Foresight Tackling Obesities Future Choices – Project Report, suggests that whole systems approaches could help tackle complex problems like obesity. Systems science is an established academic field with a considerable body of literature and guidance available on systems theory, leadership, and techniques.  It is designed to support local authorities and their local systems partners, including the NHS, local businesses, communities and the voluntary sector.

Things about children with SEND...

The Council for Disabled Children (CDC) has produced a report on integrating services. Children and young people with special educational needs and/or a disability (SEND) and their families have a consistent request: that they are supported to achieve the best possible outcomes through access to the right services at the right time. For this to happen, they need the people who commission and deliver services to coordinate their work so that their care can be ‘joined up’ and personalised according to their needs and aspirations.  CDC have produced this report 'It takes leaders to break down siloes' [sic] to drive change in the design and delivery of services for disabled children, and support greater integration for children and young people more generally.

Things about buses...
There will be some changes to services in Sheffield in September so here is a 'head's up' to see if your service is likely to change - links to new timetables not yet available.


Things to drink..
It is so important to drink plenty of fluids in this weather so here are some non-alcoholic cocktails for you to try...and the first one has the added advantage of using up a rhubarb glut!

Things in the library 10 Aug...

Things about community health...

The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) has published findings from a survey of 188 newly trained paediatricians. The survey found that only 9.6% of newly trained paediatricians took up a consultant post in community child health – the specialty which is also responsible for assessing children for abuse or neglect. The RCPCH believes that around 80 more community paediatricians are needed each year for the next five years to help sustain and improve these services. See all the details in this report CCT and CESR Class of 2016: Where are they now?

Emerging things...
Today, eight health and social care regulators and other bodies have signed a new agreement to help them share concerns with each other more effectively. The CQC says" The ‘Emerging Concerns Protocol’ seeks to provide a clearly defined mechanism for us to share information and intelligence that may indicate risks to users of services, their carers, families or professionals".  To see the protocol and the organisations that have signed up to it, click here.

Things to see...
The University of Sheffield has launched a special photography exhibition which celebrates the contribution of their non-UK EU colleagues. 'A Part of Sheffield' shares the stories of colleagues who have made a life and home in Sheffield. Portrait photographer and local Sheffield resident, Jeremy Abrahams, was commissioned to photograph a group of staff who represent a range of occupations and departments across the University, and a range of other EU countries. Each participant is represented by a series of portraits and documentary-style images of them at work and in familiar places in Sheffield. The photography helps to tell their stories about what it means to be a part of Sheffield and how they contribute to the University and the City, whilst highlighting their personal concerns about the vote to leave the EU and the sense of uncertainty and change that this has brought. You can visit the exhibition in the following locations:
6 - 17 August - Jessop West Foyer
20 - 31 August - The Diamond Ground Floor Exhibition Space

Things about exercise & mental health...
In The Lancet Psychiatry this week a cross-sectional study about the association of mental health and physical exercise . Their interpretation of the findings is that "In a large US sample, physical exercise was significantly and meaningfully associated with self-reported mental health burden in the past month. More exercise was not always better. Differences as a function of exercise were large relative to other demographic variables such as education and income. Specific types, durations, and frequencies of exercise might be more effective clinical targets than others for reducing mental health burden, and merit interventional study."

Things to help you listen...



The Samaritans wants to encourage people to listen to the really important things their friends, family and colleagues need to tell them, and to actually devote some time and attention to being better listeners. When people feel listened to, it can save a life. Suggestions for becoming a better listener are here in their SHUSH listening tips.





Things to eat...
Kate's choice this week ...a lovely recipe for herby chicken & potato salad that is quick to prepare.

Things in the library 2 March...

Things snowy...
We have remained open throughout the bad weather and have had several waifs and strays working here if they can't get to their normal workplace. We sell hot drinks and biscuits and provide a spectacular view across the snowy rooftops of Sheffield.

Things to discuss...
Reading group next week on Wednesday 7th March 17:15 in the library. Drinks and nibbles and discussing a book about Eyam.
Come and join us.

