Interruption to ICT services Wed/Thur, 16/17 November between 2200 and 1000

Please note, due to essential maintenance work on the trust’s IT systems, library computers will be unavailable at these times. See the message below for further details.

‘In order to progress the server 2003 replacement project, Midlands and Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit IT Services will be carrying out essential maintenance work overnight on Wednesday 16^th November from 22:00 until 10:00 on Thursday 17^th November.

This will mean that between 10pm on Wednesday 16^th November and 10am on Thursday 17^th November, ALL of the trust’s IT systems will not be available and you will not have access to any IT systems during this time.  This will affect ALL clinical and administrative applications including Extramed Cris, Pathology, Radiology, PAS and shared drives.’

Please contact Lynda Cotterill, Library Services Manager, on 01625 663923 if you have any questions about library computers.

General practice should be recognised as speciality in UK, leaders argue

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General practice leaders have called on the government and the General Medical Council to correct the “anachronistic anomaly” whereby GP postgraduate training remains unrecognised as a medical specialty in the United Kingdom.

In a joint statement,

GP leaders from the BMA and the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) from across the four UK nations said that this recognition was “long overdue” given the rigorous training and examination that GPs undergo.

Patient safety alert – Support to minimise the risk of distress and death from inappropriate doses of naloxone

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A patient safety alert has been issued by NHS England to support providers of NHS funded care to minimise the risk of distress and death caused by inappropriate doses of naloxone.

The new ‘Stage 2: Resource’ alert highlights a number of resources now available to help providers ensure their local protocols and training related to naloxone reflect best practice.

NHS Athens administration working again

The administration site is now working once again, so please feel free to contact the Library and Knowledge Service for any Athens queries you may have. Thank you for your patience in this matter!

New page for GPs available on the Library website

We now have a section aimed directly at GPs on the library website, currently containing information about resources available, news and useful contact details. We always welcome feedback on content, layout and anything else – if you’d like something added, just let us know using the feedback page!

Click here for more information

Library and Knowledge Service unstaffed for Bank Holiday

Please note that the Library and Knowledge Service will not be staffed over this Bank Holiday weekend. You are still welcome to use the books, computers, self-service machine and other resources Saturday to Monday, using your staff badge to swipe into the building out of hours, but there will be no members of staff available for enquiries.

We will be available once again from 8.30am on Tuesday 1st September. We hope you have a good Bank Holiday!

Welcome to new inductees – including international nurses

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We’d like to welcome 25 new people to East Cheshire who attended Corporate Induction yesterday, many of whom registered with the library. This included 5 new international nurses.

The Library and Knowledge Service is free and available to all of you to use: you can borrow books, use computers, ask for help with finding information for work, do e-learning, ask for training, or just come up and talk to us over a cup of coffee! If you haven’t already registered with us, you can do so any time you’re free!

NHS drive for action to tackle trans inequalities

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Health leaders urged to work together to tackle issues faced by transgender and non-binary people across NHS services. NHS England is spearheading a collective drive to improve the experience of transgender and non-binary people when accessing health and care services.

New Clinical Outreach Librarian: Anne Webb!

The Library and Knowledge Service would like to give a warm welcome to our newest member of staff. Anne Webb joins us as Clinical Outreach Librarian, replacing Carole Keeling. Anne will be mainly responsible for staff members based in Macclesfield Hospital, providing e-resource training, evidence searching, support for research and current awareness amongst other services. Why not contact her to find out how she could help you?

Telephone 01625 663398

Email anne.webb12@nhs.net

GMC proposes single test for all doctors wishing to work in UK

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All doctors who wish to work in the United Kingdom will have to sit a standard test to determine whether they are fit to practise, the General Medical Council has announced.

The test, called the UK medical licensing assessment (UKMLA), would replace the current Professional and Linguistic Assessments Board (PLAB) test taken by overseas medical graduates. However, UK trained graduates would also be expected to sit the test to gain a place on the medical register.

Learning @ Work starts soon!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Library and Knowledge Service is taking part in 2015’s Learning at Work week:

Are you interested in learning how to use computers from scratch? Amanda Gardner will be providing computer skills training for those who want to start from the beginning, as well as something for those who are a little more advanced.

Do you want to know how to use Athens resources? Carole Keeling will be helping people set up accounts and running basic training sessions.

Do you want to use social media in your job, but aren’t sure how it all works? Steve Collman will be running drop-in sessions Friday 15^th May and Monday 18^th May to show the basics, plus a little bit more for those who are interested.

Why not drop in and learn something new?

Learning at Work Week: 18-25th May 2015

The Library and Knowledge Service is taking part in Learning at Work week next month, with a variety of free training available!

• All through May at lunchtime you can request training on basic computer skills from Amanda Gardner, our E-Resources Librarian
• You can learn how to register for an NHS Athens account and how to perform basic searches with Carole Keeling, our Outreach Librarian
• You can learn how to use social media such as Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter and others with Steve Collman, our Community Outreach Librarian, on 15^th and 18^th May, 12-1pm.

Why not ask us for more information in any of these and other areas? Call 01625 661362 or email ecn-tr.stafflibrary@nhs.net today and find out what you could learn!

