IN THE KNOW: Keeping Staff Informed

Volume 14 (44) November 2019

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In this issue:

IN THE SPOTLIGHT

MANX SKEET

STAFF HEALTH & WELLBEING

HOT OFF THE PRESS

PUBLIC HEALTH

EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE

SOCIAL AND COMMUNITY CARE

HEALTH MANAGEMENT

PATIENT INFORMATION

LIBRARY BITS AND PIECES

IN THE SPOTLIGHT

E. coli outbreak: CDC warn about romaine lettuce from Salinas, CA

STAFF HEALTH & WELLBEING

Do you take hours to make a simple decision? You may have Fobo

How to blow your nose properly

Do You Have Visual Fatigue? Here's What To Do About It

Playing board games may help protect thinking skills in old age

There is no downside to a day trip – just don’t call it a 'daycation'

Useful links

Patient.co.uk

NHS Website

Mental Health Foundation

World Health Organisation

MANX SKEET

World record attempt for male yoga session

Health fears must be allayed

2020 will mark 'Year of the Nurse'

Schools issued with flu and sickness advice

Inspirational girl raises thousands for children's ward

Tatty the Teddy celebrates a 100th anniversary with young patients

Concern over funding for new domestic abuse law

New cause helps those with additional needs

Sleep guru shares advice with Standard Bank Intl. staff

HOT OFF THE PRESS

BBC News

(Asterisked items have been critically reviewed in Behind the Headlines. See below.)

Unison healthcare workers to begin strike action

GPs vote to reduce patient home visits

Male breast cancer: Men warned to check for symptoms

Cancer immunotherapy drug 'less toxic and prolongs life'

Living near busy road can stunt children's lung growth, study says

Lassa fever 'at risk' Britons sent home from Sierra Leone

Cancer survivors 'have higher heart risk'

New unit for 'forgotten' patients with alcohol related brain damage

Norwich hospital: Mother of stillborn baby raises money for suite

Indian doctors remove 7.4kg kidney from patient

Our son’s final days

Outpatients' 12-week waiting time target missed

Call for mental health support for young offenders

Milly Main: Hospital infection spiked at time of child's death

Violence in children's relationships 'a public health issue'

What we can all learn from this deathbed photo

Breast cancer: Patient creates app to help with treatment

Autism: 'Unprecedented' demand creates long appointment waits

Ketamine may reduce heavy drinkers' craving

'Hundreds more cases' in Shropshire maternity scandal

'Proof NHS at risk under US trade deal' - Labour

Homeless people 'should be allowed to stay with their dogs'

Domestic abuse: Big rise in reports to police in Wales

'I was put into care home for elderly at 46'

General election 2019: Row over Labour's 'NHS for sale' claim

Immunotherapy offers hope for men with prostate cancer

More than 300,000 in Northern Ireland waiting to see consultants

Wrexham 'prehabilitation' programme helps patients get in shape

Smartphone 'addiction': Young people 'panicky' when denied mobiles

'We try our best as nurses, but it's not enough'

Scale of Shropshire maternity failings 'may never be known'

HIV, my baby and me: 'I was 17 years old when I was diagnosed'

'Milly would be here' had Glasgow hospital followed advice

Vascular services: Calls for review of north Wales changes

Useful Health Links

NHS Website: A-Z of health conditions

NHS Website

Check NHS standards near you

Cancer Help UK

British Heart Foundation

Health and Care Professions Council

Mental Health Foundation

General Medical Council

Nursing and Midwifery Council

Care Quality Commission

NICE

NHS Scotland

Health in Wales

NI Direct

Clinical trials information

Diabetes UK

British Lung Foundation

National Obesity Forum

Your health, your choices

Behind the Headlines

Do you believe everything you read? The NHS Knowledge Service provides a critical view of current health related news items to critically

analyse their sources, content and findings.

Air pollution may be linked to increased glaucoma risk

Ketamine dose to reduce heavy drinking shows promise

Air pollution linked to increased hospital admissions for kidney disease and sepsis

Bulletins

(click to open)

Bulletin for clinical commissioning groups (CCGs)

Chief Nursing Bulletin

Chief Scientific Officer Bulletin

Compassion in Practice strategy and 6Cs Live!

Liaison and Diversion Bulletin

Pharmacy and Medicines Bulletin

Primary Care Bulletin

Specialised Commissioning Stakeholder Bulletin

Revalidation Matters

Liaison and Diversion Bulletin

Specialised Commissioning Stakeholder Bulletin

PUBLIC HEALTH

Health e-News Bulletin/NLH Public Health Newsletter

NHS In Touch Issue 103 November 2019

Adult Protection & Safeguarding Domestic Violence

Fall in domestic abuse files sent to prosecutors despite rise in recorded crimes

Survivors stand up, speak out and lead the way to strengthen domestic abuse services in Cheshire East

Allergies

Real or artificial Christmas trees — which are worse for allergies?

