Things in the library 6th March...

Things about Evidence Based Practice...
Our next Quiz to celebrate our 70th year birthday is now open...how much do you think you know about Evidence Based medicine...try our quiz and at the end of March the highest scoring entry will receive a prize. If you find you know less than you thought you did then check out our training page.


Things to read...
Our reading group meeting this week was unanimous in liking John Wyndham's 'Day of the Triffids' which despite being written in 1951 still felt relevant and exciting today...and a little scary! Our next book is Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout and our meeting to talk about it will be on April 1st at 17:15 in the Illingworth Library (F Floor Grey lifts). Refreshments provided.


Things to attend...
Children & Young People's Mental Health (CAMHS) 2020 Conference & Exhibition Tuesday, 14 July 2020 Ambassadors Hotel, Bloomsbury, London. This national CPD accredited conference programme will explore emerging trends in children and young people’s mental health services, such as the interaction between online platforms for gaming/gambling and addiction; as well as existing issues with access to services, social media use and legislating to support CYPMHS and service users.


Things about rare diseases...
An update to the implementation plan for the  UK Strategy for Rare Diseases in England has been published by Department of  Health & Social Care around 3 million people in the UK will be affected by a rare disease, 80% of which will be of a genetic origin and over 75% of all rare diseases affect children.

Keeping up-to-date...

We have many ways to help you keep up-to-date.
When you join the library you can tell us your main areas of interest which means you will get notifications of new items we have added to our catalogue (books, websites, articles written by SCH colleagues, new gold Clinical Audits/service Evaluations). This will also mean you get a monthly email with a few articles we have selected that might be of interest to you.
e-prompt 
You can also sign up to one of our subject e-prompts giving a more comprehensive list of recent journal articles emailed to you regularly.

Things to eat...
It has been nice and sunny this week and the spring flowers are staring to show their colours so a nice spring recipe today with Parmesan spring chicken.

Things in the library 5th Jan...

Happy New Year to you all from Sarah, Gill & Kate

Things about our new service for the New Year...

Keeping up-to-date with all the information published in your speciality can seem daunting and over whelming. Take advantage of our new

  e-promptXtra service to help you filter what you need and access it in ways that suit you. Book a free 1:1 session - or a session for your team - with a library professional to discuss ways to access current information and manage it successfully. More information can be found on our website with a link to a booking form - or contact the library.

Things to read...
The next Reading Group is on Wed 7th Feb at 17:15 when we will be discussing 'Cider House Rules' by John Irving. Set in rural Maine in the first half of this century, it tells the story of Dr. Wilbur Larch--saint and obstetrician, founder and director of the orphanage in the town of St. Cloud's, ether addict and abortionist. It is also the story of Dr. Larch's favourite orphan, Homer Wells, who is never adopted. 'The reason Homer Wells kept his name was that he came back to St Cloud's so many times, after so many failed foster homes, that the orphanage was forced to acknowledge Homer's intention to make St Cloud's his home.' Homer Wells' odyssey begins among the apple orchards of rural Maine. As the oldest un-adopted child at St Cloud's orphanage, he strikes up a profound and unusual friendship with Wilbur Larch, the orphanage's founder - a man of rare compassion and an addiction to ether. What he learns from Wilbur takes him from his early apprenticeship in the orphanage surgery, to an adult life running a cider-making factory and a strange relationship with the wife of his closest friend...

Things about food...
This narrative review describes research from the past 10 years focused on food preference learning from the prenatal period through early childhood (ages 2-5 years). Exposure to a variety of healthy foods from the start, including during the prenatal period, early milk-feeding and the introduction to complementary foods and beverages, can support subsequent acceptance of those foods. Yet development is plastic, and healthier food preferences can still be promoted after infancy. In early childhood, research supports starting with the simplest strategies, such as repeated exposure and modelling, reserving other strategies for use when needed to motivate the initial tasting necessary for repeated exposure effects to begin. This review can help caregivers and practitioners to promote the development of healthy food preferences early in life. Specific implementation recommendations, the role of individual differences and next steps for research in this area are also discussed.

