Over 1,000 Nursing Associates will begin training this year in a new role that will sit alongside existing nursing care support workers and fully-qualified registered nurses to deliver hands-on care for patients. West Midlands project led by Walsall but includes SSSFT, SSOTP and SaTH.
Objective To assess the effects of n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (n-3PUFAs; also known as ω-3 fatty acids) compared with comparator for major depressive disorder (MDD) in adults. Open Access Article
The aim of this article is to review the recent trials of α7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (α7 nAChR) agonists and positive allosteric modulators (PAMs) on the treatment of cognitive decline in schizophrenia. α7 Nicotinic acetylcholine receptor abnormalities in schizophrenia and clinical implications of α7 nAChR agonists and PAMs are also discussed.. SSSFT staff can use the OVID link, or you can request a copy of this article by replying to this email. Please ensure you are clear which article you are requesting.
Accumulating evidence suggests an involvement of oxidative stress in the pathophysiology of schizophrenia. This offers a hypothesis-derived therapeutic approach to hinder oxidative damage and its clinical sequelae. α-Lipoic acid (ALA) is a powerful natural antioxidant indicated to treat diabetic neuropathy. SSSFT staff can use the OVID link, or you can request a copy of this article by replying to this email. Please ensure you are clear which article you are requesting.
The networks cover a diverse range of topics, such as exploring the impact of loneliness and social isolation on mental health, improving the life expectancy of people with severe mental ill health and promoting young people's mental health in a digital world. They will bring together experts from different fields from the arts, humanities and sciences to build capacity and lay the foundations for new, multidisciplinary approaches to mental health research.
Keele University will work in partnership with Staffordshire County Council, Stoke-on-Trent City Council, Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council, the Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire Local Enterprise Partnership and University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust to deliver a unique deal designed to stimulate growth of the knowledge-based economy in the Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire region.
Patients at Shropshire’s two acute hospitals are set to benefit from a multi-million pound investment in state-of-the-art radiography services.
A new CT scanner will be installed at Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) in Telford as part of a £7 million investment in Radiology equipment across The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH), which will also include a full upgrade to digital x-ray equipment, a cardiac catheter laboratory and a vascular and interventional laboratory.
Public Health England (PHE) has announced the projects which have been awarded funding from the HIV Prevention Innovation Fund for 2017 to 2018. The projects have been chosen from across England to receive total funding of £600,000 from the Department of Health through PHE.
One of our staff members, Professor Daniel Freeman, is leading a landmark £4 million National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) award to enable state-of-the-art psychological therapy to be delivered via virtual reality (VR) in the NHS.
The ground-breaking project brings together a unique team of NHS trusts (including Oxford Health), universities, a mental health charity, the Royal College of Art, and a University of Oxford spinout company.
A major mental health research programme, led by the MRC, has been announced today, to explore what makes teenagers more or less likely to develop mental health problems and how we might intervene early.
The money was awarded to the Trust by Health Education England North West, as part of its programme for supporting workforce transformation, supporting a bid to test new and enhanced working practices. So far, seven people have been trained and recruited into peer support volunteer roles to work alongside people who access our services and health professionals. The money will be used to develop and deliver accredited training for over 30 more peer support roles by the end of 2017.
National evidence and local experience has demonstrated that support from a ‘peer’, someone who has personal lived experience of similar health conditions, can have a hugely positive impact on patient experience and well-being. The support is available for people who access mental health services and is in addition to clinical support from health professionals.
[The proposal] will see one hospital becoming an Emergency Care site and the other a Planned Care site. This will allow specialist doctors to treat the most serious cases on the Emergency Care site, which is proven to be safer, provide better results for patients and reduce the amount of time people have to stay in hospital.
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The investment in adult social care this winter will help local authorities reduce pressures on the NHS by getting patients home quicker and freeing up hospital beds across England.
The Health and Social Care Secretary has announced £20 million funding to support 10,000 young people from all backgrounds to get a career in the NHS. This will be matched by £7 million from the Prince’s Trust.
The 3-year pre-employment programme will begin later this year and will involve up to 150 NHS trusts in England. Participants will gain basic skills and experience of working in the NHS. The programme will focus on helping those who otherwise may not have the opportunity to gain this experience to overcome barriers and enter sustainable employment.
The funding is for the North Powys Wellbeing programme, which will help Powys Regional Partnership Board to work with local communities and partner organisations to develop a new way of providing services closer to home.
A new £1 million MRI scanner at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) is helping to reduce waiting and travel time for cardiac patients who previously had to be seen out of Shropshire for their scans.
The state-of-the-art scanner was purchased by the League of Friends of the RSH last year after they raised an incredible £1 million to fund it to mark their 50th anniversary.