There's such a thing as having a 'social allergy' to someone you dislike. Here's how to keep the peace, no matter what situation you're in.

Cardiovascular Disease

Peas and beans: Can they improve heart health?

Cancer patients, survivors face increased risk of heart disease deaths

'Heart heroes' launch campaign drive to tackle cardiovascular disease

Heart attack protein may raise early death risk

Dental

Experts call for more active prevention of tooth decay for children's teeth

Word of Mouth November 2019

Gum disease doubles stroke risk, according to new study

Unum Dental: Early Diagnosis of Mouth Cancer

Dementia

Dementia research investment needs to reflect the enormous cost of dementia care

Skiers have lower incidence of depression and vascular dementia -- but not Alzheimer's

Cutting neurodegeneration associated with dementia, in animal models

Extra virgin olive oil may protect against various dementias

Diabetes

Helper protein worsens diabetic eye disease

Drinking coffee can cut risk of type 2 diabetes and high blood pressure, research finds

Welsh school recognised for ‘fantastic’ diabetes care for students

Variability in Sleep Duration May Affect Blood Glucose Control in Diabetes

Diet, Nutrition and Obesity

Locking up fats in CAGEs to reduce obesity

The CHIRPY DRAGON intervention in preventing obesity in Chinese primary-school--aged children: A cluster-randomised controlled trial

Digital Health Technology

Does tracking your sleep actually help you sleep better? We asked an expert

Google Health unveils EHR data aggregation tool for clinicians

End of Life Care

End of Life Care Horizon Scanning Bulletin Volume 10 Issue 8

Review: The understanding of spirituality and the potential role of spiritual care in end-of-life and palliative care: a meta-study of qualitative

research

Palliative and end-of-life care and junior doctors': a systematic review and narrative synthesis

Immunisation and Infection

Dangerous bacteria communicate to avoid antibiotics

Wound healing in mucous tissues could ward off AIDS

How dormant herpes springs back to life

Antibiotic-resistant bacteria more prevalent in device-related infections

Humans co-evolved with immune-related diseases -- and it's still happening

Learning Disability and Challenging Behaviour

Mutations in emerging autism gene tied to distinct traits

Men’s Health

Men Are Putting Up With Pain Or Illness Instead Of Seeing A GP – Why?

A Look Back at Movember

What to know about diphallia (double penis)

Vasectomy side effects: Everything you need to know

Mental Health

Dissecting connections between chronic stress, inflammation and depression

How personality traits affect the placebo response

New mental health phone line launched to help people access support nationwide

What to know about lithium toxicity

Neurology

Board games may stave off cognitive decline

Microvascular ischemic disease: What to know

Obstetrics

Lower mortality from induction of labor at 41 weeks

UTI in pregnancy: Everything you need to know

Oncology

Using artificial intelligence to determine whether immunotherapy is working

Anal cancer mortality rates have more than doubled in the US

Polatuzumab Vedotin: Honing in on Relapsed or Refractory Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma

Paediatrics

High amounts of screen time begin as early as infancy

Prenatal opioid exposure may alter brain function in babies

How can we protect our children’s health from the climate emergency?

Patient Experience

Through my eyes: Living with shoulder arthritis

Patient Safety

Patient safety fears as vast majority of GPs predict NHS winter crisis

One third of UK doctors may suffer from workplace ’burnout’

Urgent and emergency care: patient safety and quality issues

Pharmacology

We love coffee, tea, chocolate and soft drinks so much, caffeine is literally in our blood

Using fungi to search for medical drugs

New flu drug drives drug resistance in influenza viruses

Seniors and Aging

Differentiating between dementia, delirium and depression in older people

Rapamycin has anti-aging effect on human skin

Understanding and managing depression in older people

Sexual Health

Assessing different HPV vaccines and vaccine schedules in adolescent girls and boys

As The Morning After Pill Goes On Sale For £3, Here's Where You Can Get It For Free

Sleep

Lack of sleep may explain why poor people get more heart disease

Science underestimated dangerous effects of sleep deprivation

Sleep deprivation 'triples the number of lapses in attention'

Substance Abuse

Exercise: Another Potential Option for Substance Abuse Disorder

Addressing the context and consequences of substance use, misuse, and dependence: A global imperative

One ketamine shot could help heavy drinkers cut down

Surgery

What to know about salpingectomy

What to know about a tracheostomy

Royal Cornwall Hospital deploys AI tool for secure surgical videos

Vaping/Smoking

Vaping poses serious threat to children

Four children's deaths linked to smoking at home and during pregnancy in County Durham and Darlington

Women’s Health

British Menopause Society further update on HRT supply shortages (26 November 2019)

How Does IVF Actually Make Your Body Feel?