Things about statistics...
We are often asked for help with statistics (which we are unable to do) but we have just bought a new book 'Statistics at square two' which is a companion to 'Statistics at square one'. This book aims to help you to evaluate the many statistical methods in current use and is aimed at all those who need to understand statistics in clinical research papers and apply them in their own research.

Things about the NHS...
The King's Fund has published results and trends from the British Social Attitudes survey which  has asked members of the public about their views on, and feelings towards, the NHS and health and care issues generally. The latest survey was carried out between July and October 2017 and asked a nationally representative sample of 3,004 adults in England, Scotland and Wales about their satisfaction with the NHS overall, and 1,002 people about their satisfaction with individual NHS and social care services. They conclude that :
"looking at the 2017 data through that long-view lens reminds us that overall NHS satisfaction levels remain higher than they were in the 1990s and early-to-mid-2000s. Nevertheless, the statistically significant fall in satisfaction (and rise in dissatisfaction) in 2017 took net satisfaction to its lowest level since 2007. With an increase over the last few years in the proportion of survey respondents reporting lack of funding as a reason for their dissatisfaction, it seems the public is increasingly aware of the reality of funding pressures that the NHS has experienced over the last seven years. With equally small increases in funding planned over the next few years and NHS performance on key headline measures worsening, it is hard to see the public’s satisfaction with the NHS improving in the near future."

Things about kiwis...
A recent article in European Journal of Nutrition reviews the nutritional and health attributes of kiwifruit. The review includes a brief history of green and gold varieties of kiwifruit from an ornamental curiosity from China in the 19th century to a crop of international economic importance in the 21st century; comparative data on their nutritional composition, particularly the high and distinctive amount of vitamin C; and an update on the latest available scientific evidence from well-designed and executed human studies on the multiple beneficial physiological effects.
Of particular interest are the digestive benefits for healthy individuals as well as for those with constipation and other gastrointestinal disorders, including symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome. The mechanisms of action behind the gastrointestinal effects, such as changes in faecal (stool) consistency, decrease in transit time and reduction of abdominal discomfort, relate to the water retention capacity of kiwifruit fibre, favourable changes in the human colonic microbial community and primary metabolites, as well as the naturally present proteolytic enzyme actinidin, which aids protein digestion both in the stomach and the small intestine. The effects of kiwifruit on metabolic markers of cardiovascular disease and diabetes are also investigated, including studies on glucose and insulin balance, bodyweight maintenance and energy homeostasis.

Things about blockchain...
Do you know your Bitcoin from your Ethereum...and the possible implications for this technology for healthcare? If not this article from the Emerging Technology Group at NHS HEE may help you understand.

Things about health services for children...
A framework to support challenged children and young people’s health services achieve a good or outstanding CQC rating has been published. This framework supports and enables senior children and young people’s nurses to achieve good and outstanding care standards for children and young people’s health services. It integrates policy guidance with the most frequent reasons the Care Quality Commission (CQC) gives for rating children’s services as ‘requiring improvement’ or ‘inadequate’ as identified in our review of CQC reports.

Things about fish...
In Pediatric Allergy and Immunology a study by a group in Sweden suggested that toddlers who eat fish at least once a month  or live on a farm are less likely to develop hay fever in later childhood.
Eating fish once a month or more at age 12 months reduced the risk of allergic rhinitis at 12 years (0.70, 0.50-0.98) as did living on a farm with farm animals at four years (0.51, 0.32-0.84). Continuous farm living from age 4 to 12 seemed to drive the association. They concluded that Allergic rhinitis affected more than 20% of 12-year-olds, but was lower in children who ate fish at 12 months or grew up with farm animals.