A new £1m project to improve the care of people with learning disabilities is being led by v-connect, a video communication service.
The project, BOLD-TC (Better Outcomes for People with Learning Disabilities – Transforming Care), will collaborate with care providers and their clients to explore how multi-way video calling, remote video and other services through mobile devices, together with remote monitoring of vital signs can help people with learning disabilities remain in their community, increasing their independence and improving their health and wellbeing.
13 trusts will receive loan funding approved by the Health Secretary to go towards modernising equipment, refurbishing wards and ensuring the safety of NHS buildings. [Trusts include SaTH and UHDB for Burton site]
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The King’s Fund publishes a new report today which shows that the psychological problems associated with physical health conditions, and vice versa, are costing the NHS more than £11 billion a year and care is less effective than it could be. The report argues that by integrating physical and mental health care the NHS can improve health outcomes and save money.
Our Trust is one of four healthcare providers to be awarded the £10m-a-year Kirklees healthy child contract.
Story provides details of range of services covered by contract and organisations involved.
A highly innovative children’s hospital for the east of England has been given the go ahead today by Health Secretary Matt Hancock.
Up to £100 million of public capital has been made available for a completely new facility that is purpose-built to meet the needs of the region’s youngest patients. It will integrate mental and physical health and provide the highest quality services with ground breaking science and research.
Built on land adjacent to Addenbrooke’s Hospital and The Rosie Hospitals in Cambridge, the children’s hospital will bring together some of the world’s top scientists to explore new ways of diagnosing and treating some of the most challenging diseases of childhood.
The Automated Sensing and Predictive Inference for Respiratory Exacerbation (ASPIRE) programme, which aims to help patients monitor chronic pulmonary disorder (COPD) , will receive a £1.5 million grant from the government’s Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC).
The ASPIRE programme aims to develop ‘intelligent’ systems for people to use in their own homes, by wearing lightweight healthcare sensors that can track vital signs. These systems can then monitor COPD signs and symptoms in their own homes, spotting when the condition is worsening early on: delays in spotting changes in long-term conditions like COPD are bad for patients, and increase the cost of their healthcare.
Future Hospital Programme case study comes from King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. It explores the need to integrate both psychological and social interventions into diabetes care for patients with complex psychological needs.
The Prince’s Trust Macquarie Youth Index released today (9th January) warns that more than a quarter of young people (28%) don’t feel in control of their lives, with concerns about job prospects, self-confidence and recent political events playing on young minds.
Postpartum depression (PPD) is a common perinatal complication with adverse maternal and infant outcomes. This study investigated the efficacy and safety of zuranolone, a positive allosteric modulator of synaptic and extrasynaptic GABAA receptors and neuroactive steroid, as an oral, once-daily, 14-day treatment course for patients with severe PPD. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
Letter. SSSFT staff can use the OVID link, or you can request a copy of this article by replying to this email. Please ensure you are clear which article you are requesting.
Letter. SSSFT staff can use the OVID link, or you can request a copy of this article by replying to this email. Please ensure you are clear which article you are requesting.
This guidance summarises key advice for those working in primary care, since they may be consulted by patients, including pregnant women, who are travelling to or returning from countries that are part of this outbreak (ie those countries with active Zika transmission).
Open access. This descriptive study revealed that the representation of ‘psychiatry’ during summer 2012 was predominantly negative. A subsequent smaller re-analysis suggests that the negative portrayal of ‘psychiatry’ on YouTube is a stable phenomenon. The significance of this and how it could be addressed are discussed.
On Thursday 25 February the Government released its response to the Youth Select Committee’s report into Young People’s Mental Health. The joint response comes from the Department for Education and the Department for Health.
A groundbreaking new approach will be adopted in West Mercia next month, as the area’s youth offending service (YOS) is transferred to the Police & Crime Commissioner.
Local authorities in Worcestershire, Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin and Herefordshire have all approved the plans, which are the first of their kind in the UK.
A report by HM Chief Inspector of Probation awarded the service 22 out of a potential 24 stars, making it one of the most effective youth offending services in England and Wales.
The purpose of this study was to describe and evaluate the holistic person-centered youth mentoring intervention program, which is based on occupational therapy. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
I think it is particularly noteworthy that views from young people focus rather strongly on content-related issues in respect of screen-time (e.g., advertisements, adult content). I feel this is especially important as it highlights what critics of “screen-time” (myself included) have been saying for some time; that conceptualisations need to move away from time per se and instead focus on issues such as what content is being engaged with (Orben, 2022), and integrate much more holistic theoretical approaches to this issue (Orben et al., 2020).
