Health Library News

Click here to access the bulletin. This bulletin is produced by the North Staffordshire NHS Outreach Library and Information Service for Primary Care Trusts in North Staffordshire . It aims to draw attention to some of the key documents and reviews on clinical effectiveness that have been published in the previous month. Sources covered include NHS Evidence, Bandolier, Department of Health, Cochrane Library and King's Fund. Full text links to documents refer to subscriptions accessible to NHS staff in North Staffordshire . To find out more on how to access local online journals please click here . . Tags: CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS, CURRENT AWARENESS, NHS, NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE, OUTREACH, UPDATES

NHS Evidence – Eyes and Vision have published the 2010 AEU on Amblyopia .   Highlights from the AEU include clinical outcomes of treatment - focussing on aspects of visual acuity, stereopsis, and ocular alignment; functional outcomes of treatment - focussing on aspects of quality of life and visual functioning; adverse events of treatment; current uncertainties in the effectiveness of treatments.

To read the Mental Health and Social Care Current Awareness Bulletin no.269 27th September 2010, please click here

The new training schedule for October to December has now been published. Training opportunities are available at the Health Library for Keele staff and students as well as any North Staffs NHS staff. If you need help finding health information on the Internet, using healthcare databases and resources or to complete a literature search then have a look at our training courses and book yourself into a session. Please see the training page on our website for more information and details of how to book.

To read the Mental Health and Social Care Bulletin no.268 please click here

We have been experiencing problems accessing New England Journal of Medicine. Access is now available via Athens login, however this is proving to be slightly unreliable on the network at busy times during the day. You can access full-text articles a number of ways:  Use the login option from the NEJM page, click on the Athens login links until you get to the Athens login screen OR  Login to Athens first via the My Athens option and click on the NEJM link from the Local Resources list OR  Login to the My Journals list, search for NEJM on the My Journals list and click the link from the Journal title page.  This issue has been raised with the publisher. Apologies for the inconvenience caused.

NHS Evidence - Diabetes have published the 2010 AEU on diabetic retinopathy . Here you can find a collection of the latest, specially selected published material, including topics such as: incidence and prevalence of DR, epidemiology and progression of DR, factors influencing development of DR, screening for DR, treatment, surgery, modern therapies, blindness and visual impairment, and automated assessment of retinopathy.

Unfortunately due to a number of technical issues occurring at the end of last week, some emails requesting NHS Athens account updates may have been lost. If you have recently emailed me (Cheryl - the eResources librarian) to update your account please can you check whether your update has been applied. If the update was carried out I would have emailed you confirmation. If you are still waiting for the resolution of your request please can you get in touch again. My apologies for any inconvenience caused.

The Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia AEU 2010 has been launched by NHS Evidence - Later Life. Please see the AEU contents page for more details on the most recent published material regarding this subject.

To read the Mental Health and Social Care Bulletin no. 265 August 30th 2010, please click here

This is the third annual evidence update on epilepsy and includes a systematic literature search and review of high level evidence published within the past year. It has been produced by the NHS Evidence - Neurological Conditions specialist library.

NHS users have been experiencing some problems accessing full-text articles from the New England Journal of Medicine online.  The problem has been reported and we hope to resolve the issue soon. Many apologies for all the inconvenience caused. Please note that the journal is available in print at the Health Library.

Eduserv will be carrying out maintenance to their Athens services during Tuesday 7th Sept. Users are advised that they may experience slight delays when using the service or the service may be unavailable for short periods. Many apologies for any inconvenience caused.