Things about oral health...
A report on  the oral health survey of 5-year-olds in Yorkshire and the Humber in 2015, as part of the National Dental Epidemiology Programme for England, has been published. Yorkshire and The Humber remains the second worst region in the country for the proportion of five-year-olds with experience of tooth decay. However, the results show a continued decrease in the proportion of children with tooth decay (prevalence) and a decrease in severity of decay (the number of teeth with decay) at a regional level and at a local authority level for most areas. More five-year-old children have had teeth removed (extracted) due to tooth decay in the Yorkshire and The Humber than any other region in England.

Things to eat...
This is a fabulously easy dessert which I have made several times...and of course it features kiwi fruit.

Things in the library 1st Dec...

Things for clinical answers...

We often mention how useful TRIP Databse is for evidence based medicine and it just got even better. They have just announced that DynaMed Plus content has been added to TRIP. Even though our institution does not currently subscribe to DynaMed you will be able to access 10 free 'views' each month. Remember that you need to sign into TRIP and have a current NHSAthens account  or University of Sheffield login to access the PRO features of TRIP without charge.

Things about yoga...

During the 20th century, yoga became increasingly recognised outside India, and over the past decades it has continued to grow in popularity worldwide as a system for promoting health and well-being. While modern yoga often focuses on physical poses and is sometimes thought of as a type of exercise, the practice usually incorporates one or more of the mental or spiritual elements that are traditionally part of yoga, such as relaxation, concentration, or meditation. For this reason, yoga is considered a mind-body exercise. There are currently many different types or schools of yoga, each with a different emphasis on and approach to practice. It is widely thought that some of these yoga practices may help treat or prevent physical or mental illnesses, and improve overall quality of life. There is therefore a need for information on the potential health benefits and harms of yoga.
This Cochrane Library Special Collection of systematic reviews on yoga focuses on reviews evaluating the effectiveness of yoga for improving physical or mental symptoms and quality of life in a range of health conditions. It has been developed to bring the best available evidence on the health-related effects of yoga to the attention of the general public, patients, health professionals, and other decision makers, and to inform choices on the use of yoga to improve health and well-being.

Things about searching for evidence...

If you want a basic introduction to literature searching skills to access online you might be interested in ‘Building the Foundations’  three modules to enable users to assess their current level of skill in literature searching, find out more about the resources available and get started planning a search. The modules are aimed at anyone doing a literature search on a health related topic. They are primarily targeted towards novice searchers or those who would like a refresher.  Each module has a glossary explaining key terminology in further detail.
Module 1 Introduction to searching  
Module 2 Where do I start searching? 
Module 3 How do I start to develop a search strategy? 
A login is not required to access the modules. To by-pass the need to log in, click continue when presented with the sign-in pop-up. If you wish to track your learning along with other modules within e-Learning for Healthcare, you can login with your NHS OpenAthens account.

For more in-depth and personalised training on literature searching then book a free individual 1 hour session with us via our Book a Librarian service.

Things about children in hospitals...
The CQC have published the results of their latest survey (2016), which looks at the experiences of children, young people and their parents and carers attending hospital for treatment as an inpatient or day case. Overall children and young people’s experiences of inpatient and day case care were mostly positive. The majority of children and young people said they were well looked after while in hospital, staff were friendly and that they received answers to their questions. Most parents and carers reported positive experiences for how their child’s pain was managed and for receiving enough information about new medication. For more information on key findings for England, please see the statistical release, which provides the results for all questions and contextual policy information.
The survey results suggest there is scope for improvement in a number of areas, including:

• Children and young people having enough things to do whilst in hospital
• Involving children and young people in decision making
• Being treated on age appropriate wards

These results for NHS Trusts show how trusts performed on individual questions in the survey. The technique used to analyse these results allows the CQC to identify which trusts they can confidently say performed 'better', 'worse' or 'about the same' when compared with other trusts.

