Things in the library 16 July...

Things to search...

Training sessions can be booked on how to conduct a search for evidence using HDAS (Healthcare Databases Advanced Search) accessed via the NICE website.  These sessions and other training we offer can be booked on a 1:1 basis using our Book a Librarian Form (currently conducted via Microsoft Teams).

Another place to search - particularly for guidelines - is TRIP Medical Database. Their new website has launched and if you access via an NHS network you should automatically get access to the Pro version. To help you with the new site there is a brief overview video and a key to the results page.

Things about Looked After Children...

The Nuffield Foundation has published findings from a study carried out by researchers at University College London and Kings College London looking at the health and social outcomes of people who have been in care in England and Wales. The study of data from census reports on 353,601 people, including 5,681 who spent time in care as children, found that there were large social, economic and health inequalities in adulthood for people who spent time in care as children.

Ofsted has launched a survey aimed at young people who are currently preparing to leave care, and care leavers aged 16 and over. The survey asks questions about the planning, preparation and support young people are given when leaving care, to help Ofsted improve its inspections. If you are aware of anyone who might like to participate in this, the deadline for submissions is 23 July 2021.

Things about RSV... 

This RCPCH free webinar, presented on 29 June 2021, was convened to support paediatricians and other child health professionals with managing bronchiolitis and other respiratory viruses this year. It looked at how to manage patient flow, ‘keeping patients safe and pathways open’, covered recognition, management and discharge, and signposted to resources for parents.

Things about Randomised Coffee Trials...

Thank you for those who have sent in feedback - some of the comments are listed below - and to the one person who's chat didn't go so well we are truly sorry you had this experience. We hope that you will have better luck next time as we do expect that people joining in with these chats will do so with kindness, friendliness and in the spirit of mutual discovery and support.

it was lovely finding out about another role in the hospital and how support can be offered in so many different forms.

a positive experience and lovely person

I enjoy meeting new people in this context. It is always interesting.

Thank you for providing this opportunity.  Although it's nice to meet in person, having them virtually has enabled me to participate more and arrange meetings more easily as I don't work at Weston Bank.

It was great to take the time to meet a colleague and learn about their experiences of working in the Trust, and life more widely too. 

I really enjoyed the chat, was nice to learn about other areas of workings within the hospital.  My match was lovely!

Love this project and always excited to meet my partner each time. 

Adorable chat with x  

The next RCT will be in the Autumn but you can sign up in advance if you wish (if you have signed up before and asked to be kept on the list there is no need to fill in the form again). We don't know if/when face-to-face meetings will become the norm, however we will keep the virtual option for those who prefer that (particularly those based at home or working away from the Acute site).

Things to eat... 

Amazingly our first grandchild will be one year old next week....what a year it has been. We are hosting her birthday party (mainly for adults) and are sure to feature one of our favourite buffet salads from Delia - Pesto Rice Salad - always popular and very easy to prepare in advance.

Things not happening...

Due to the aforementioned birthday I will be taking Annual Leave next Friday, so I am sorry that there will be no blog next week.... I will be untangling the bunting and making the house child-proof!

Have a lovely weekend everyone

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 20 Jan ...

New Things about TRIP....
One of Trip’s main aims is to help users find the best available evidence with the minimum of effort. The latest update has some innovative new features, all there to support your evidence search. Don't forget that for a second year you have access to PRO features by registering as NHS staff.

• Answer Engine. They’ve been discussing this for nearly five years and seriously working on it for over twelve months. Obtain instant answers to some clinical questions, seamlessly integrated in to your search experience.
• SmartSearch. An useful system to help speed up your search and to help users avoid missing important documents. They analyse the articles you click and use that to predict other articles that are highly relevant.
• Search suggestions. Incorporated in to your results allowing you to easily produce a more focused search.
• Broken links. Arguably a minor upgrade, but very important. Broken links can be a terrible user experience. Take out your frustrations by hitting the new ‘Broken link’ feature under each result.

Things about transition and epilepsy...

A recent article in Epilepsy & Behavior discusses 'The transition from pediatric to adult care for youth with epilepsy: Basic biological, sociological, and psychological issues'.  Below they summarise a few of the broad concerns that arise from this review.