Things about sepsis...
Survival from sepsis has improved in recent years, resulting in an increasing number of patients who have survived sepsis treatment. Current sepsis guidelines do not provide guidance on post-hospital care or recovery. This article concludes in the months after hospital discharge for sepsis, management should focus on
(1) identifying new physical, mental, and cognitive problems and referring for appropriate treatment
(2) reviewing and adjusting long-term medications
(3) evaluating for treatable conditions that commonly result in hospitalisation, such as infection, heart failure, renal failure, and aspiration.
For patients with poor or declining health prior to sepsis who experience further deterioration after sepsis, it may be appropriate to focus on palliation of symptoms.

Things that might happen in 2018...
As we approach Twelfth Night here are Twelve Nuffield Trust experts each giving a brief insight into what might happen in health and social care in 2018.




Things to attend and read...
Sam Guglani, the oncologist and author, will be speaking at the next of the Medical Ethics Society’s book clubs on the evening of Monday 22nd January. They will be discussing his latest book, Histories, reviewed here. They hope to have a good mix of students and staff at the club. Sign up for the event.  Feel free to circulate this to whoever might be interested. Everyone is welcome, whether affiliated to the University, Trust or otherwise.

Things about snacking...
In the news this week as Public Health England (PHE) is helping parents take control of their children’s snacking by launching the first Change4Life campaign promoting healthier snacks.
This is because half of children’s sugar intake, currently around 7 sugar cubes a day, comes from unhealthy snacks and sugary drinks, leading to obesity and dental decay. On average, children are consuming at least 3 unhealthy snacks and sugary drinks a day, with around a third consuming 4 or more. The overall result is that children consume 3 times more sugar than is recommended.
The new Change4Life campaign encourages parents to look for ‘100 calorie snacks, two a day max’ to help them purchase healthier snacks than the ones they currently buy.

Things about CAMHS...
A House of Commons Library briefing on children and young people’s mental health policy was published just before Christmas. Children and young people's mental health - policy, CAMHS services, funding and education.

Things about Twelfth Night...
So tonight is Twelfth Night and tomorrow all your Christmas decorations should be down. The University of Sheffield has a free recycling of Christmas trees tomorrow in Arts Tower car park - just turn up between 9am and 3pm. Traditionally in the UK parties would be held and practical jokes played...eg hiding live birds under a pie crust as in the nursery rhyme 'Sing a Song of Sixpence'... "when the pie was opened the birds began to sing". In English and French custom, the Twelfth-cake was baked to contain a bean and a pea, so that those who received the slices containing them should be designated king and queen of the night's festivities. 
The RSC have a current production of   Shakespeare's Twelfth Night which will be broadcast live in local cinemas on 14th Feb - I always enjoy these live theatre/film events.

Things to eat and drink...
Traditionally hot mulled cider would be drunk at Twelfth Night - Wassail - a word of Anglo-Saxon origin. It can be made with apple juice if you prefer.
If you prefer why not have a simple and healthy baked apple dessert you can vary the filling with dried cranberries, nuts etc and serve with yogurt or ice-cream.

Things in the library 24 Nov...

Things about IBD...

Family history is the strongest risk factor for developing Crohn’s disease (CD) or ulcerative colitis (UC). This research investigated whether the proximity of relationship with the affected relative and concordance for type of IBD modifies the effect of family history on phenotype and disease severity. They concluded that a family history of CD in 1st degree relatives was associated with complicated CD. Family history discordant for type of IBD or in distant relatives did not influence disease phenotype or natural history.