Things about perinatal deaths...
The MBRRACE-UK Perinatal Confidential Enquiry Report 2017 has been published this week and focuses on term, singleton, intrapartum stillbirths and intrapartum-related neonatal deaths. Since the last confidential enquiry into intrapartum stillbirths and intrapartum-related deaths in 1993-1995, overall stillbirth rates have reduced by just over a fifth and neonatal death rates by over a third. Nevertheless the UK rates are still high compared with other European and other high income countries. Whilst term intrapartum stillbirths and intrapartum-related neonatal deaths account for only a small proportion of extended perinatal mortality rates, improvements in care during labour, delivery and immediately following birth should reduce such cases apart from those that are inevitable. This enquiry focuses on intrapartum-related deaths, specifically those born at term, excluding major congenital anomalies but including those anomalies where the cause of death was felt to be related to the intrapartum period rather than the anomaly. The premise of the enquiry was if a baby was determined to be alive at the onset of labour at term then the expected outcome would be a healthy
infant.  Read the full text http://bit.ly/2BzAFou

Things about our reading group...
Our last meeting of 2017 is on Wed 6th December...and it's the time to choose what we will read for the next few months. So if you would like to join us do come along to the library at 17:15 for seasonal fare and a chat about books. The book we will be discussing in January is Terry Pratchett's 'Hogfather' perfect Christmas reading.

Thinking about Pratchett reminds me of a quote from one of his books (Judgement Day) which I feel could apply to any conference delegate (as well as wizards) ..."The senior wizards, eyeing the chocolate biscuits on the tray brought in by the tea lady, listened with as much attention as could be expected from wizards momentarily afflicted with chocolate starvation."

So something chocolatey...
These crunchy chocolate and orange biscotti could be made as a gift or enjoyed  with a cup of coffee or more decadently dipped in hot cocoa!

Things in the library 3rd Nov...

Things to attend...
The next journal club for SCH staff will be on Thurs 9th Nov 8am - 9am. The paper presented will be 'Effectiveness of β-Lactam Monotherapy vs Macrolide Combination Therapy for Children Hospitalized With Pneumonia'. Come along and ask us if you want to read the paper in advance.

Things about diabetes and infections...
People with diabetes mellitus (DM) have increased infection risk. The healthcare utilization of pediatric and adolescent diabetic patients with infection is not well defined. This study evaluates the number of pediatric and adolescent patients with DM that seek medical treatment for infection management and assesses its socioeconomic impact. It concludes that children and adolescents with type 1 and type 2 DM commonly present to the ED and require hospitalization for infection evaluation and management. Encounters with infection make up a large proportion of a growing economic burden on the United States’healthcare system. As the prevalence of DM grows, this burden can be expected to become even more significant. Cost-effective strategies for the prevention of infection in pediatric patients with DM are needed.

Things about consent...
Informed consent for pediatric anesthesia is unique because it is obtained from surrogates (ie, parents) rather than from the patient and sought after parents have authorized the surgical intervention. There is limited data on how pediatric anesthesia informed and consent discussions are conducted. The purpose of this study was to characterize the content of preanesthesia informed consent discussions and assess their impact on parent recall and understanding.

Things about breastfeeding and asthma...
The conclusion of this study was that ' In a pediatric population with asthma, children who had been breastfed had a statistically significantly lower risk of asthma exacerbations later in life compared to asthmatic children who had not been breastfed.'

Things about breastfeeding and SIDS...
This study looked at 2267 SIDS cases and 6837 control infants from eight case-control studies. Although the variables collected in each study varied slightly, limiting their ability to include all studies in the analysis and control for all confounders, the conclusion was that breastfeeding duration of at least 2 months was associated with half the risk of SIDS. Breastfeeding does not need to be exclusive to confer this protection.





Things about CQC and mental health...
The report of the first phase of a Government-commissioned review of mental health services for children and young people in England has been officially released (Friday 27 October). The CQC has drawn on existing reports, research and other evidence and its inspections of children and young people’s mental health services, as well as conversations with young people to identify the strengths and weaknesses of the current system. The report confirms many of the issues raised in the Five Year Forward View for Mental Health published in 2016 and in particular, comments on the difficulties children and young people face in accessing appropriate support for their mental health concerns from a system that is fragmented and where services vary in quality. During phase two of the thematic review, CQC will undertake fieldwork to identify what helps local services to achieve, or hinders them from achieving, improvements in the quality of mental health services for children and young people, as set out in the NHS’s Five Year Forward View for Mental Health.