• Brain development – Impulsive pleasure seeking and risky behaviour may be the result of an imbalance between frontal and limbic maturation and should be anticipated.
• Endocrinological development – Puberty has a major effect on development, personality, and behaviour.
• Sexual development – Peer relationship problems may interfere with normal sexual development. Sexual debut is early in youth with epilepsy and long-term sexual experiences are often unsatisfactory.
• Psychological development – Normal developmental stages in adolescence may be disrupted by epilepsy. While epilepsy may contribute to adjustment problems, some of these issues are related to normal developmental concerns. Family dysfunction has a strong effect on maturation of adolescents with epilepsy. Severe behaviour problems with intellectual disability and/or autistic spectrum disorder are not typically related to family dysfunction and have multiple etiologies.
• Bone health – The degree of risk for and mechanisms of bone disorders in childhood-onset epilepsy are unclear. For those at increased risk, serum vitamin D and DXA screening may be useful along with supplemental vitamin D.

Things about 3D printing of drugs for children....

An article this week in AAPS PharmSciTech discusses the potential for using 3D printing for paediatric drugs the abstract is below. This article is part of a topical collection on the theme Pediatric Drug Development and Dosage Form Design.

The first medicine manufactured by three-dimensional (3D) printing was recently approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The advantages of printing as a manufacturing route enabling more flexibility regarding the dose, and enlarging individual treatment options, have been demonstrated. There is a particular need for flexible drug delivery solutions when it comes to children. Printing as a new pharmaceutical manufacturing technology brings manufacturing closer to the patient and can easily be adjusted to the required dosing scheme, offering more flexibility for treatments. Printing of medicine may therefore become the manufacturing route of choice to provide tailored and potentially on-demand treatments for patients with individual needs. This paper intends to summarize and discuss the state of the art, the crucial aspects which should be taken into account, and the still-open questions, in order to make 3D printing a suitable manufacturing route for pediatric drugs.

Things about PKU...
A Key European guidelines for the diagnosis and management of patients with phenylketonuria was published in the Lancet recently. From the 70 recommendations formulated, in this Review they describe ten that they deem as having the highest priority.

An e-book for surgeons...
We have recently purchased an e-book copy of  the latest edition of Spitz Operative Pediatric Surgery for SCH staff. Follow the link and login with your free NHS Open Athens account.
Not a surgeon???.....then login to the e-book portal and search for what you are interested in. You can browse books free for 5 mins and if there is a resource which you think will be well used by your department ask us if we can purchase it.

Things with crunch...
As a quick easy and quite healthy dessert why not try these Honey nut crunch pears?  This recipe uses cornflakes but I expect other cereals would work well too!

Things in the library 10 June

Things about mental health...
The Centre for Mental Health has published Missed opportunities: a review of recent evidence into children and young people's mental health.  This document seeks to piece together the evidence about children and young people’s mental health and well-being in the UK, based on the most recent high quality research.  It breaks down findings into four age groups: pregnancy to age 4; children aged 5-10, 11-15 year olds, and young adults aged 16-25.  For all age groups, a dominant issue has been the persistent gap between children’s needs and their access to help and support, especially early on when difficulties with mental health first emerge.
The Children’s Commissioner for England has published a report on access to child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS). Findings include: on average, 28% of children and young people referred to CAMHS in 2015 were not allocated a service; of 3000 children and young people who were referred to CAMHS with a life-threatening condition in 2015, 14% were not allocated any provision and 51% went on a waiting list.

Your views on TRIP...
We often recommend TRIP as a useful tool for finding evidence and other useful resources such as images - particularly as currently NHS users have free access to Pro version via OpenAthens. If you use TRIP then there is the opportunity to influence it's development.
IT’S POLL TIME: We like to reach out to our users to help us better plan Trip’s developments. As such we have developed this very brief poll (three questions only). We really do listen – so now’s your time to help make Trip better for you and other Trip users.

