Things in the library 20 Nov...

Things happening soon...

Our next Reading group and Christmas Party will be on 2nd Dec at 18:30 via Microsoft Teams. please contact the library if you would like the link. If you are a regular attendee don't forget to submit your choice of books that we might read next year. The book we are discussing in December is The Silver Sword by Ian Seraillier.

Things about health librarians... 
A report to an All-Party Parliamentary Group Mon 2 Nov 2020 clearly outlines the true value of NHS Library and Knowledge Services having both a direct and indirect effect on the care patients receive. They make a positive impact on services as a whole, providing an economic value of millions of pounds to the NHS.

Health Education England (HEE) commissioned the report Library and Knowledge Services Value Proposition: The Gift of Time.  This identifies key benefits of a library and knowledge service within an NHS organisation and, specifically, the specialist roles embedded within NHS teams.    

Health librarians and knowledge specialists make the gathering of information as easy as possible for healthcare professionals, relieving the burden of sourcing and synthesising evidence while enabling NHS organisations to meet their statutory obligations to get evidence into practice across the service. A recent speaker at SCHs Clinical Summit -Sue Lacey Bryant, National Lead for NHS Library and Knowledge Services, HEE said: 

“We are passionate about the positive impact that librarians and knowledge managers have on the quality of care. Our regional library teams will now work with NHS organisations and local library services to help the NHS fully realise all these benefits.

We will continue to work with trusts, Integrated Care Systems and Arm’s Length Bodies to make sure that NHS library services are adequately resourced; aligned with local priorities and able to support the organisation to adopt NICE guidelines and CQC standards”

Things about time...

The library can give you a great gifts...not just for Christmas... and that is the gift of time...let us do the things we are good at leaving you free to do yours. There are many things we can do to save you and your colleagues time and if you look at a summary of the feedback we receive for our services below you will see there are many other benefits too! Find out more about how we can help you on our website.

Effect on Patient Care

Diagnosis	7%
Choice of tests / treatment / drugs	18%
Other	24%
Advice given to patients/carers	16%
Unnecessary hospital admission	2%
Unnecessary outpatient visits	4%
Unnecessary costs	9%
Unnecessary surgery, tests /procedures / radiography	13%

Effect on Service

Reduced risk or improved safety	9%
Improved the quality of patient care	17%
Saved money or contributed to financial effectiveness	5%
More informed decision making	20%
Contributed to service development or delivery	14%
Facilitated collaborative working	9%
Contributed to personal/professional development	25%

Things crafty...

If you are missing the opportunity to poke around in craft workshops you might be interested in the Digital Craft Festival Nov 27- 29 with demonstrations, live events and activities for adults and children. Some events need booking and others are freely available. Also there links to crafters websites if you are looking for different present ideas. 

Note to self...must direct my family here!

Things to make... 

We ate this Simple Thai noodle soup during the week, very quick and easy and absolutely delicious. Though could really have done with Nigel Slater not listing 'a small jug' of vegetable stock...just use enough so you will end up with 2 good bowlfuls. Also I would do rice noodles just before you want them so save them from sticking together if left on oneside (they did separate with boiling water poured over them)!

Things in the library 4th Jan...

Happy New Year to you all

Things to attend...

Our excellent Critical Appraisal course is running again on Thurs 31st Jan from 9:00 - 13:00. No prior knowledge of the subject is required and you will learn the basics of how to critically read an article and judge its value in a small group. If you are interested please sign up for this training via the SCH intranet as soon as possible.

Things about screentime...

A study of the effects of screentime on children and young people (CYP) is in the news today. The systematic review it comes from concludes:

"There is considerable evidence that higher levels of screentime is associated with a variety of health harms for CYP, with evidence strongest for adiposity, unhealthy diet, depressive symptoms and quality of life. Evidence for impact on other health outcomes is largely weak or absent. We found no consistent evidence of health benefits from screentime. While evidence for a threshold to guide policy on CYP screentime exposure was very limited, there is weak evidence that small amounts of daily screen use is not harmful and may have some benefits.

These data broadly support policy action to limit screen use by CYP because of evidence of health harms across a broad range of domains of physical and mental health. We did not identify a threshold for safe screen use, although we note there was weak evidence for a threshold of 2 hours daily screentime for the associations with depressive symptoms and with HRQOL. We did not identify evidence supporting differential thresholds for younger children or adolescents.

Any potential limits on screentime must be considered in the light of a lack of understanding of the impact of the content or contexts of digital screen use. Given the rapid increase in screen use by CYP internationally over the past decade, particularly for new content areas such as social media, further research is urgently needed to understand the impact of the contexts and content of screen use on CYP health and well-being, particularly in relationship to mobile digital devices."

and also... 

