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Rowlands Library

Telephone: 01905 763333 ext 33760

01905 760601 (direct)

Fax: 01905 760866 (direct) 33761 (internal)

Email: Rowlands.enquiries@worcsacute.nhs.uk

Staffed hours: Monday-Friday: 0830-17.00

Redditch Health Library

Telephone: 01527 503030 ext 45770

01527 505770 (direct)

Fax: 01527 505756 (direct) 45756 (internal)

Email: alex.library@worcsacute.nhs.uk

Staffed hours: Monday-Friday: 08.30-17.00

Kidderminster Health Library

Telephone: 01562 823424 ext 55253

01562 512344 (direct)

Fax: 01562 825733

Email: khl@worcsacute.nhs.uk

Staffed hours: Mon-Thurs: 09.30-16.30; Fri: 09.30-14.30

Evesham Health Library

Contact Rowlands Library above

   

August 2011 newsletter

Click on the image on the left to access the August 2011 Worcestershire Health Libraries newsletter.
In this edition you will find:
- Information about changes to NHS Evidence
- A report on events during Health Information Week
- How our document supply service can help you
- And more...

Health Information Week - It's a picnic!

Worcestershire Health Libraries have always supported Health Information Week as we strongly believe in its aim of bringing high quality health information to all. Last year we joined up with the Public Health team to run a very successful stall outside local supermarkets to promote the new public health web-site, the Books on Prescription scheme, and the Change 4 Life campaign.

This year, we're doing something different to appeal to a more specific group.

Combining Health Information Week with Children’s Obesity Week, health librarians have arranged for the Public Libraries’ “Comput@bus” to visit two schools in Redditch (St. Luke’s School on the 5th July and Woodrow First School on the 6th July) as well as the “Fresh” picnic celebration on Saturday 9th July at the Worcester Woods Country Park, which takes place between 11.00 a.m. and 1.00 p.m. “Fresh” is a local family weight management programme aimed at supporting families to eat and live in a more healthy way. Unlike the school events, which are restricted to pupils and their parents or guardians, the picnic is open to all families and will have activities such as a bouncy castle, penalty shoot-out and Space-Hopper races. To join in the fun, just bring along a healthy picnic.

During our Health Information Week school visits, Health Trainers have been invited by the schools to give advice to the children, whilst health librarians will be on hand at both the school visits and the Fresh picnic to demonstrate quality health information web-sites to parents and guardians on the "Comput@bus”.

For more information contact David.Chamberlain@worcsacute.nhs.uk

Document supply leads to more clinical time

Worcestershire Health Libraries: Saving you time as you improve patient care

We have recently conducted an impact study on how our document supply service is utilised.

These are the results:

· 941 Documents supplied in one quarter (Feb - Apr 2011)
131 individuals – 59 replies to survey – 45% return rate
· 98% found the information increased their clinical knowledge
· 89% said the new information would contribute to a higher quality of patient care
· 170 clinical hours saved by library staff supplying documents
(4½ weeks of clinical time)
· 100% of requests reached clinicians in time
· Information received was used for clinical queries, practice development, education and research, guidelines and journal clubs

Below are just a few of the comments we received:

“extending evidence-based treatment”
“better informed decision making”
“I will assess them (patients) rather than waiting for a doctor”
“more knowledge, better understanding”
“ensuring appropriate dose of drug use”
“information on breasting feeding has been used for guidelines”
“very simple request process and timely response”


The results show that if you need information fast, Worcestershire Health Libraries will save you time and effort by delivering documents directly to your workplace whilst you focus on delivering Evidence-Based Care.

New NHS Evidence

NHS Evidence has changed. Find out more about the exciting changes and how NHS Evidence can help you easily access evidence-based information to deliver high quality care.

Amongst the new features are

• An A-Z of topics directing you to topic pages for selcted clinical areas
• Nice Pathways A new online tool provides quick and easy access, topic by topic, to the range of guidance from NICE
• New Journals and Databases section

Visit www.evidence.nhs.uk today to explore and find out more.

WHL May 2011 Newsletter

Click on the image on the left to access the May 2011 Worcestershire Health Libraries Newsletter.

In this edition you will find...

• The latest on our Evesham Health Library move
• News on our literature search impact survey
• Electronic journals update and more...

Behind the Headlines!

Behind the Headlines provides an unbiased and evidence-based analysis of health stories that make the news. The service is intended for both the public and health professionals, and endeavours to:

• explain the facts behind the headlines and give a better understanding of the science that makes the news,
• provide an authoritative resource for GPs which they can rely on when talking to patients, and
• become a trusted resource for journalists and others involved in the dissemination of health news. 

 You can access Behind the Headlines HERE