The latest Breast Surgery Bulletin can be viewed here
Author: East Cheshire NHS Library
Just published – Critical Care Bulletin
The latest edition of the East Cheshire NHS Trust Critical Care bulletin is now available!
Local authors: Social deprivation modifies the association between incident foot ulceration and mortality in type 1 and type 2 diabetes: a longitudinal study of a primary-care cohort.
A recently published article by two local authors looking at whether social deprivation in the presence of diabetes is an independent predictor of developing a foot ulcer and separately of mortality.
>> Click here for the full-text <<
Authored by Haika Shoo and George Dunn, East Cheshire NHS Trust.
Published: December 2017
Just published – Breast Surgery Bulletin
The latest Breast Surgery Bulletin can be viewed here
Local author: Challenges and Solutions in Management of Distal Humerus Fractures
A recently published article written by 3 local authors on the challenges and solutions in the management of distal humerus fractures:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5721336/
Written by Saif Ul Islam, Alexander Glover, and Mohammad Waseem, East Cheshire NHS Trust.
Just published – Critical Care Bulletin
The latest edition of the East Cheshire NHS Trust Critical Care bulletin is now available!
New Year, New Learning Opportunities
Are you starting a new course, project or research in 2018? You will need an NHS Athens account!
Do you need to keep up-to-date with advances in your speciality, or do background research for patient care? You will need an NHS Athens account!
NHS Athens is a single username/password which will give you access to the majority of our information resources:
- databases (e.g. Medline, Cinahl, Embase, etc)
- e-books (access hundreds of books fulltext, including the Oxford Medicine series, Royal Marsden, key clinical textbooks, leadership and management, and much more);
- e-journals (all our journals are now only available online – access the fulltext of articles with your Athens login);
- apps (BMJ Best Practice, BNF/BNFC are all available for you to download and use for free);
- clinical information and point-of-care tools (BMJ Best Practice and BMJ Learning are freely available with an East Cheshire NHS Athens login);
- and more!
Create a free NHS Athens account at: https://openathens.nice.org.uk
If you would like some help or training in how to use any of the resources, or you are having trouble creating an Athens account, please contact the Library.
No access to e-learning
The e-learning and ESR systems will be unavailable from 12pm 27th December until 8am 2nd January due to a national system upgrade. During this time staff will not be able to access ESR for Employee, Manager Self Service or access any e-learning courses.

Christmas opening
The Library will be unstaffed on the 23rd – 26th December and 30th December – 1st January. 24/7 access is available to Trust staff – just swipe in with your staff ID badge. Borrow or return books using the self-service machine, use the computers or study.
The days between Christmas and New Year the Library will be staffed 08:30 – 16:30.
Normal opening will resume from the 2nd January.
Awards Bulletin
The latest edition of the Awards Bulletin has been published.
The bulletin lists awards which are open for entry during January, February and March 2018 – why not apply for an award for a project you are involved in!

Date for your diary …
Don’t forget it’s our coffee and chat event on Tuesday – a chance to meet colleagues from across the Trust, find out what they do and ways you could work together.
Contact the Library for more information: ecn-tr.stafflibrary@nhs.net or tel 01625 661362
Spotlight on … BMJ Learning and Case Reports
What are they?
BMJ Learning offers high-quality continuing medical education for doctors and other healthcare professionals. It features hundreds of accredited, peer-reviewed learning modules in text, video, and audio formats.
BMJ Case Reports is an important educational resource offering a high volume of cases in all disciplines so that healthcare professionals, researchers and others can easily find clinically important information on common and rare conditions. All articles are peer reviewed and copy edited before publication. BMJ Case Reports is not an edition or supplement of the BMJ
Why are they useful?
They are important for anyone interested in continuing professional development (CPD) and other educational aims. BMJ Learning contains a large amount of free educational resources; BMJ Case Reports allows professionals to keep up to date with illnesses and treatments in their fields.
How do I use them?
You need an East Cheshire NHS Athens account (free to set up at https://openathens.nice.org.uk) to access both resources
Access BMJ learning here: http://learning.bmj.com/learning/home.html and BMJ Case Reports here: http://casereports.bmj.com/
To find out more or to book a training session, please contact:
Steve Collman, Outreach Librarian on 01625 66 1547 http://www.eastcheshirenhslibrary.net/outreach.html
Or Library & Knowledge Services http://www.eastcheshirenhslibrary.net/ : 01625 66 1362
Just published – Critical Care Bulletin
The latest November posts to Critical Care bulletin blog are live now!

The annual library quality assurance scores are in …
We’ve scored 99% in this year’s LQAF – a fantastic team effort!!
New: Health awards timeline
See which awards are coming up that you could apply for at http://www.eastcheshirenhslibrary.net/awards.html
Breast Surgery Update for November
The latest Breast Surgery Bulletin can be viewed here
Meet someone new … learn something new
You are invited to …
Meet someone new …
Learn something new …
Who works in the Trust? What do they do? Together what might you achieve?
Come along to the Library on Tuesday 19th December 10:30 – 11:30 for coffee, mince pies and a chat with colleagues from across the Trust.
Awards and recognition
Want recognition for a project or work stream you are involved in? Why not apply for an award!
The current edition of the Health Awards Bulletin is available on the Library website:
New look blog
A fresh new look for the Library Blog!
The new design and layout is fully responsive for easier viewing on tablets and mobile devices.
We welcome any feedback and comments on the new design.
Breast Surgery Update for October
The latest Breast Surgery Bulletin can be viewed here
Just published – Critical Care Bulletin
The latest October posts to Critical Care bulletin blog are live now!
Breast Surgery Update for September
The latest Breast Surgery Bulletin can be viewed here
Just published – Critical Care Bulletin
The latest September posts to Critical Care bulletin blog are live now!
Local Author: East Cheshire NHS Trust article about persisting fatigue and myalgia
Recently published article:
Persisting fatigue and myalgia as the presenting features in a case of hypokalaemic periodic paralysis
by Matthew Thomas Neame, David Wright, Surendran Chandrasekaran
in BMJ Case Reports 2017:published online 10 August 2017, doi:10.1136/bcr-2017-219991
Local Author: East Cheshire NHS Trust article about Ankle syndesmosis repair and rehabilitation
Recently published article: Ankle syndesmosis repair and rehabilitation in professional rugby league players: a case series report.
By Latham AJ,(East Cheshire NHS Trust) Goodwin PC, Stirling B, et al.
Read more at:
http://bmjopensem.bmj.com/content/3/1/e000175
Citation details: Ankle syndesmosis repair and rehabilitation in professional rugby league players: a case series report BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine 2017;3:e000175. doi: 10.1136/bmjsem-2016-000175