New Library Folders
OK little things please little minds and all that but we always get excited at the library when we’ve got something new in the pipeline. So we thought we’d share pictures of our new folders which...
View ArticleFocus on Social Marketing
The library has recently purchased the following books to support the PCT’s social marketing function. If you have a service to market these could be a good starting point for your thinking and...
View ArticleOccupational Asthma – E-Learning
A new modules appearing on BMJ learning is Occupational asthma: evidence based diagnosis and management which gives a quick evidence based guide to the management and diagnosis of occupational asthma.
View ArticlePalliative Care National Knowledge Weeks
National Knowledge Weeks aim to highlight best current knowledge and current issues for selected healthcare topics: the updates are presented in the Specialist Library as user-friendly summaries...
View ArticleJournal of Management & Marketing in Healthcare
New to the library’s journal collection is Journal of Management & Marketing in Healthcare . As ever you’ll need your NHS Athens password for Liverpool PCT to access the journal (if you work for...
View ArticleCode of practice for promotion of NHS services
Code of practice for promotion of NHS services sets out rules around promotional material issued by providers of NHS services to ensure that: the information patients receive is not misleading,...
View ArticleKicking Bad Habits: Financial Incentives, Behaviour Change and Using Information
Individual responsibility for health and self-care are key themes in recent health policy development in England. The King’s Fund have addressed the issue with three papers: Paying the Patient:...
View ArticleJournal of Management & Marketing in Healthcare 1 (3)
Editorial. Thomas G. Rundall Implementing and using care pathways in mental health: Developing an approach for practice. Barrie Green. Care pathways have been widely used in physical healthcare since...
View ArticleInformation to patients: Empowering the individual or advertising by another...
Briefing from the NHS Confederation on Information to patients: Empowering the individual or advertising by another name? to provide an overview of the recent consultation on the laws governing...
View ArticleNHS Identity Scheme For Dental Practices “Providing NHS Dentistry”: Response...
NHS Identity Scheme For Dental Practices “Providing NHS Dentistry”: Response to the Consultation looks at responses to consultation on using NHS branding to advertise dental services. The consensus is...
View ArticleSneak Peek at the New Postcard
Always a cause for celebration, a new postcard added to the Fade stable. The proofs arrived today, a few amendments required but the principle is a good ‘un. A response to the number of people who...
View ArticleUnderstanding what matters: A guide to using patient feedback to transform...
To help the NHS harness the information it gathers, a guide – called ‘Understanding what matters: A guide to using patient feedback to transform services’ has been published. It provides best practice...
View ArticleAlcohol report of the House of Commons Health Committee
Title: Alcohol: First Report of Session 2009–10: Volume I: Report, together with formal minutes The Skinny: Report from the House of Commons Health Committee on Alcohol, finds and concludes: History –...
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