Pooky Knightsmith on a brand new McPin Foundation report, which presents research priorities for children and young people’s mental health #YoungPeopleMHQ
This umbrella review provides a nice summary of a large body of evidence. The review is informative for those who are unfamiliar with the children and adolescent mental disorders literature. But it is also informative for those who have detailed knowledge of the data in some mental disorders who may have gaps in knowledge for other disorders. Or those who just want to check their knowledge of the evidence is up to date.
Local authorities have a legal duty to produce an annual youth justice plan that shows how they will provide and fund youth justice services.
The completed youth justice plan must be sent to the Youth Justice Board for England and Wales (YJB) and published in accordance with the directions of the Secretary of State for Justice. This is reinforced within the YJB’s Terms and Conditions of Grant 2019.
To better reach youth in need of mental health and addiction (MHA) services, there is increasing emphasis on making MHA services ‘youth friendly.’ However, it is unclear what youth friendliness means on a practical level. This scoping review explores (1) how youth friendliness in mental health services is defined in the literature, (2) what characteristics make MHA services youth friendly and (3) how youth friendliness is expected to impact service use by young people.
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The £200 million Youth Endowment Fund will provide a 10 year investment to support interventions steering young people away from becoming serious offenders. It will also continue to build upon evidence to ensure that the most effective interventions for tackling serious violence are supported.
Welcome to the first edition of the Youth Custody Service (YCS) Partnership Bulletin, where we aim to keep you informed of news and updates in youth custody through this forum.
Children remanded or sentenced to custody are placed in a Young Offenders Institution, a Secure Training Centre or a Secure Children’s Home. Concerns have been raised about the current provision of youth custody, The Government has accepted proposals to introduce secure schools.
The proposals include creating ‘recovery centres’ for people with serious mental illnesses, offering individuals support with their employment, education and training options, and accessing personal health budgets.
A single provider of services is also being proposed, which could be one organisation or a number of organisations working as a partnership. The aim of which is to ensure that individuals from across Birmingham receive the same high-quality mental health day services, regardless of where they live in the city.
While these findings warrant further study, they are not proof that titanium dioxide causes diabetes. With so few samples tested, any differences between samples with and without diabetes could be due to chance.
Even if it is confirmed that levels of titanium dioxide are higher in people with diabetes, this doesn't necessarily mean titanium dioxide caused the condition.
And even if future evidence suggests titanium dioxide may be a risk factor for diabetes, there is no evidence that toothpaste is to blame.
In the final ever Your Story, Our History film series, Adi, Becky and Nancy reflect on how the Disability Discrimination Act 1995, Equality Act 2010 and Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 1970 helped them break down barriers.
This Future Hospital Programme case study comes from Withybush Hospital. It lays out the process for initiating an organised quality improvement project run by trainees, with the coordination of a lead doctor.
This Future Hospital Programme case study from The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust outlines the benefits of having a consultant- led service for respiratory medicine.
We will be consulting on our quality improvement priorities for 2017/18 and would like as many staff, patients, service users or partnership agencies to support us in this consultation as possible.
The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH), which runs the Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) in Telford and the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH), is holding a ‘CD amnesty’.
Andrew James, from SaTH Charity, said: “We’ve been contacted by a number of departments who are looking for CDs to play while patients are undergoing procedures like, for example, a scan or an X-ray.
“Music can calm down patients who may be nervous about such procedures, and we’d like to be able to build up a bank of CDs that means patients can choose their favourite music from our catalogue.”
Following a staff appeal, the Trust has already received dozens of CDs, but would still like more more.
CQC is launching a week long social media campaign, Your Maternity Care, asking women who have used maternity services in the last year to share their experiences of maternity care.
Take a look at our infographic exploring the different routes into nursing for employers.
Until recently, the routes to developing registered nurses within the workforce have been limited, with the university degree being the main way to train this group of staff.
7 pages articles on the loose theme of wellbeing at work, on topics such as promoting mental health in the workplace, appreciating diversity among workers (including those with mental health issues or autism) etc. To read the full article, log in using your NHS OpenAthens details
We are all the descendants of people who for hundreds of millennia spent their days doing primarily one thing— assuring their food needs were met. Because they were successful, we are here reading this. Yet, to this day, dietary issues ranging from nutritional deficiencies to overeating remain a contributor to global morbidity and mortality. Trials done to establish a healthy diet are mainly observational, use food diaries, and have led to some erroneous recommendations that assume that the same diet is right for all people. But new tools and findings have changed the landscape for nutritional science and underscored the need to better individualise nutritional guidance.
There are thousands of consumer apps on diet and nutrition.
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The Young People’s Academy includes a behind-the-scenes tour and this week youngsters chose to visit Pathology and Medical Records at the Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) in Telford and Theatres and Pathology at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH).
