the Staff Library blog

Grand Round: 1 February 2012

macchsl — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 15:51:37 +0000

The next Grand Round will be on Wednesday 1 February and will be a presentation by Dr.S Chandramouli, entitled ‘Clots, shots and plots – A to Z of PE’

The presentation will commence at 1:00pm in the lecture theatre and will be preceded by a buffet from 12:15pm in seminar room 4.

Future presentations

8 February – A presentation given by
Dr A Heald Consultant Diabetologist (Leighton)
15 February – A presentation given by Annie Coppel – NICE

Please show support of your colleagues by attending where possible.

Margaret says ‘goodbye’ to her friends and colleagues

macchsl — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 15:25:55 +0000

Margaret Perry completed her last day as Clincal Effectiveness/Research and Development Manager with a farewell buffet for friends and colleagues on January 26 2012.

Consultant Rheumatologist Susan Knight described Margaret’s long career with the Trust and thanked her on behalf of all the many staff and students she had helped over the years, recalling her work spent in PGME and the multi-professional health sciences library – now the staff library.

We wish Margaret all the very best for a long, happy and rewarding retirement and hope to see her soon.

NICE news for January

macchsl — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:57:12 +0000

January newsletter from NICE covering: anti-epileptic drugs, NHS workforce health, access to The Lancet, putting guidance into practice, obesity, Bronchial thermoplasty for severe asthma, Breast reconstruction using lipomodelling after breast cancer treatment, Venous thromboembolism – apixaban (hip and knee surgery) and many more …. Click here for further details

GMC: Leadership and management for all doctors

macchsl — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:46:46 +0000

General Medical Council (GMC)

Leadership and management for all doctors
This guidance sets out the wider management and leadership responsibilities of all doctors in the workplace, including: responsibilities relating to employment issues; teaching and training; planning, using and managing resources; raising and acting on concerns; and helping to develop and improve services. It comes into effect on 12 March 2012.

Beating Bowel Cancer

macchsl — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:44:43 +0000

Equity and excellence for bowel cancer
This report finds that over 1,800 bowel cancer patients are being denied a choice of treatment each year. It calls for NHS hospitals that fail to offer bowel cancer patients a full range of clinically appropriate treatments to be hit with financial penalties.

Second stage – guidance for aspirant foundation trusts

macchsl — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:41:58 +0000

The second stage of the Board Governance Assurance Framework – the Development Modules – is available. The modules cover quality governance, organisational strategy and values, and financial governance. In December 2011, the Department published the first stage of the assurance framework, which is a mandatory Board Governance Memorandum for all aspirant Foundation Trusts.

One Liners

macchsl — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:38:58 +0000

One Liners issue 91 – January 2012

Summary: This news sheet is aimed at healthcare professionals and highlight common issues with medical devices that have been encountered and provides guidance on preventing problems in the future.

You can find the section/document here:

And the award goes to Angela Donnelly and the Staff Library

macchsl — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:28:48 +0000

Browsing the leisure reading collection

macchsl — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:18:44 +0000

In the Library this week ….

macchsl — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 08:31:08 +0000

see our display on Beating Bowel Cancer – leaflets, information and support for further study. Just ask – we’re here to help you find the right resources.