The EBSCO mobile app - information on the move

The EBSCO mobile app is a new way for you to easily access high quality healthcare information on the go.

The app is a really useful tool for searching, providing quick and easy access to content wherever you are. From one search box you can search across library resources and online content including journal articles, guidelines, e-books, evidence summaries and more.

It features simple, mobile-friendly displays for searching, scanning results, liking, and sharing. 

You can also save content into your folder which will then be accessible on the EBSCO platform, meaning you can synchronise your searches and saved information automatically across multiple devices.

To get you started we have created a quick guide to the app, covering setting up and logging in, as well as searching and saving content. You can find on our website here.

EBSCO also have a video tutorial which you can find on YouTube.

The only other thing you will need is an OpenAthens password, and if you don't already have one, it is the work of a few minutes to register online at https://openathens.nice.org.uk/.

The app is free to download and available on Google Play for Android devices and Apple's App Store for iOS, or you can scan the QR code below.

If you have any questions or need any help with the EBSCO app, or any other library resources, we'd be happy to help...

New edition of the Royal Marsden Manual of Clinical and Cancer Nursing Procedures now available

The new 10th edition of the Royal Marsden Manual is now available online (we will order print copies when they are published in May).

The Manual is nationally recognised as the essential guide to clinical nursing skills. The online edition is very easy to use, allowing you to search or browse through topic headings.

www.rmmonline.co.uk/

The fully updated 10th edition provides up-to-date, evidence-based clinical skills procedures related to essential aspects of patient care.

The procedures in the Manual are based on the latest research findings and advice from clinical experts, to enable students and qualified nurses to provide the best possible care. All procedures include the rationale for each action and the evidence used is graded to help nurses assess its validity.

You can access the manual without logging in by using the links on your trust's intranet:

• NHFT staff - go to the Library's page on the Staff Room and look under "External links"
• NGH staff - find it in the Quick links section under "Clinical" on the front page of The Street

Alternatively, you can access the Manual from anywhere with an Internet connection via the RMM site. Go to www.rmmonline.co.uk and log in using your OpenAthens account.  If you don't have one you can apply online here (NHS staff and attached students only). 

Please contact one of the libraries if you have any questions or need any help.

13th edition of the Maudsley Prescribing Guidelines in Psychiatry now available online

Access on Ebook Central

The newest edition of the popular Maudsley Prescribing Guidelines in Psychiatry is now available online via the Ebook Central site.

The fully updated 13th edition features:

• A guide to psychiatric disorders and psychopharmacology
• Which drugs to prescribe and the side effects to look for, how to augment them or swap them
• Specific guidance on common psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia, depression or bipolar
• Guidance on specific populations such as children, the elderly and pregnant women

To access the book you will need to go to the the Ebook Central site and log in with your OpenAthens account.

If you don't have an Athens account NHS staff and attached students can register for one online.

If you need more help in accessing this, or the many other electronic books available to you via your NHS OpenAthens account, we have produced a guide on how to use them which you can find on our web site, along with additional guides to e-journals, databases and more. Alternatively, you can always contact us.

12th edition of the Maudsley Prescribing Guidelines in Psychiatry now available online

Access it online

The newest edition of the popular Maudsley Prescribing Guidelines in Psychiatry is now available online via the 123Library site.

The fully updated 12th edition features:

• A guide to psychiatric disorders and psychopharmacology
• Which drugs to prescribe and the side effects to look for, how to augment them or swap them
• Specific guidance on common psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia, depression or bipolar
• Guidance on specific populations such as children, the elderly and pregnant women

To access the guidelines you will need to go to the 123Library site and click the large log in button at the top of the page, then click Athens. Enter your Athens user name and password and you will then be able to access the book.

If you don't have an Athens account NHS staff and attached students can register for one online. If you have an account but have forgotten the password you can reset it here.

If you need more help in accessing this, or the many other electronic books available to you via your NHS Athens account, we have produced a guide on how to use them which you can find on our web site, along with additional guides to e-journals, databases and more. Alternatively, you can always contact us.

Changes in access to the Maudsley Prescribing Guidelines in Psychiatry and other ebooks

We have moved some our our e-books to a different supplier.

The new 123Library platform is easy to use and has a number of useful features such as allowing you to highlight text, make notes on ebooks, and place bookmarks in the text. You can even download the book for a limited time (which requires the free Abode Digital Editions).

You can find the titles directly from the links below:

• Maudsley Prescribing Guidelines in Psychiatry (11th edition)
• Drugs During Pregnancy and Lactation: Treatment Options & Risk Assessment (2nd edition) 
• TNM Classification of Malignant Tumours (7th edition)

You can also access them via the library catalogue or  by logging into Open Athens and clicking on the 123Library link on the resources tab.

You will need an Open Athens password to be able to access the books. If you don't have one you can register online here.

Latest evidence updates from NICE

NICE have published three evidence updates in April.

