Maudsley Prescribing Guidelines in Psychiatry now available online

Now available on MyiLibrary

The national issue with access to the Maudlsey Guidelines has remained unresolved. Given this is a popular item, we have decided to purchase electronic access to the guidelines ourselves.

You can now view the Guidelines via the MyiLibrary web site.

To access them you will need an NHS Athens account. If you don't have one, NHS staff and attached students can register online here. If you have forgotten your password, you can reset it here.

Latest issue of Eyes on Evidence

Eyes on Evidence is a free monthly e-bulletin from NHS Evidence which covers significant new evidence as it emerges, with an explanation about what it means for current practice. The articles are also linked to relevant article and NICE guidance.

In this month's issue:

• Failure rates of stemmed metal-on-metal hip replacements
• The benefits of cognitive stimulation for people with dementia
• Improving support for patients with comorbidities
• Do renin-angiotensin system drugs reduce mortality in hypertension?
• Angiotensin receptor blockers for chronic heart failure
• QIPP case study for more efficient central venous access
• Cochrane quality and productivity topics
• NHS Evidence Updates on constipation in children and young people
• Free NICE British National Formulary smartphone app for NHS England

To view the latest edition, browse the archive or subscribe by email, visit www.evidence.nhs.uk/about-us/publications

GMC National Training Survey 2012

The National Training Surveys are a core part of the work that the General Medical Council carries out each year to monitor the quality of medical education and training in the UK.

The survey covers all doctors in postgraduate training and the current one had a 95% response rate.  It shows that overall, satisfaction has increased since last year’s survey and that junior doctors feel the standards of training and clinical supervision are improving.

You can read a summary of the reports key findings here.

The full report is also available on the GMC web site, along with associated documents.

Never again? The story of the Health and Social Care Act 2012

Never again? The story of the Health and Social Care Act 2012:
This book, published jointly by The King's Fund and the Institute for Government and freely available online, explains why and how the Act became law; from the legislation’s origins 20 years ago, through the development of the 2010 White Paper Liberating the NHS to the passage of the controversial Bill through both Houses of Parliament.

It focuses on what Andrew Lansley, Secretary of State for Health, is trying to achieve through the NHS reforms and considers the role the Liberal Democrats played in introducing amendments to the legislation and passing the Bill.

Never Again? draws some early lessons from the process of legislation and change surrounding the reforms and explains why the Secretary of State for Health believes that the NHS will ‘never again’ need to undergo such a huge structural change.

• Book
• Press release
• Related blog from Anna Dixon
• Interactive NHS timeline

Care and support White Paper published

The Department of Health has published the ‘Caring for our future: reforming care and support’ White Paper, which sets out the vision for a reformed care and support system, with a focus on wellbeing and independent living.

You an also find out more on the Department's Caring for our future web site, including videos featuring ministers, graphics on how the proposed new changes will work, how the bill will affect service users, carers, service providers and professionals, and more.

White paper supporting documentation

• Care and Support Bill factsheets
• Frequently asked questions
• Impact assessment summary
• Impact assessment annex a: reform of adult social care legislation
• Impact assessment annex b: independence, choice and control
• Impact assessment annex c: assessment and eligibility
• Impact assessment annex d: quality providers and workforce
• Equality analysis
• Bringing clarity to quality in care and support
• Government response to the House of Commons Health Committee report on social care
• Reforming the law for adult care and support: the Government's repsonse to Law Commission report 326 on adult social care

Bill supporting documentation

• Q&A on the health-related clauses in the Bill
• Impact assessment - Health Education England
• Impact assessment - Health Research Authority
• Equality analysis - establishing the Health Research Authority as a non-departmental public body
• Equality analysis - establishing Health Education England as a non-departmental public body

Consultations

• Draft Care and Support Bill consultation
• Consultation on new safeguarding powers
• Caring for the future: summary of engagement responses
• Caring for the future: analysis of engagement responses

Responses and reactions

• Age UK
• Alzheimer's Society
• Association of British Insurers
• Association of Chartered Certified Accountants
• Association of Directors of Adult Social Services
• British Association of Social Workers
• Care and Support Alliance
• The Carers Trust
• Carers UK
• Foundation Trust Network
• Help the Hospices
• Institute of Economic Affairs
• Joseph Rowntree Foundation
• The King's Fund
• Labour Party
• Law Commission
• Law Society
• Local Government Association
• Macmillan Cancer Support
• Marie Curie Cancer Care
• Mencap
• NHS Confederation
• The Nuffield Trust
• The Patients Association
• PricewaterhouseCooper
• Royal College of Nursing
• Royal National Institute of Blind People
• Social Care Institute for Excellence
• Society of Local Authority Chief Executives and Senior Managers
• Think Local Act Personal
• TUC
• UNISON
• Which?

The Richmond Library has reopened and the new self issue system is available

We have now finished tagging all of our stock, the new security system has been installed and we are again open.  Best of all though, we now have a self issue machine to make borrowing books out of hours (or during the day) much easier.

Simply scan your card, put up to 5 books on the pad and all will be instantly issued to you. No forms and no fuss. The machine will even give you a receipt for any items you borrow, complete with the return dates.

You can also use the self issue machine for checking when your books are due back and even renewing them (you don't need to have the books with you to renew them).

The machine has a touch screen and is very easy to use, but if you have any questions or comments please let us know.

The Richmond Library, Northampton General Hospital is now closed until 9:00am on Monday the 9th of July

Due to the installation of our new RFID self issue and security system the Richmond Library is now closed (including for out of hours access).You can still return items using the book returns box outside the main Library door.

If you need anything please contact the staff at Berrywood Hospital Library who will still be able to help. You can call 01604 682650 or email berrywoodlibrary@nhft.nhs.uk.

We apologise for the inconvenience.