Things about ME to watch...
The Clinical Academic Society and Sheffield Academic Medicine Society are delighted to be hosting a screening of the multi-award winning documentary UNREST at the University of Sheffield. Time for Unrest is a global impact campaign that seeks to increase awareness, education, research and funding around ME. This condition is generally not taught in undergraduate medical education and can be misunderstood within the medical profession. Unrest gives an insight into how debilitating ME/CFS can be and an opportunity to discuss the condition with a panel of clinicians and those with first hand experience.  Unrest world-premiered January in the documentary competition at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival, where it won a Special Jury Prize for editing. It has also recently been submitted as an Oscar consideration.

This event is primarily to educate and is therefore free to medical students, junior doctors, consultants and other medical professionals as well as University staff and students who have an interest. The screening is also open to the public with a small donation to the local charity Sheffield ME Group.
Tickets are available here: Eventbrite

Things about us...

You don't have to access the library to use many of our services but if you want to see what we look like (and our view out on a rather grey day) then look at these amateur (ie shaky) videos on our Google+ site!  You might also like some of our Training Resources to help you with various tasks.




Things about Childline...

NSPCC's Childline service gives children and young people a safe and confidential space to talk, be listened to and get support. In 2016/17 they provided more than 295,000 counselling sessions. Their annual review explores what children and young people are telling Childline during counselling sessions. It looks at who is contacting Childline, why, when and how. It focuses on 3 key areas and it highlights strategies that young people tell Childline they find helpful when coping with challenges.

• anxiety
• suicidal thoughts and feelings
• what children who are d/Deaf, disabled or have a health condition are talking to Childline about.

Things to eat...

This roast veg and chickpea stew from Deliciously Ella sounds nice....although we will be munching on a joint of pork cooked on the bbq accompanied by all the trimmings making the best roast pork sandwiches ever at our big family bonfire party!

Things in the library 16 June

Things about healthy eating...
A new survey commissioned by Diabetes UK has found that 66 per cent of adults eat three or fewer portions of fruit and/ or vegetables a day- well below the recommended five portions- and 46 per cent won't eat any fruit at least three days a week.




Regulatory things...

Care Quality Commission (CQC) are consulting on a further set of proposals which will help shape the next phase of regulation of health and social care in England. For the next eight weeks anyone with an interest is encouraged to have their say.  

The proposals include:

• Changes to the regulation of primary medical services including the frequency and intensity of CQC's inspections 
• Improvements to the structure of registration and CQC's defintion of 'registered providers' 
• Further information on how CQC will monitor, inspect and rate new models of care and large or complex providers

Child dental health things...

This resource produced by Public Health England outlines how health professionals can help prevent tooth decay in children under 5 as part of ensuring every child has the best start in life. 

New things in the Library... 

Meena Balasubramanian, from Sheffield Children's Hospital Clinical Genetics Department has published the following book ...Clinical and Molecular Heterogeneity of Osteogenesis Imperfecta. It is now available in the Library.

The library regularly replaces the book stock and there are a number of new titles available. A selection is shown below but the complete list can be seen on the library catalogue.


Things to be aware of... Female Genital Mutilation...
NHS Digital has published an experimental statistics report on female genital mutilation (FGM)  in England for the period January- March 2017. Figures show there were 2,102 attendances reported at NHS trusts and GP practices where FGM was identified or a procedure for FGM was undertaken. Barnardo's children's charity is also providing advice to professionals of the signs that a girl may be a risk of undergoing FGM as 'cutting season' approaches.


Things about returning to practice...

The Health and Care Professions Council's guide provides information for professionals returning to practice after a break of more than two years.

It's a wrap! Yorkshire pudding things...
Try this Yorkshire Pudding wrap  from the BBC Good Food website for a change to the traditional Sunday dinner classic! Follow the recipe or watch the video.