The RCPCH issued guidance today on the health effects of screentime for children. The guide provides a summary of existing research on the health effects of screen time on children and young people. It outlines recommendations for health professionals and families on screen time use. Their primary recommendation is:

 "that families should negotiate screen time limits with their children based upon the needs of an individual child, the ways in which screens are used and the degree to which use of screens appears to displace (or not) physical and social activities and sleep. We would also adopt the expert recommendation that screens are avoided for an hour before the planned bedtime."

Things about refugees...
The World Health Organisation has recently published technical guidance on the health of refugee and migrant children. Policy considerations include an intersectoral approach to promote good health and well-being, particularly mental health, in migrant children that target risk factors at the individual, family and community levels. Particular emphasis is placed on how national/local governments have an important role in fostering or hindering living conditions for refugee and migrant children in the areas of housing, health care services and education.

Things about cancer...
The Healthcare Quality Improvement Policy produced a report in December 'Cancer in Children, Teens and Young Adults'. This report deliberately focuses on a sample of patients who were a high-risk group who died or who had an unexpected admission to intensive care. The rationale being that this is where care-planning, service provision and communication should excel. Any remediable factors in care for this group would benefit all children, teenagers and young adults receiving SACT( systemic anti-cancer therapy). The report can be downloaded from this page.

Things to read...

Our Reading group is next week (normally the first Wednesday of the month) I have enjoyed both our Christmas read choices and they are available to borrow from the library if you wish to read them. The meeting next week is at 17:15, drinks and nibbles provided and if one of your New Year resolutions was to read more do come and join us...it doesn't matter if you haven't read the book! Both books feature an American Northern Cardinal bird on the cover (despite one of the stories being set in Ukraine).

Things about Christmas trees...

If you didn't get chance to book a collection for your real Christmas Tree in aid of SCH charity then you can take it along to University of Sheffield Information Commons car park tomorrow  Sat 5th Jan from 8am to 3pm where it will be chipped and used on the campus as a mulch during the year.




Things to make...
Not to eat this week...we have all done a lot of eating recently...but some creative ideas for recycling your Christmas cards rather than putting them in your (probably) overfull blue bin.


Things coming soon...
After the success of our recent Randomised Coffee Trial will will be organising another one soon...

Things in the library 30 Nov...

Things just about over...

Hopefully most of the 104 participants of our randomised Coffee trial have now had chance to meet. The feedback form is now available (please don't try to open it in Internet Explorer). Some people have already told us how it went for them but we need as many responses as possible please so we can decide if we should run it again or not.

Things in the news...

Today is the news that the NHS is to offer 800-calorie diet treatment for newly developed Type 2 diabetes. Click here if you want to read the original research paper from the Lancet and here for the NHS statement.

Things for next year...
Our last Reading Group of the year meets next Wednesday (5th Dec) at 17:15 we will be choosing our reading for next year, sampling some seasonal food & drink and sharing some Winter/Christmas readings/poems. If you have wondered about joining us this would be a great chance to drop in and see who we are and what we are planning to read.




Things about mental health...

One in eight (12.8%) of children and young people aged between five and 19, surveyed in England in 2017, had a mental disorder according to a major new report which provides England’s best source of data on trends in child mental health. Mental Health of Children and Young People in England, 2017, published this week by NHS Digital, collected information from 9,117 children and young people and combines information - depending on their age - from children and young people or their parents and teachers.

For the first time, the survey has covered children aged two to 19, whereas previous surveys have focused only on the five to 15-year-old age group.

Looking at the five to 15-year-old age group over time, the report reveals a slight increase in the overall prevalence of mental disorder. For this age group, this has risen from 9.7% in 1999 and 10.1% in 2004 to 11.2% in 20172. When including five to 19-year-olds, the 2017 prevalence is 12.8%, but this cannot be compared to earlier years.

Mental disorders were grouped into four broad categories - emotional, behavioural, hyperactivity and other less common disorders.
Emotional disorders have become more common in five to 15-year-olds – going from 4.3% in 1999, to 3.9% in 2004 to 5.8% in 2017.
Different disorders were found to be more or less common at different stages of childhood, with rates of mental disorder higher in older age groups.

and also...
Anne Longfield, the Children’s Commissioner for England, has published new analysis looking at the provision of children’s mental health services in England. The Commissioner’s briefing finds that Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) are improving in most areas in the country, yet with the exception of eating disorder services, the provision of services in the youth justice system and in perinatal mental health care, the rate of progress is slow. A vast gap remains between what is provided and what children need. As a result, the current rate of progress is still not good enough for the majority of children who require help but are not receiving it.

Things for the family...
At Weston Park Museum (across the road from the hospital) is a Christmas festive factory on Saturday 8th Dec from 12:00 to 15:00. Join them for some festive fun in their hands-on creative activities for the whole family. Get into the festive spirit as you create Christmas crafts to decorate your home – or even to give away as presents!



Things vegetarian...
This potato, onion, sage and gruyère tart sounds nice - I think fresh sage is my favourite herb - and a good way to use up left over potatoes!