Health Library News

The understanding of vascular disease and how it can affect our lives; by the general public, is often poor. The Circulation Foundation strives to highlight and promote awareness of vascular disease to the general public, so that everyone understands how important their work is. Vascular disease is the collective term for diseases of the arteries, veins and lymphatics. Every part of the body to which blood flows can be affected by it. It’s as common as cancer and heart disease and accounts for 40% of deaths in the UK, many of which are preventable. Arterial diseases include : Peripheral vascular disease, Aneurysmal disease, Carotid disease and Stroke, Leg ulcers Venous diseases include: Varicose veins, Leg ulcers, Deep vein thrombosis Lymphatic disease include: Lymphoedema For more information surrounding vascular disease please visit the NHS Choices and Circulation Foundation websites: https://www.nhs.uk/search/?q=vascular+disease https://www.circulationfoundation.org...

We support a range of NHS staff throughout Staffordshire. We also work with our library colleagues at the Library, Education and Resource Centre (LERC) (County Hospital in Stafford) and Midlands Partnership NHS FT to provide a service across Staffordshire. You can use services based at the Library and online. Services available will depend on the Library and who you work for. Here are the Libraries available to you: NHS Organisation Library Service University Hospitals of North Midlands (UHNM) Health Library for North Staffordshire (CEC, Royal Stoke) LERC (County Hospital, Stafford) North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare Health Library for North Staffordshire (CEC, Royal Stoke) LERC (County Hospital, Stafford) Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (MPFT) Health Library for North Staffordshire (CEC, Royal Stoke) LERC (County Hospital, Stafford) Stafford Library (St Geo...

If you have attended one of our scheduled Training Courses recently we'd really like to get some feedback. This helps us to plan and improve our services. We've updated our Training Course Evaluation online form as part of our website improvement. Please complete the form to let us know what you thought about any training course that you attended.

If you would like to book on one of our scheduled training courses you can request a place using our online booking form . Our form has been updated and there are now 2! All the NHS-based courses are available on one form and all the Keele-based courses are on a separate form. Hopefully you will now find it much easier to book on the course you want.

The NHS networked computers, which were located in the IT suite, have been relocated to the study desks in the Rotunda. NHS provision now consists of: 3 PCs and the printer in the old photocopy room 8 PCs in the main rotunda You will need your NHS work-based username / password to log in to the PCs.

The Health Library subscribes to a range of online journals specifically for our NHS users. You can find out what is available by logging on to your NHS Journals A-Z list with your OpenAthens username . You'll be able to search for a particular journal title and see whether it is available, what holdings are covered and where you can access the title from. Note that we buy journal titles from different databases, platforms and publishers. The title you need may be available from a different platform to the main publisher. To find out how to search for the full-text access of a journal title, check our step-by-step instructions on our Information Skills for Health blog. To learn more about NHS ejournals complete our online tutorial .

If our librarian staff are not available to talk to about your Literature Search you can put in a request online and they will get back to you. We have updated our online forms . Please complete with as much information as possible. You can request a literature search on a clinical topic related to patient care, nursing or clinical practice or for something non-clinical such as management or education related topics. This service is available to NHS staff and Keele academics.

Dynamed Plus has been upgraded. You still get evidence-based information about a wide range of clinical conditions and diseases, but there is now increased personalisation. The name has also reverted back to Dynamed. I'll be updating all our content and help over the next few days, but all the links should still work. Dynamed is available to UHNM staff via your OpenAthens login.

Just a quick reminder that the Health Library will be closed on Monday 26th August for the Bank Holiday. You can still access online resources via the Health Library website .

There has recently been a re-organisation of the NHS OpenAthens groups. OpenAthens accounts may have been moved around and you may now need to register for a different group. You may also be supported by a new Admin. Your admin can help you with any problems you may encounter using your OpenAthens account or problems you experience trying to access resources. Here is a quick summary of what has occurred. The Health Library currently supports the following NHS organisations : UHNM Staff UHNM staff are supported both by the Health Library, based in the CEC at the Royal Stoke Hospital, and LERC, based at the Post-Graduate Medical Centre at the County Hospital in Stafford. Both Cheryl Kent (myself) and Liz Haines can help you with any issues with your account, although a number of staff at both libraries are able to deal with minor issues. North Staffs Combined Healthcare Staff Athens Admin for this group of staff is provided by the Outreach Team and these shoul...

Library Search upgrade - Tuesday 20th August : Library Search portal is being upgraded on 20th August. Most of the functionality and design will remain the same, however, Saved Searches will need to be saved again after the update.

We have updated our online form that allows you to request a book inter-library loan . We are in the process of moving all our forms to a new platform. Hopefully this will make the forms clearer and easier to use. If you would like to make any comment about the new forms you can do so via our  Contact Us  form.

If you have completed one of our Online Tutorials recently we'd really like to hear what you thought. We'll be updating them next year and we'd like to know what you liked and what you didn't like so that we can improve them and make them even better. We've got a new feedback form that you can use to let us know what you thought.

The Health Library will be closed on Bank Holiday Monday, 26th August, 2019. You can access all online resources via our website .

We now have a new Stock Suggestion form . So, if you think that we are missing something please feel free to make a suggestion. Is there a new book in your topic area, do you need something for a reading list or to help you improve your skills? Use our Stock Suggestion form and our staff will investigate your request. If you have comments to make about our new forms please use our Contact Us form .

World Breastfeeding Week (WBW) is celebrated every 1-7 August in commemoration of the 1990 Innocenti Declaration. WBW started in 1992, with annual themes including healthcare systems, women and work, the International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes, community support, ecology, economy, science, education and human rights. Since 2016, WBW is aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In 2018, a World Health Assembly resolution endorsed WBW as an important breastfeeding promotion strategy. For more information about breastfeeding, please visit the World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action website:   http://worldbreastfeedingweek.org/ RELATED HEALTH LIBRARY RESOURCES    For anyone studying the importance of improving access, support and worldwide acknowledgement of breastfeeding, the Health Libraries both at the Royal Stoke and County Hospitals offer numerous resources related to the subject. In the lists below you’ll find a variety of ite...

We have updated our page about the Health Library on the UHNM intranet. If you work for UHNM and have access to the intranet you'll find our page in the Learning, Education and Widening Participation section . You'll only be able to view the page from the UHNM intranet. Here is a screen-shot of the page: Screen-shot of the Health Library page on the UHNM intranet You'll find plenty of help to get you to our resources and online services quickly.

We have updated our online form that allows you to request a journal article inter-library loan . We will be moving all our forms to a new platform. Hopefully this will make the forms clearer and easier to use. If you would like to make any comment about the new forms you can do so via our Contact Us form.

NHS IT KCom will be completing some work in the Library tomorrow, Tuesday 23rd July. There may be some disruption to our users. We apologise for any inconvenience caused.

Our Clinical Effectiveness Librarian works with the Bedside Clinical Guidelines Partnership to provide the evidence supporting the guidelines. The Bedside Clinical Guidelines provide assistance for the consistent, evidence-based management of patients in acute hospital settings. They are published by The Bedside Clinical Guidelines Partnership and are used within the University Hospitals of North Midlands (UHNM). There are 7 titles in total. All are available as ebooks via the UHNM Intranet: Emergency Medicine guidelines Medical guidelines Neonatal guidelines Nursing guidelines Obstetric guidelines Paediatric guidelines Surgical guidelines   We also hold print copies of the following: Neonatal guidelines (2017-19) Obstetric guidelines (2017-19) Paediatric guidelines (2016-18) A number of guideline sets are also available to Keele students on specific reading lists, via Keele’s KLE. You can find out more about this set of guideline...