Things about asthma...
It is well established that the healthy bronchial tree contains a microbiome distinct from that of the upper respiratory tract and that the lung microbiome may be dysregulated in individuals with a chronic respiratory disease, such as asthma. In addition, after birth, gut microbes interact with the host tissue, especially with the lymphatic tissue, thereby guaranteeing efficient immune activation. This review focuses on the available literature on the relationships between the gut microbiome, immune function and asthma in childhood, as well as the therapeutic strategies aimed at acting on the modulation of the microbiome. This article is in Immunotherapy journal which isn't one easily available to you as part of your NHS Open Athens resources however we can get most resources for you from other libraries or the British Library - just ask us or fill in a request form.

Things about fat intake in children...
Elevated cholesterol has been linked to cardiovascular disease in adults and preclinical markers of atherosclerosis in children, thus reducing saturated (SFA) and trans-fatty acids (TFA) intake from an early age may help to reduce cholesterol and the risk of cardiovascular disease later in life. The aim of this review 'Health effects of saturated and trans-fatty acid intake in children and adolescents: Systematic review and meta-analysis' is to examine the evidence for health effects associated with reducing SFA and TFA intake in free-living children, adolescents and young adults between 2 to 19 years of age. The conclusion is that advice to reduce saturated fatty acids intake of children results in a significant reduction in total and LDL-cholesterol levels as well as diastolic blood pressure without evidence of adverse effects on growth and development. Dietary guidelines for children and adolescents should continue to recommend diets low in saturated fat.

Things about keeping up-to-date...
Through our blog and our weekly bulletin to all SCH staff on a Monday we try to draw your attention to new developments and reports. However for more subject specific information do try out our e-prompt service which will inform you of new publications in your areas of interest. Please remember that articles to which you are alerted are not automatically available to you full text but anything you want to read in more detail you can request from us (as above). Watch out in the New Year for a new service we will be offering.

Things to visit...
I am off to the Christmas market at Wakefield's Hepworth Gallery this weekend which I am told is very good. I love the gallery itself so I am hoping to buy lots of Christmas presents too. Rather tempted by the sound of Rhubarb Gin!


Things to eat...
Did you know this weekend is 'Stir-up Sunday'?  Traditionally this is the day to make your Christmas puddings and mincemeat as it is the last Sunday before Advent - the Christian count-down to Christmas. Everyone in the family takes a turn to stir the pudding mix and each person involved makes a special wish for the year ahead. This can also be the point to add 'silver' coins as it is believed that finding a coin brings good luck. Although we always added coins just before bringing the pudding to the table to make sure that the children were able to find (and not choke) on them! You may not want to make a pudding but mincemeat is very easy for children to make and perhaps give as gifts.

Things in the library 8 July 2016

Things about Qualitative Research...

An interesting blog on Qualitative research - what it means for the quality of evaluations from Alice Yeo on the NSPCC website. Whatever type of research you are doing don't forget that the library can help with providing literature searches, books on conducting research, statistics and advice about managing references.


Things about transition to adult services...
The Yorkshire & Humber Strategic Clinical network for Children have published a Transition toolkit for providers and guidance for commissioners. This incorporates:

• national and local guidance, guidelines and standards
• has been developed by clinicians, commissioners and service managers
• has had involvement from Children & Young People across the regions, including the development of the LOGO and Transition Charter for CYP
• recommends best practice whilst also allowing for local flexibility
• provides a single point of access to resources for organisations to design, develop and implement patient centred young people friendly transition for all services.

Things to keep you informed...
Don't forget you can sign up for current awareness bulletins that are subject specific to keep you up to date with publications. Find out more on our e-prompt web page .
Another good source of information is the Daily Health Bulletin published by Health Economics Evidence and Evaluation Service staff if you would like to be added to their mailing list then please contact them.

Things historic...
To commemorate the 75th anniversary of the death of pioneering female aviator and Sheffield graduate, Amy Johnson, University of Sheffield have unveiled a new moth sculpture in the Diamond building. In 1930, Amy was the first woman to fly solo from Britain to Australia in a record-breaking journey that took her 19 days. Amy flew a De Havilland Gipsy Moth for the journey which has inspired the sculpture design. She came to Sheffield to study Latin, French and Economics and attended engineering lectures which sparked her interest in aviation. After graduating in 1925, she moved to London and pursued her passion for flying.