Members of staff also delivered sessions to the aspiring healthcare professionals throughout the day on topics such as the NHS, career opportunities and basic life support skills.
FINLAND Children who are young for their school year are more likely to be diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) than their older peers, new research has shown. The study suggests parents and teachers may be mistaking relative immaturity for symptoms of the disorder, and calls for flexibility in school starting dates.
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"Youngest children in class more likely to be labelled hyperactive," The Times reports. A Finnish study raises the possibility that some children may have been misdiagnosed with ADHD, when in fact their behaviour was age-appropriate.
An Australian study has found that the youngest children in class are more likely than older classmates to be medicated for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
The findings, published in the Medical Journal of Australia, raise concerns that age-related immaturity is being mistaken for the disorder, leading to misdiagnoses. To read the full article, log in using your NHS OpenAthens details
The gap between the oldest and youngest children in the class had a small, but significant, association with the increased use of ADHD medications. The researchers say their findings compare with those of other international studies.
It's possible the youngest children in a school year may find it harder to keep up in lessons than children almost a year older than them, and may be more likely to have problems with concentration.
But it would be a big assumption to say ADHD is being overdiagnosed and overtreated on the grounds of this study alone.
This study provides an interesting breakdown by age and gender of potential nutrient deficiencies in a sample of UK adults. However, the study has a number of limitations.
Parents should be reassured that the increase in the chance of conditions such as ADHD was very small when it came to each individual child.
What the study perhaps best indicates is a need for teachers and other professionals to be aware of children who may be struggling in some way to ensure they get the support they need.
Open access. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a rapidly progressive neurodegenerative disease of motor neurons with a median survival of 2 years. Familial ALS has a younger age of onset than apparently sporadic ALS. We sought to determine whether this younger age of onset is a result of ascertainment bias or has a genetic basis.
GOVERNMENT INSPECTORS have said that too many young people with learning disabilities are poorly prepared for adult life. Login using your SSSFT NHS OpenAthens details for full text. SSOTP - request a copy of the article from the library http://bit.ly/1Xyazai
Results from the NDTMS on the number of young problem drug and alcohol users in contact with specialist treatment agencies and general practitioners between 1 April 2015 and 31 March 2016.
The authors identified several important clinical practice implications and opportunities for youth suicide prevention:
- realise importance of positive experiences when seeking help
- aware that early suicidal thoughts can progress and represent an opportunity for early intervention
- not assume shared meanings of language - work with the young person to examine the language and find shared meaning together
- take an individualisd, person-centred approach to work with young people
In the UK young people attending child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) are required to move on, either through discharge or referral to an adult service, at age 17/18, a period of increased risk for onset of mental health problems and other complex psychosocial and physical changes. CAMHS transitions are often poorly managed with negative outcomes for young people. Better preparation may improve outcomes and experience. This study aimed to co-produce, with young people who had transitioned or were facing transition from CAMHS, a CAMHS Transition Preparation Programme (TPP), deliverable in routine NHS settings.
Involving children and young people in the design of school nursing services is essential to ensure that they are accessible and respond to their needs. Login using your SSSFT NHS OpenAthens details for full text. SSOTP - You can request a copy of this article by replying to this email. Please ensure you are clear which article you requesting.
A judge called the young people's secure accommodation system a 'distorted sellers' market' after no placement could be found for a mentally ill teenager.
Crisis: The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention (Mar 19, 2019). DOI:10.1027/0227-5910/a000580
Background: While considerable attention has been given to explanations for youth suicide, less is known about the reasons that young people themselves give for suicidality. Research on online communications gives an opportunity to investigate the real-time reasons young people give for feeling suicidal.. To read the full article, log in using your NHS OpenAthens details.
The Education Policy Institute’s Independent Commission on Children and Young People’s Mental Health has released a new report, Time to Deliver, which calls for a new ‘Prime Minister’s Challenge’ on children and young people’s mental health.
Reading Well for young people recommends expert endorsed books about mental health, providing 13 to 18 year olds with advice and information about issues like anxiety, stress and OCD, and difficult experiences like bullying and exams.
The aim of this systematic review was to synthesise qualitative evidence on young people's conceptualisation, utilisation and experiences of the therapeutic alliance in individual psychotherapy or counselling and its role in bringing about change.
Implications for practice and research
Younger people with intellectual disability experience much poorer health and an increased risk of a mental health condition during transition to adulthood than those in the general population. This underscores their need for comprehensive healthcare and proactive mental illness detection and treatment during transition.
Longitudinal studies of health-related outcomes are needed for younger people with intellectual disabilities. Future research could explore the impact of preventative strategies such as targeted mental health initiatives on the emergence of mental health conditions in younger people with intellectual disability during transition.
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