Autism diagnosis in children and young people offers a summary of new evidence in relation to NICE guideline 128 ‘Autism – recognition, referral and diagnosis of children and young people on the autism spectrum’ (2011)

Self-harm: longer term management reviews the evidence in relation to guideline 133 ‘Self-harm: longer term management’ (2011)

School-based interventions to prevent the uptake of smoking among children and young people covers the evidence in relation to NICE public health guideline 23 (2010) 

Evidence Updates do not replace current accredited guidance and do not provide formal recommendations, but they do highlight new evidence that health and social care professionals may wish to consider alongside current guidance.

You can find all of the previous updates on the NICE Evidence Services (formerly NHS Evidence) site.

New Evidence Updates

NHS Evidence has published two new evidence updates.

Common mental disorders offers a summary of new clinical evidence in relation to NICE Guideline 123 ‘Common mental health disorders: identification and pathways to care’

Hypertension reviews the evidence is relation to clinical guideline 127 ‘Clinical management of primary hypertension in adults’

Evidence Updates do not replace current accredited guidance and do not provide formal recommendations, but they do highlight new evidence that health and social care professionals may wish to consider alongside current guidance.

You can find all of the previous updates on the NHS Evidence site.

Latest evidence updates from NICE

NHS Evidence

The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence have released their latest evidence updates. The updates cover new evidence relating to NICE guidance. The updates highlight key points from the latest evidence (including the strengths and weaknesses of the research) and importantly, whether the new evidence will have an impact on the current guidance.

The current updates are:

• The management of stable angina
• Generalised anxiety disorder in adults

You can also find a list of all the updates going back a year on the NICE site, arranged by date, alphabetically or by speciality area.

NICE BNF and BNFC apps for smartphones and tablets

The NICE British National Formulary (BNF) and NICE British National Formulary for Children (BNFC) apps have been developed to provide easy access to the latest up-to-date prescribing information from the most widely-used medicines information resources within the NHS. 

Both the BNF and BNFC apps are available to download for free by health and social care professionals who work for or who are contracted by NHS England.

To access the apps you will need an NHS Athens password (NHS staff and attached students can register online). You can find more information about the apps, system requirements and trouble shooting on the NICE site.

Download NICE BNF

BNF: Android smartphone and tablet users

BNF: iPhone and iPad users

Download NICE BNFC

BNFC: Android smartphone and tablet users

BNFC: iPhone and iPad users

NICE have also produced an app allowing access to all of their guidance via smartphones and tablets which

Nice Guidance App

• Browse over 760 items (7000+ chapters) of NICE guidance. Guidance is arranged topically by conditions and diseases, and public health topics
• Rapidly search all NICE Guidance on your smartphone
• Select full guidance documents or selections of individual chapters from guidance documents, bookmark individual sections of guidance chapters for use as offline reference on your smartphone
• Automatically receive updates and new guidance as soon as it's published on the NICE website.

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.

Problems with 11th Edition of the Maudsley Prescribing Guidelines in Psychiatry

Due to a national issue with the provider, the 11th edition of the Maudsley Prescribing Guidelines is currently unavailable via Athens.

SHA colleagues are working hard to resolve the issue as soon as possible and we hope the Guidelines will be available again shortly.

11th Edition of the Maudsley Prescribing Guidelines in Psychiatry now available online

Go to MyiLibrary

The newest edition of the Maudsley Prescribing Guidelines in Psychiatry is now available online as part of the national core content of electronic books and journals provided to NHS staff in England.

To access the guidelines you will need to go to the MyiLibrary site and click the Athens link at the bottom of the page. Enter your Athens user name and password and you will then be able to access the book.

If you don't have an Athens account NHS staff and attached students can register for one online. If you have an account but have forgotten the password you can reset it here.

If you need more help in accessing this, or the many other electronic books available to you via your NHS Athens account, we have produced a guide on how to use them which you can find on our web site, along with additional guides to e-journals, databases and more.

NICE guidance app launched for smartphones

NICE has launched an app which allows free access to all of its recommendations and advice for healthcare professional users of Android and iPhone smartphones.
 
The app allows users to search, browse and explore 760 pieces of guidance produced by NICE. Guidance is arranged by clinical or public health topic and particular sections can be bookmarked for easy access, or sent via email.
 
Other features include receiving automatic updates and new guidance as soon as it is published on the NICE website, adjustable font size for readability, and the ability to 'swipe' between chapters when looking at guidance.
 
It can be downloaded from Apple's iStore and the Android Market but is not currently optimised for iPad users.

The easy way to find clinical guidelines

www.patient.co.uk

If you are missing the Guidelines Finder from the old NLH site, or simply want an easy way to find all UK clinical guidelines on a particular subject, the Patient UK may have the answer.

They have produced a simple A-Z list of all UK guidelines by topic. This list includes those produced by

• NICE
• Prodigy (formerly the Clinical Knowledge Summaries)
• SIGN
• The Royal Colleges
• Other professional health organisations 

To access this list simply go to: www.patient.co.uk/guidelines.asp