Things to visit...
As party of National Garden Scheme Open Days Sheffield's Manor Lodge will be holding special events on Saturday. At the height of their garden season they will open up the whole site with a trail and special events for a celebration of all things bees, flowers and honey! Whether you are a garden, flower or bee enthusiast or are with your family and interested in finding out more about flowers and bees there is something for you to enjoy. Every Day at the Discovery Centre, 11am – 3pm, pick up your self-guided trail leaflet at the reception desk (£3 each). Trails take about an hour and a half to walk at a gentle pace. View the Pictorial Meadows story: discover how Pictorial Meadows wildflower landscapes are transforming gardens and open spaces all across the country, from the London 2012 Olympic park to roadside verges and roundabouts! Also available cream teas on the terrace with views of the Tudor ruins and gardens.

Things made with honey..
Keeping with the flowery bee theme (with apologies to the member of library staff stung this week) how about rustling up some of these Apricot, honey & pistachio flapjacks this weekend?

Things in the library 26 Feb

Things out and about...
You might see me wandering around the outer reaches of the hospital in the next couple of weeks getting lost!  In order to make sure that the management and administration of the hospital knows about the services the library can offer Sarah and myself are meeting members of the Trust's Executive Group to find out what their information needs are and how we might be able to help. One service we offer for all specialties, including health administration, is our e-prompt current awareness service which will keep you up-to-date with recent publications.

More about leadership...

The King's Fund have just announced the programme for their Sixth annual leadership & management summit on 25th May 2016. This year’s summit will explore the importance of developing and implementing a quality improvement strategy for the NHS. With the NHS in England facing the immense challenge of bringing about improvements in patient care at a time of growing financial and workload pressures, the summit will address how to design and redesign work processes and systems that deliver health care with better outcomes and lower cost.
The conference sessions will examine the importance of involving clinicians in decision-making and leadership in order to bring about long-term, sustainable changes in care and get the best value for every pound spent. Throughout the day, there will be debate on how best to ensure NHS staff are equipped with the skills needed to bring about changes in care, directly and constantly supported by leaders at all levels.

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Things to do with obesity...
It has been announced today that the already delayed childhood obesity strategy will not be published until the summer, the government has said, and it is unlikely to include a sugar tax.




Things about keeping children safe online...

The NSPCC run an online introductory safeguarding course for anyone who works with children. Learn how children use the internet and how you can keep them safe from abuse. There is a free webinar on the subject on 18 March 2016 at 11 am

Things about babies...
Clair Rees who is the Executive Director of PIPUK (Parent Infant Partnership) wrote an interesting blog this week on infant mental health 'Who is keeping the baby in mind?'

Things from the Children's Commissioner...
Response to the Rotherham Child Abuse trial, comment on age restrictions on websites and statement on 'Early years are at the heart of life chances'  from the Children's commissioner can be found here


Things about us again...

We are starting to look much better although still waiting for the finishing touches. Thank you for your continued patience during our mini refurbishment - people have been very complementary about our new counter...come and have a look...but excuse our messy corners!
Things to do next week...
Don't forget Journal (Muffin) Club Wed 2nd March 17:30 to 18:30 in Education & Skills Centre the paper will be 'The Experience of Living with Type 1 Diabetes and Attending Clinic from the Perception of Children, Adolescents and Carers: Analysis of Qualitative Data from the DEPICTED Study.'

Things in the library 15 Jan

Things about viral bronchiolitis in children...

This article was published on 7 Jan in New England Journal of Medicine. This review on bronchiolitis in young children considers the viruses involved, the current understanding of pathogenesis, host genetic factors and the environment, and the role of season, race, and sex on attack rates and subsequent episodes of wheezing. You can access the full text free with your NHS Open Athens account - select the tiny words Sign In  at the landing page then keep selecting Athens login till you get there!

