Fiction collection news

NEW FICTION BOOKS

 Following on from the very successful Six Book Challenge which recently completed, the Rowlands Library has decided to increase the fiction section.  Although the next reading challenge doesn't start until 2014, we wanted to continue with a collection from the Hive and also increase the selection of books available.  We now have over 200 books on the shelves, from different genres.  These are available to loan and you can search our books at: www.hawks.nhs.uk

For more details, please contact the Rowlands Library on ext. 33760

 

Six Book Challenge - winners!

99 members of staff signed up - 23 completed.  Congratulations to the winners of our Prize Draws!

Overall 1st prize:  Adult learning classes voucher, Worcs CC (75): Alison Williamson, Administration Clerk (WRH)
Runners-up prizes:  Tesco supermarket voucher (£25):  Stephanie Lloyd, Medical Secretary (KH)

Sainsbury’s supermarket voucher (£10): Lisa March, MDT Coordinator (ALX)

Presentations were held on the three hospital sites.

Alexandra Hospital

Diana Meanley and Karen Sands with Countywide Runner up Lisa March

1st prize - Diane Meanley, Agenda for Change trainer

2nd prize - Karen Sands, Medical Secretary

Kidderminster Hospital

Stephanie Lloyd, Countywide Runner-Up

1st prize - Liz Morris, Data Quality Officer

  

2nd prize - Nicola Perks, Macmillan Cancer Information Unit Facilitator

Worcestershire Royal Hospital

Sandi Bishop, Laura Birchley and Alison Williamson (Countywide Winner)

1st prize - Sandi Bishop, Orthotics Clerk

2nd prize - Laura Birchley, Recruitment Team Leader




Evesham Community Hospital
Margaret Rowley, Head of Knowledge Management presenting prizes to:
1st prize - Wendy Thompson, Training Centre Administrator
2nd prize - Michele Haslam, Emergency Nurse Practitioner






We would like to say a big thank you to:

Unison for purchasing the Reading Diaries and Quick Reads sets.

Worcestershire Public Libraries for loaning Fiction Collections to our hospital libraries and donating a great first prize.

All those who kindly donated prizes: Tesco Redditch & Kidderminster, Sainsburys Redditch, WHSmith Kidderminster & Worcestershire CC.  Without this help we would have been unable to run the Challenge so successfully.

The Six Book Challenge 2014 will run from January – June 2014.  Watch this space!

NICE Clinical Knowledge Summaries - update

NICE CKS service 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 regularly updated and new topics added as and when significant new evidence emerges.

Since its launch on 8 April 2013, NICE CKS has updated 50 topics and included four new topics provided by Clarity:

Generalised anxiety disorder

Common mental health problems

Miscarriage and ectopic pregnancy (2 CKS topics which count as one new topic)

Ovarian cancer

The site is experiencing good levels of usage with an average of 146,000 unique visitors per month since launch. The short list of new topics for development in 2014/15 has just been agreed between NICE and Clarity.