New e-learning modules coming soon

The Staff Library’s E-resources librarian, Amanda Gardner, has been for training on how to use Lectora, the e-learning and authoring software. With this she will create new e-learning modules for East Cheshire staff members – keep an eye out for further information!

Welcome to new East Cheshire starters

 

The library would like to welcome all new starters from the corporate induction this morning. We hope to see some of you here soon, to take advantage of our many resources.

We have computers for emailing, e-learning and training, books on a wide variety of specialities as well as the fiction collection.

We also have our team members who can answer any questions you might have and are available to explain procedures and give training on how to use resources.

Or you could just drop in for a cup of tea or coffee!

 

New computers in the library!

Last week, all of the public computers in the library were replaced with new ones, containing Windows 7 and the most up to date version of Microsoft Office. Come in and try the new machines today! Feel free to ask for help from any member of library staff if you’re having any problems.

Outreach Librarian will be at Eagle Bridge this Thursday!

If you work at Eagle Bridge Health and Wellbeing Centre in Crewe and you need help finding information for research, patient care or just to keep up to date, why not drop into the library on the second floor? Steve Collman, Community Outreach Librarian, will be available on the 12^th of February all day to give you help and advice.

Students doing Sharepoint training in the library!

 

Welcome to the group of students in the library today, who were learning how to use Sharepoint and databases. The session was run by Elisa Dowey and Abe Ginourie of Chester University. Hopefully we’ll see some of you back soon for further library help and support!

Learning from Europe

The NHS European Office collates some of its recent publications into a single quick reference to help you better understand EU health policy

Working with evidence

Additional Training Opportunities

This is just a reminder that East Cheshire staff may access training courses provided at other library venues besides our own here in New Alderley House. This is due to a reciprocal arrangement between ourselves, Stockport NHS Foundation Trust and University Hospital of South Manchester.

Stepping Hill currently has free courses on the following topics:

• Introduction to Literature Searching
• Introduction to Critical Appraisal with statistics
• In-depth Literature Searching
• The Cochrane Library
• Using PubMed effectively

Courses at UHSM have yet to be published.

See our webpage for dates and times

Don’t forget for 1:1 training on updating or developing your evidence search skills using the healthcare databases (HDAS), NICE or Cochrane, please get in touch with one of our Outreach Librarians.  Contact Carole Keeling if you are based at the Trust or Steve Collman for any community based staff or students.

 

Healthcare Supervision App for doctors in training

The development and production of a novel Smartphone App to collect day-to-day feedback from doctors-in-training and their trainers

by TG Gray, G Hood, T Farrell – BMJ Innovations, 2015

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Feedback drives learning in medical education. More regular multisource feedback would improve appraisal for doctors-in-training in the UK. Trainers currently receive little feedback on supervision they provide to doctors-in-training. Barriers against providing feedback include shortage of time and lack of clear mechanisms to do so.

View the app here at Google Play – unfortunately there are no reviews at present

Also featured on YouTube

British Journal of Surgery 16 October 2014

3 articles from British Journal of Surgery (BJS) are shown below:

British Journal of Surgery (3 new articles):

• Inconsistent selection and definition of local and regional endpoints in breast cancer research
• Systematic review of live surgical demonstrations and their effectiveness on training
• Impact of perioperative chemotherapy on oncological outcomes after gastric cancer surgery

Intravenous Therapy IV Drop in Day

The Home Intravenous Therapy Service (HITS) is holding an intravenous therapy IV drop in day on Friday 2^nd May, 9am till 4pm, in the Clinical and Professional Development Centre, Undercroft Building, Macclesfield District General Hospital.

For further information contact Chris on 07795 520985.

Important: Insulin Safety online training

Insulin safety training is a requirement for all those who prescribe, prepare, handle or administer insulin. To ensure compliance with NPSA safe prescribing of insulin requirements, please can any prescriber, nurse or pharmacist who has not already completed the diabetes.nhs.uk training now do so. Please note the website address to access this learning has changed and can be found at:

http://www.nhsiq.nhs.uk/improvement-programmes/patient-safety/diabetes-elearning-modules.aspx

*Please note – of the 5 e-learning packages listed on this website, it is the Safe Use of Insulin module you are required to complete.

Each module allows users to log on, complete the course, take an on-line test and print a certificate if passed. There is an assessment at the end with a pass rate of 75% to gain a certificate. Please give a copy of your certificate to your line manager.

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Refresh your searching skills

If you haven’t done any literature searching for a couple of years and aren’t sure where to start, then contact Carole or Steve and arrange a 1:1 refresher session. They will tailor content to suit your needs – starting with registering for an Athens account to locating relevant journal articles.

Contact them on 01625 661362 or email ecn-tr.stafflibrary@nhs.net to make an appointment.

 

Steve drops in at Eagle Bridge

Steve Collman, our Outreach Librarian for the community will be visiting Eagle Bridge on 21 August.  Whether you are staff or a student, working in clinical or non clinical areas, Steve is happy to meet with you to discuss how the library service might be of assistance.

This is an informal arrangement, enabling people to call in whenever its convenient and have a chat – no appointment needed!  Although Steve is equally happy to arrange 1:1 or small group sessions on request.

It’s the perfect opportunity to discuss any queries you may have regarding literature searching, accessing online resources or sign up for Athens.