Things to help you search Google ...

There are some excellent tips in this article if you want to be a power searcher in Google...and don't forget Google Scholar as a search tool too. However if you want help doing a 'proper' clinical search you need to search the medical databases - if you need training on how to do this then contact us to arrange a one-to-one session.


Things about Child Health...
You may already be signed up to our e-prompt service but something else you might want to sign up for is a Child Health Horizon Scanning service produced by our library colleagues in the North-West. These are the items from the most recent bulletin:

• Optimal Pain Assessment in Pediatric Rehabilitation: Implementation of a Nursing Guideline
• Promoting an ethic of engagement in pediatric palliative care research.
• Subanesthetic ketamine infusions for the treatment of children and adolescents with chronic pain: a longitudinal study
• An Intelligent Phonocardiography for Automated Screening of Pediatric Heart Diseases
• Monitoring Oxygenation and Gas Exchange in Neonatal Intensive Care Units: Current Practice in the Netherlands 
• Are Pediatric Pain Self-Report Scores Accurate? 

Things for RCPCH members...

A new online decision support system for those providing clinical care to children was launched this week. Available as part of the RCPCH membership package, or by annual subscription to all healthcare professionals in the UK 

Things about traveller health...

A report by the Traveller Movement which was commissioned and published by the National Inclusion Health Board  on the Impact of insecure accommodation and the living environment on Gypsies’ and Travellers’ health. The report found that:

• two-thirds of Gypsies and Travellers reported poor, bad, very bad or health
• the living conditions of Gypsies and Travellers significantly contribute to their physical and mental health
• the poor health of Gypsies and Travellers is made worse by their living environment, accommodation insecurity and community discrimination
• there needs to be closer partnership working across health and other interests to address these issues

Something warm, comforting and veggie...

How about this Red lentil and aubergine moussaka which we (Tanya from Clinical Skills Centre and myself) think looks good and suitable for the cold weekend ahead.

Things in the Library 11 Dec

Things about service evaluation

The NHS 111 project aims to evaluate urgent and emergency care services to provide system wide learning for commissioners and providers to deliver better care for children and young people.
The RCPCH, Imperial College NHS Healthcare Trust, The Health Foundation and Picker Institute Europe jointly produced the report 'The use of primary and secondary care services by children and young people following contact with NHS 111 - investigating the experience and patient flow of four common conditions.' View the recommendations and conclusions of the report. Also they jointly produced the report ‘A service evaluation of the pathways of care for children <5 years through the NHS following contact with NHS 111: a pilot evaluation with a focus on children with fever.'


Things to keep you informed
We already have our e-prompt service where you can sign up to get emails on recent publications in your chosen specialities see here for details. Recently we have been automatically adding some of these to our Twitter feed. If you follow us on Twitter please let us know if you are finding this useful or too much information.

Things to come to..cakes and coffee

Make a note in your diaries to come to our Christmas coffee and cakes morning from 10:30 to 12:00 on Monday 21st December, F Floor Stephenson Wing. A drop in session when the library staff will be available to help you with  information, sorting email, reference management, Athens accounts, accessing journal articles and how to turn your old copies of the BNF into Christmas trees and angels.

Things to read
You can also take the opportunity to borrow some leisure reading for the Christmas break - we have just added some new fiction items  this list also shows items due to be available soon - if you login to your library account you can reserve one of these items if you wish - or email us if you haven't set a PIN on your library account. One of our new books is Alan Bennett's 'Lady in the Van' - the film is well worth seeing if you can still catch it at the cinema.