COMMUNITY Q&A: An idea we’re working on and looking for volunteers! Trip answers around 70% of the questions users have, so can we provide a function to help with the other 30%? So, we’re at the very early stages of planning a system to allow users to ask their unanswered question to the wider Trip community. We’re really just needing a little bit of your time to help us understand a few issues relating to creating such a community. So, if you’re interested please contact us via community@tripdatabase.com

YOUTUBE: We have created a great YouTube Channel with a number of great ‘how to use Trip’ guides. Please follow the link and subscribe, we’re really keen to get 100 subscribers as then we’re given more flexibility by YouTube to make the channel even better!

Things about crying...
It can be stressful for parents when their baby cries and this can have a negative impact on their mental health and relationships. Coping with Crying is a short film from NSPCC which is being trialled in various areas. It shows new or expectant parents coping strategies they can use with a crying baby and prepares them for how babies normally behave. It also explains the dangers of roughly handling or shaking a baby.This report provides evidence about what works to help parents cope with a crying infant and reduce non-accidental injury.

Things about nursing associates...
Health Education England (HEE) has published the response to its consultation on the Nursing Associate role.  This report outlines HEE’s response to the feedback received on “Building capacity to care and capability to treat - a new team member for health and social care: Consultation” and identifies how HEE will take forward proposals to introduce a new nursing support role in England by Spring 2017 to support the Registered Nurse workforce in providing high quality care across health and social care settings.

Things about Rotherham...
Rotherham has set out its new plans to become a “ child-centred borough”. Key principles include: a focus on the rights and voice of the child, keeping children safe and healthy and taking a community-wide approach, working with and harnessing the resources of existing community groups.



Things about World Meat-Free day...Monday 13th June
The culmination of a global campaign trying to get people around the world to change their diet for just one day. The campaign aims to raise awareness of the benefits of eating less meat and show how going veggie can result in fairer food systems and better results for our planet.
So why not try this recipe as Asparagus is in season at the moment (but don't buy any that has flown across the world!)

Thing in the library 12 Feb 2016

Starting point

Well thing are all over the place in the library this week...
If you have been following our Facebook posts you will have seen a transformation under way. Last Friday we were covered in blue plastic, had wood and asbestos ripped out over the weekend which revealed some very dirty walls and radiators and have now been painted and re-carpeted. Also our old counter area has been removed and we have a temporary entrance and counter area in the computer room. By the end of next week we hope we will be getting back to normal. Please excuse our dishevelled state in the mean time but we are open.

Our blue phase

Years of grime

Painted and carpeted

Our temporary counter and entrance

Things for finding evidence...

We have mentioned TRIP Database before and recommend it as an additional search tool. We have heard this week that for a pilot period of one year, HEE has negotiated access to the Premium version of the TRIP database. The site is also due to be redesigned in 4-6 weeks but try it out from an NHS computer to get full access. If you then set up a personal TRIP account clinicians should be able to use the premium version elsewhere too.

Things about Child Services

The Nuffield Trust issued a briefing document this week 'The future of

child health services: new models of care'. The briefing is based on a 2015 Nuffield Trust workshop that brought together frontline clinicians, service users, commissioners, representatives from new care models and a range of other stakeholders. The briefing draws on presentations, discussions and

materials submitted by delegates at the workshop, and other published literature.

Things introducing Journal Club 

The next session will be on Thursday 18th Feb 8:00 to 9:00 in the Education & Skills Centre on F Floor Stephenson Wing. If you don't know what happens at a journal club and have always been too afraid to ask then this session is for you! Come along and find out more and sample the home-made muffins that are a regular feature.

Things in the Library 7 March

Things in the News
Researchers warned that passive smoking causes lasting damage to children's arteries, increasing the risk of heart attacks and strokes in later life. Read the research behind the headline here   

Things to avoid
Artificial food colourings which have been linked to hyperactivity in some children. The FSA has updated its list of product ranges that do not contain the following six food colours

• sunset yellow FCF (E110)
• quinoline yellow (E104)
• carmoisine (E122)
• allura red (E129)
• tartrazine (E102)
• ponceau 4R (E124)

but..
These additives which have been withdrawn from food and drink are still available in children's medicines according to a report "The Hidden Additives in Children's Medicines" by the campaign group Action on Additives.  Their parent's guide to additives in children's medicine and details of their campaign can be found here.

