NHS Evidence – Commissioning

NHS Evidence – Commissioning is the specialist collection put together by the King’s Fund for NHS Evidence which aims to provide timely and efficient access to high quality information resources for those involved in commissioning for health.

The specialist collection aims to include the best available evidence, alongside examples of best practice, policy and data to support World Class Commissioning.

Users can subscribe to an RSS Feed which will keep them updated with all the most up to date content on NHS Evidence – Commissioning. The RSS Feed is available here.

For more information, please contact the library

NHS Evidence Specialist Collections: February Annual Evidence Updates

NHS Evidence Specialist Collections are web based collections containing clinical and non-clinical information on the major health priority areas. The Evidence Updates aim to highlight the best current evidence for selected healthcare topics. The Evidence Updates are issued annually, and contain good quality evidence that has been published in the last 12 months, plus  links to guidelines, primary and secondary research.

The following Evidence Updates are scheduled to be published in February:

1 February

Annual Evidence Update on urinary incontinence (NHS Evidence – kidney diseases; NHS Evidence – women’s health)

www.library.nhs.uk/womenshealth

www.library.nhs.uk/kidney

8 February

Annual Evidence Update on tinnitus (NHS Evidence – ENT and audiology)

www.library.nhs.uk/ent

22 February

Annual Evidence Update on chest pain (NHS Evidence – cardiovascular)

www.library.nhs.uk/cardiovascular

New NHS Evidence Specialist Collection – Quality and Productivity

NHS Evidence has launched a new Specialist Collection – Quality and Productivity – which aims to be the central resource of evidence on how to improve quality and productivity in the NHS. Evidence is organised around care pathways.

The collection is being built by contributions from across the NHS and includes examples of innovative practices that can be shared with all staff. The examples of improvements range from one-off staudies in single organisations to robustly tested large scale changes that have been replicated in multiple organisations and have had results published in academic journals.

The Quality and Productivity Specialist Collection can be accessed here

NHS Evidence Specialist Collections – October Evidence Updates

NHS Evidence Specialist Collections are web based collections containing clinical and non-clinical information on the major health priority areas. The Evidence Updates aim to highlight the best current evidence for selected healthcare topics. The Evidence Updates are issued annually, and contain good quality evidence that has been published in the last 12 months, plus  links to guidelines, primary and secondary research.

The following Evidence Updates are scheduled to be published in October:

5 October

Annual Evidence Update on Heart Failure (NHS Evidence – cardiovascular)

www.library.nhs.uk/cardiovascular

Annual Evidence Update on Depression (NHS Evidence – mental health)

www.library.nhs.uk/mentalhealth

Annual Evidence Update on CAM for Depression (NHS Evidence – complementary and alternative medicine)

www.library.nhs.uk/cam

12 October

Annual Evidence Update on Breast Cancer (NHS Evidence – cancer)

www.library.nhs.uk/cancer

19 October

Annual Evidence Update on Ethnicity / Inequality (NHS Evidence – ethnicity and health)

www.library.nhs.uk/ethnicity

26 October

Annual Evidence Update on System Reform (NHS Evidence – health management)

www.library.nhs.uk/healthmanagement

Eyes on Evidence

Eyes on Evidence is the monthly newsletter of NHS Evidence.  It offers a summary of the latest medical knowledge .

This month’s Eyes on Evidence includes an overview of new migraine treatments for primary and secondary care. There are updates on diabetic retinopathy, tinnitus and chronic kidney disease.

Eyes on Evidence also provides the latest news and updates about NHS Evidence.

To subscribe to Eyes on Evidence, follow this link.

NHS Evidence Specialist Collections – Annual Updates

NHS Evidence Specialist Collections are web-based collections containing clinical and non-clinical information on the major health priority areas. Each specialist collection identifies and provides access to quality assessed information of relevance to the community that it serves. An aspect of this involves the Annual Evidence updates, which aim to highlight the best current evidence for selected healthcare topics.

The following Annual Evidence Updates are scheduled to be produced by NHS Evidence in September:

7 September

Annual Evidence Update on Hepatitis B/C  (NHS Evidence – Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases)

www.library.nhs.uk/gastroliver

Annual Evidence Update on Gastrointestinal Symptoms in Supportive and Palliative Care (NHS Evidence – Supportive and Palliative Care)

www.library.nhs.uk/palliative

14 September

Annual Evidence Update on Alzheimer’s Disease and Dementia (NHS Evidence – Later Life)

www.library.nhs.uk/laterlife

Annual Evidence Update on Eczema (NHS Evidence – Skin Disorders)

www.library.nhs.uk/skin

21 September

Annual Evidence Update on Osteoarthritis (NHS Evidence – Musculoskeletal and NHS Evidence – Trauma and Orthopaedics)

www.library.nhs.uk/musculoskeletal and www.library.nhs.uk/trauma_orthopaedics

28 September

Annual Evidence Update on Antenatal and Pregnancy Care (NHS Evidence – Women’s Health)

www.library.nhs.uk/womenshealth

Annual Evidence Update on Hyperthyroidism (NHS Evidence – ENT and Audiology)

www.library.nhs.uk/ent

If you would like further information about the NHS Evidence Specialist Collections or any other resource, please do not hesitate to contact the library.

Library Summer Newsletter: Making Knowledge Work

1829 Building Library Summer Newsletter 

This month’s newsletter gives a brief overview of several services provided by the library including current awareness and horizon scanning bulletins, table of content alerts, literature searching and electronic resources such as NHS Evidence and e-books.

To subscribe to bulletins or alerts, for more information on electronic resources, or for training, please contact the library team.

NHS Evidence

For people who were unable to attend the drop-in sessions on NHS Evidence this week, please feel free to drop into the library for a brief 10 minute overview of this important resource at any time.

There is also a video giving a brief introduction and overview available on the library pages on the extranet.

If you have any queries, would like to arrange training, or would like a copy of training guides please contact us in the library.

NHS Evidence

NHS Evidence is an important new service which has been created as a result of Lord Darzi’s report High Quality Care for All, which called for quality to be at the heart of the NHS. NHS Evidence provides easy access to a comprehensive evidence base for everyone involved in health and social care. Simple searching can be undertaken without the need for a password and the uncluttered search screen will be familiar in many ways to users of search engines such as Google. Primary research and electronic journals and books can still be accessed using an NHS Athens username and password.

How can I find out more?

The library is running a week of information sessions to give you the opportunity to see how NHS Evidence works. These sessions will run from 15th to 19th June between 12pm-2pm. There is no need to book, just pop in and take this opportunity to familiarise yourself with this important new resource. For more information contact the library team.

Tel: 01244650343         Email: library@wcheshirepct.nhs.uk

Library News – April 2009

The library newsletter contains information on NHS Evidence, Horizon Scanning,  and New Resources. Plus an update on the reorganisation of stock in the 1829 library.

If you have any library-based queries, or would like information on how the library can help you in your work and research, please do not hesitate to contact us in the library.

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