Things about the Blitz - 75 years ago
Did you know that on the nights of Thursday Dec 12th and 15th 1940 Sheffield suffered devastating air raid attacks which became known as Sheffield Blitz. Sheffield was always likely to be a target because of the steel factories making munitions and parts for Spitfires. It lasted a terrifying 9 hours and over 300 aircraft were involved. If you have ever wondered why there are so few old buildings in Sheffield City Centre this is the reason as the areas that suffered most devastation were the city centre (The Moor along with Sharrow, Nether Edge, Heeley, Pitsmoor, Broomhill, Millhouses, Meersbrook, and Woodseats. There were around 600 dead, 500 seriously injured, and 3,000 houses and shops damaged beyond repair. Altogether, around 82,000 properties were damaged. At the City General Hospital the top brass had tin hats but nurses frequently had to make do with enamel bowls tied on their heads with straps made of bandages. Because of the naval blockade, there was already a shortage of some dressings and packing for wounds. They reverted to collecting sphagnum moss from the moors above Sheffield which they sterilised and then used in some operations.
Tomorrow (Saturday)  at 7.15pm, Second World War air raid sirens will ring out across Sheffield to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Blitz. Before this two original 1940s searchlights will be beamed into the sky from The Moor – an area of the city centre that was virtually flattened in the attacks. Members of the public are being encouraged to ‘black out’ their homes at the same time for two minutes, to mark the moment the bombs started to fall on the city. The event will hail the start of a two-and-a-half year Heritage Lottery Fund supported project to commemorate, research and examine the legacy of the Sheffield Blitz

Things presented beautifully 

Information presented to make sense is always important and the examples shown here are truly amazing.


If you want to learn more about Infographics and try something out for yourself then this blog entry might be useful - it gives you background information and some examples to try.


Things to bring...Food for thought
This Christmas, the Sheffield Children's Chaplaincy team are supporting a community initiative to collect donations for local independent foodbanks and they are looking for donations from members of staff! There will be a special drop off point under the Christmas tree in the Chapel, D Floor, Blue Wing, which is open 24/7 from 1 to 18 December.Colleagues at the Becton Centre, Centenary House, Flockton House and Ryegate can also gather contributions which will be collected by 18 December.Things they need:
Tins of; soup, beans, tomato, veg, curry, stews, puddings, custard.
Dried pasta, rice, coffee, tea, cuppa soups, hot chocolate, breakfast cereals.
Jars of sauces; pasta, curry, stir fry.
Tampons and towels, festive food with long best before dates, gifts and treats.

Things in the library 17 April

Things for better working 

Check out the Co-creation network  the network warmly welcomes everyone who is interested in learning new ways of working better together, testing and supporting change and exploring the answers to those questions which matter most across our health and social care systems

Things published
A recent list of articles published by Wiley here in their paediatric newsletter. Some of these may be available to you via your NHS Open Athens account but if you have any problems ask us to help

Things NICE have updated 
Evidence Updates highlight new evidence relating to published accredited guidance. They are based on the scope of the particular guidance they relate to and provide a commentary on a selection of new articles published since the guidance was issued. In particular,
Evidence Updates highlight key points from the new evidence and provide a commentary describing its strengths and weaknesses recent child health ones are on: Psychosis and schizophrenia in children and young people (March 2015)  Feverish illness in children (Feb 2015)

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Things about looked-after children 
Depts of Health and Education have published their statuary guidance for promoting the health and well-being of looked-after children - find it online here





Things to keep you up-to-date  e-prompt
Don't forget our e-prompt service which delivers to your inbox information recently published in your subject sign up here...remember this is telling you what is out there... access to full text isn't always available directly so you might need to request articles from us

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Things you want us to buy? 
We will be doing a book order soon so if you have specific books that you think would be useful for us to buy you can always make suggestions. Check our catalogue first to see what we already have on your subject.





Things to visit 
Just across the road in Weston Park the latest exhibition Life on the Edge: Ice Age Frontier is in conjunction with Creswell Heritage Trust on now until Sept 20th. Creswell Crags, 20 miles south east of Sheffield, was once Europe’s northern frontier of settlement. During this period of great climate change between 50,000 and 10,000 years ago, a series of caves at Creswell provided occasional shelter to nomadic hunters in search of food.

Things to sit on
Just back from the upholsterers - our comfy chairs are back so you can sit and read in comfort.