For the second inspection in a row Staffordshire County Council’s services for children in need of help and protection, children looked after and care leavers are all rated as ‘Good’ in every category, with no areas needing urgent improvement.
NLM should not have given its repository the name PubMed Central, it is confusing and just the name muddies the waters. But that ship has sailed. NLM needs to put some serious authority control on PMC quickly. Not only do articles in predatory journals water down what is already indexed in MEDLINE and within PubMed but it could be have significant problems for the treatment of patients and researchers.
New care models: harnessing technology explores how digital solutions, implemented by vanguards, are helping health and care to respond to the needs of patients, rising demand for services, constraints on funding and many workforce challenges.
This House of Commons Library briefing paper provides an overview of the key issues and policies relating to Gypsy and Traveller communities in England. The paper examines a range of issues including: inequalities, racial discrimination, accommodation needs, illegal encampments, health and education outcomes, employment rates, welfare reform and evidence of over-representation in the criminal justice system.
Find out what they do at Timpson to recruit, retain and reward their staff. In this podcast John Timpson talks about the importance of giving autonomy to the frontline, and the value of trust in the workplace. He also shares the lessons he has learned and how they might be relevant to the NHS context.
The September issue of the HLG Newsletter is now available at: https://www.cilip.org.uk/health-libraries-group/newsletter/current-newsletter. The newsletter contains articles on knowledge management during crises, implementing new library management systems, library strategy, partnership working and lots more. Click here to read more.
This document sets out a range of opportunities for pharmacy teams working in communities, and through their daily interactions with patients and the public, to play an important role in protecting and improving the health of the nation.
Providing frontline police officers with specialist training in mental health issues greatly improves their knowledge, attitude and confidence in responding to such incidents, a trial reveals.
We’re holding a competition to write the spookiest tale, and it is open to all staff, students and volunteers in the organisations that we serve. Win an Amazon voucher worth £25!
It is known that medical students suffer from high rates of mental health difficulties. In recent years there has been an increasing focus on the need to improve support and treatment services for those in difficulty. In order to meet these needs it is important to clarify the relevant aetiological factors. There is robust evidence from general population studies that a history of childhood trauma (including physical and sexual abuse and emotional neglect) predisposes to the subsequent development of mental health difficulties in adult life. It has previously been speculated that students with a history of such trauma might preferentially apply to study medicine.
Apathy is a common behavioral problem in Alzheimer’s disease. Apathy has profound consequences, such as functional impairment, higher service utilization, higher caregiver burden, and increased mortality. The authors’ objective was to study the effects of methylphenidate on apathy in Alzheimer’s disease. Login at top right hand side of page using your SSSFT NHS OpenAthens for full text.
Psychotic depression has no Food and Drug Administration–approved treatment. Patients demonstrate significant dysregulation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis providing a biologically targeted treatment opportunity. The purpose of this study was to explore the clinical and biological effects of short-duration (7-day) glucocorticoid receptor antagonism with mifepristone and the role of mifepristone plasma levels in patients with psychotic depression. 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.
To assess development of reaching and head stability in infants at very high risk (VHR-infants) of cerebral palsy (CP) who did and did not develop CP. Please contact the library to request a copy of this article - http://bit.ly/1Xyazai
To explicate the outcomes of home support interventions for older people with dementia and/or their carers to inform clinical practice, policy and research. To read the full article, log in using your SSSFT NHS OpenAthens details.