Things for keeping up to date

InfoBites next week on Tuesday 11th March at 13:00 is a quick 20 min taster on the subject 'Keeping up-to-date'. As usual cakey nibbles will be available or bring your lunch with you. Find out how to keep abreast of the latest evidence for clinical practice.

Things to read or see

We don't recommend stealing books from anywhere but both Sarah and Kate are currently reading The Book Thief by Markus Zusak, it tells the story of Liesel, an extraordinary and courageous young girl sent to live with a foster family in World War II Germany. She learns to read with encouragement from her new family and Max, a Jewish refugee who they are hiding under the stairs. For Liesel and Max, the power of words and imagination become the only escape from the tumultuous events happening around them. 

This film, in cinemas now is a life-affirming story of survival and of the resilience of the human spirit. If you would like to read the book thief you can pop up and borrow the book from the library.

Things needing your help

A review for the Office of the Children’s Commissioner "Assessing the Evidence Base in Relation to Intrafamilial Child Sexual Abuse".
This will cover the nature, scale and scope of intrafamilial CSA, the child protection response and implications for legislation. The authors have sent out a call for unpublished papers, documents, reports and briefings that are in the public domain which will help them understand Intrafamilial CSA. The deadline for receipt of papers: 24th  March, 2014.  Send any electronic materials to: ICSAREA@mdx.ac.uk 

Things to make and eat

This week is British Pie week which had us thinking about which pies we would like to make this weekend. We have chosen both a savoury Chicken pie with tenderstem broccoli, sweetcorn, tarragon and shallots and a sweet Apple, elderflower and almond pie recipes for you to try.

Things in the library 17 Jan

Things to read
If you watched Panorama last Monday 'I want my baby back', which investigated the family courts system, you will have seen that our very own Prof Nick Bishop was one of the interviewees talking about his work on Vitamin D and rickets. This week he and Dr Charlie Elder have an article published in the Lancet  on rickets - the link to the pdf is here and you will be able to access the full text with your OpenAthens login. The library has supported their work by searching the literature and sourcing articles so please make use of these services if you need such support.
Prof Bishop's interview also took place in the library and for any of you whose mind was wandering (surely not!) you may have wondered why a nice run of bound journals was interspersed with a couple of different coloured volumes...the cameraman thought it looked prettier...sigh...

Things about Librarians

Librarian from Disney's 'Monsters University'©

As a profession we work in a myriad different companies and organisations so we go by all sorts of weird and wonderful job titles. We thought this fun Librarian Title Generator was a good way to give you an idea of what can be encompassed by our job. The complexity and scope of the profession is often not realised in the wider world (and certainly not in the world of films where glasses, hair in a bun and a 'sshhh' is the usual stereotype.)

Things to follow
We have a Twitter account so you can follow us here - we tend to mostly retweet items we think may be of interest to staff working in paediatrics.We also automatically post these on Facebook and our library catalogue page. So if you don't Tweet but you do use Facebook then please 'Like' our page here.


Things that are new

Many will have come across TripDatabase (not the one for booking holidays) which is an excellent free resource for finding quality evidence.This week they have launched a new Twitter feed @TripChildHealth - this will post all the latest evidence, added to the Trip Database, focused on child health. We will be monitoring it but if you use Twitter you might want to follow it directly.

Things you may want to attend

Introduction to Quality Improvement and Patient Safety 14 February 2014 . For those working in child health who are motivated to improve the quality of healthcare of children and young people. The RCPCH has launched an important new series of education courses on Quality Improvement and Patient Safety. The series offers a range of training for all child health practitioners interested in encouraging quality improvement.As a trainee, consultant, nurse, manager or administrator, you are in an ideal position to see areas that need improvement, whether it is about access to resources, more support, poorly functioning systems, wasting of resources by unnecessary duplication or poor communication then this is where you can bring these to the attention of your department and work together to make the patient journey safer and more efficient.

Things to make - a new skill?

If you have never tackled making flaky pastry then Delia has a very easy foolproof method which you can use for making her sausage rolls (meat and vegetarian)

As for me I'm off to have a second family Christmas this weekend...although we are having a Summer Pudding not a Christmas one..a little early but made with frozen berry packs works really well. This recipe looks similar to the one my husband makes - although adding a couple of tablespoons of cassis or blackcurrant cordial is good too.