World Health Organisation

Medical facilities coping well in Albania following earthquake

New WHO-led study says majority of adolescents worldwide are not sufficiently physically active, putting their current and future health at risk

Dead and injured following attacks on Ebola responders in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Wound Management

Do obesity and smoking impact healing after wrist fracture surgery?

Turning to old remedies for new health challenges: Super-bugs

SOCIAL AND COMMUNITY CARE

Back in the ‘too difficult’ box: social care and the manifestos

Future of children’s services company to be decided next month

Dramatic rise in child cruelty and neglect in Northamptonshire

How the family safeguarding model is helping to transform practice

Return to social work scheme relaunched to lure 200 back to profession

Safe, supported and happy to go to work: how local authorities can retain their social workers

What can we learn from young people’s views on online sexual harm?

Thousands of girl gang members are trapped in a cycle of violence and abuse

‘My tank was empty; I fell into crisis’: how a social work lecturer became a missing person

Almost half of principal social workers spending two days or less on PSW role, survey finds

Key Resources

Social Care TV

e–Learning

Social Care Online

Research Register for Social Care

Social Care Research Ethics Committee

All SCIE resources

HEALTH MANAGEMENT

BT partners up with NHS Blood and Transplant to create digital

network

GPs call for BMA to take “urgent action” on drug shortages

NHS England re-opens HSSF to LHCR and population health suppliers

NHS performance and waiting times: priorities for the next

government

Pensions crisis: leaders call for long term solutions

The ecology of program director leadership: power relationships and

characteristics of effective program directors

Air pollution report shows health impact

Improving together: collaboration needs to start with regulators

Surreal, unlikely, curious: the voters’ choice on health

Let’s do our duty: Top nurse leads NHS staff flu jab drive

Leading for integrated care: 'If you think competition is hard, you

should try collaboration'

NHS England and NHS Improvement Board Meeting in Common – 28

November 2019

Abraar Karan: Medicine’s power problem

Bridging worlds: How public health directors are tackling the growth

agenda

Nursing shortages forcing NHS to rely on less qualified staff – report

Health unions seek assurances after leak on trade talks and NHS

‘It's the relationship you develop with them’: emotional intelligence

in nurse leadership. A qualitative study

Increased maximum sentences for assaulting nurses

Latest vacancy figures more evidence NHS teams under intolerable

strain

The King's Fund comments on new GP workforce figures and NHS

vacancy data

Is digital and social inclusion key to transformational change?

PATIENT INFORMATION

Why can't I get a doctor's appointment? Solving the complex issue of GP access

Epilepsy Action resource is Just for kids

How to take care of chapped lips this winter

Event report – Health Information for Children and Young People

EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE

BMJ Evidence Updates

Double trouble: ciclosporin–simvastatin coinduced rhabdomyolysis

Proteinase 3 (PR3)-antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitic neuropathy in diffuse cutaneous systemic sclerosis: a rare

duo

Efficacy of colistimethate sodium as local application in necrotising fasciitis

Intussusception of a large circumferential caecal adenoma with ileocaecal valve consumption

Synovial sarcoma mimicking a traumatic pseudoaneurysm in the upper extremity

Intracranial invasive mycosis mimicking hepatic encephalopathy in a patient with cirrhosis

Platypnoea and orthodeoxia in the hepatopulmonary syndrome

Development of pyogenic granuloma with strong vascular endothelial growth factor receptor-2 expression during ramucirumab treatment

Escherichia hermannii as the sole cause of osteomyelitis in a patient with an open tibial shaft fracture

Internal herniation following laparoscopic gastric bypass: addressing the mesoclosure technique

Rhabdomyosarcoma involving maxilla mimicking gingival enlargement: A diagnostic challenge

Atypical presentation of Clostridioides difficile pseudomembranous colitis with laboratory rejection of stool specimen

Plantar vein thrombosis provoked by mechanical strain to the foot: a rare cause of plantar heel pain

Pancreatic metastases to the colon: an unusual cause of colonic obstruction

Newly discovered variant of oesophageal atresia: ‘Type Y’

The impact of individual recovery expectations on pain, limitations in activities and return to work in low back pain

Antibiotics for bacterial infection in the urine in pregnancy when there are no symptoms

Animal-assisted therapy for people with dementia

Do psychological interventions work for people with both depression and substance use disorders?

Using positive expiratory pressure physiotherapy to clear the airways of people with cystic fibrosis

Plasma transfusions before major surgery (other than heart surgery) or invasive procedures, to prevent bleeding

Falls interventions in multiple sclerosis

NICE Clinical Knowledge Summaries provides primary care practitioners with a readily accessible summary of the current evidence base and

practical guidance on best practice in respect of over 300 common and/or significant primary care presentations.

The service is being regularly maintained and upgraded as and when significant new evidence emerges and up to 10 new topics will be added

each year. You can access the service here.

To suggest a new topic, please contact us.

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