Health information for the public

David BruntKnowledge Systems Manager

NHS Derbyshire County

david.brunt@derbyshirecountypct.nhs.uk

What are we looking at?

• Sources of good quality information

• Information aimed at patients and the general public

• Some sources of clinical information

• Supporting information – statistics, health needs

NHS Choiceshttp://www.nhs.uk/Pages/HomePage.aspx

• To find a local GP, dentist, hospital, pharmacist, optician

• A-Z health conditions

• About the NHS

• See what the doctor sees (Map of Medicine)

• Information for carers

Patient infowww.patient.co.uk

• Search the ‘information leaflets’ section. Useful summaries and support group details. Information in other languages

Dr Foster http://www.drfoster.co.uk/public.asp

• This website enables the general public to search nationally and locally for performance information on a:

• Hospital• Consultant• Birth unit• Complementary practitioner• Breast cancer clinic• Infertility clinic

Local health services

• NHS Sheffield homepage: http://www.sheffield.nhs.uk/

• NHS Derbyshire: http://www.derbyshirecounty.nhs.uk/services_we_buy

Locality information

• Locality health profiles, health atlases, public health reports, local statistics

• Sheffield Health Data & Reports: http://www.sheffield.nhs.uk/healthdata/

• Derbyshire Health Observatory: http://observatory.derbyshire.gov.uk/IAS

• Locality profiles across England - APHO:• http://www.apho.org.uk/default.aspx?RID=

49802

Neighbourhood statisticshttp://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/• Detailed statistics within specific

geographic areas, for example in neighbourhood regeneration.

• Allows comparisons with other localities and regionally

Clinical informationHierarchies of evidence

NHS Evidence Health Information Resources

http://www.library.nhs.uk/?nologin=true• (formerly National Library for Health)

• NHS collection of good quality medical evidence (NHS Athens account is required for some full text resources)

TRIP http://www.tripdatabase.com/

• “Turning Research Into Practice”

• Guidelines, systematic reviews, controlled trials, articles from selected journals, patient leaflets and medical images

Map of Medicinehttp://healthguides.mapofmedicine.com/choices/map/index.html

• Shows care pathways – the patient’s journey through the system

• Links to the evidence at each stage

Health statistics online

• National statistics online

• http://www.statistics.gov.uk/

• The NHS Information Centre

• http://www.ic.nhs.uk/

• Additional statistics on the work of health and social care services

Charities and support organisations

• Too numerous to list but, for example:• British Heart Foundation• http://www.bhf.org.uk/• Mental health/MIND• http://www.mind.org.uk/ • RNIB• http://www.rnib.org.uk/Pages/Home.aspx • Sheffield Help Yourself:

http://www.sheffieldhelpyourself.org.uk

Website accreditation

• Health on the Net Foundation: http://www.hon.ch/pat.html

• the HON code (accreditation of health websites); search facility for accredited websites; accredited websites by selected topics: http://www.hon.ch/HONcode/

• The Information Standard (Department of Health): http://www.theinformationstandard.org/

To try?

• Patient information: NHS Choices or Patient.co.uk

• Clinical information: TRIP or Map of Medicine

• Locality information: NHS Sheffield and Derbyshire Observatory, Neighbourhood Statistics