IN THE KNOW: Keeping Staff Informed

Volume 14 (42) 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

STAFF HEALTH & WELLBEING

A step too far? How fitness trackers can take over our lives

'Never sleep in your make up': five ways to avoid spots

What is 'nunchi', the Korean secret to happiness?

Why Do Vitamins Make You Feel Sick – And What Can You Do About It?

'You Are Enough': How To Overcome Shyness If It's Holding You Back

Useful links

Patient.co.uk

NHS Website

Mental Health Foundation

World Health Organisation

MANX SKEET

Women's Aid appeal for donations

Plans approved for KFC on Peel Road, despite health and traffic

worries

Donate toys to Christmas appeal

Restriction on child abuse injury claims to be lifted

Business leaders back cannabis legalisation

Parent of disabled son slams 'ignorant' person who left note on car

HOT OFF THE PRESS

BBC News

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

Brain implants used to fight drug addiction in US

General election 2019: Tory plan to attract more NHS staff from

abroad

Two cases of deadly diphtheria detected in Lothian area

General election 2019: Tory pledge to boost GP numbers

Cannabis-based medicines: Two drugs approved for NHS

'Uncoordinated' codeine use caused Ipswich woman's death

Children 'become less active during primary years'

Project Nightingale: Google accesses trove of US patient data

Some people 'genetically wired' to avoid some vegetables

Vaping nearly killed me, says British teenager

Health staff pay: Unison members in NI vote to strike

Domestic violence: 'He wanted people to see the perfect couple'

Cancer patient is first in Wales to get gene treatment

General election 2019: Labour vows to outspend Tories on the NHS

Paralysed boy, 3, defies odds to play tennis

Prescription drugs review call after Bedford man's death

Irish nurses' strike leader supports NI nurses' action

3D models of kidney transplant toddler to go on display in London

Ebola vaccine approved as second jab trialled

Northern Ireland's nurses set for December strike

Flu vaccine delay for schoolchildren across Scotland

Complementary cancer therapies 'do more harm than good'

Hospital waiting times at worst-ever level

Half of disability benefits appeals won in tribunal court

‘Addiction is a response to emotional pain’

Severe allergic reactions rise in children in England over past five

years

Owen Mor: No assurances on nursing home residents' safety

'I was in agony but couldn't get a breast reduction on the NHS'

Short-sightedness: Genetic test could help at-risk children

One in 50 'children in need' are not yet born

'Social workers ran my life as a kid in care - now I am one'

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.

Do hiccups help babies learn to breathe?

Children become less active between age 5 and 11

New blood test could lead to better treatment for 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 102

Addiction

I’m Proof Addiction Can Happen To Anyone – And That Anyone Can Beat Their Demons

Brain implants used to fight drug addiction in US

Allergies

Allergy shots may be an effective treatment for pediatric pollen food allergy syndrome

Owen Carey: Allergy deaths register 'could save lives'

Cardiovascular Disease

World's most comprehensive study of a deadly heart condition yields 1st results

Increased exercise over the age of 60 reduces risk of heart disease and stroke

Could the eyes predict cardiovascular risk?

Biomarker blood test could reveal high risk heart patients in need of treatment

Decline in ideal heart health begins early for teen girls

Heart disease and cancer risk may be linked

Too much ultra-processed food linked to lower heart health

Is there a link between muscle mass and cardiovascular risk?

Complementary Medicine / Alternative Medicine

The health problems cannabis could treat in the future

How meditation can help you make fewer mistakes

Complementary and alternative therapies to treat colic in babies

Critical Care

Lack of care available to country’s sickest children forces NHS to restore beds to local hospitals

Clinical Practice Patterns in Temporary Mechanical Circulatory Support for Shock in the Critical Care Cardiology Trials Network (CCCTN) Registry

Effects of a swallowing and oral care intervention for patients following endotracheal extubation: a pre- and post-intervention study

Dental

New survey exposes shocking lack of awareness of HPV despite strong cancer link

All smiles for the Brushing Buddies scheme

Dentists warn parents about sugary drinks this Christmas as Coca-Cola trucks role into town

Dementia

Dementia care costs set to nearly treble over next two decades, report finds

Retinal imaging shows promise in early detection of Alzheimer's

Illiteracy may triple dementia risk

Long-term blood pressure variation and risk of dementia

Diabetes

New potential approach to type 2 diabetes treatment

A compound in avocados may reduce type 2 diabetes

Diabetes: Why some anti-inflammatories may increase risk

Diabetes tied to increased risk of hidden spinal fractures

Diet, Nutrition and Obesity

What and how much we eat might change our internal clocks and hormone responses

Potential vitamin and Alzheimer's drug produced in yeast

Knowledge of the origin of the food makes it taste better

Microparticles could help fight malnutrition

Obesity almost doubles in 20 years to affect 13 million people

Digital Health Technology

Low-cost, portable system takes OCT beyond ophthalmology

‘Time running out’ for telecare services to go digital

Alder Hey opts for Meditech’s ‘next-gen’ Expanse cloud EPR

Cognetivity receives £900,000 to trial dementia detection tech with NHS

Tech spending analysis suggests NHS getting burnt by IT mark-ups

Technology is the answer to the healthcare productivity challenge

End of Life Care

Granting dying patients' wishes may help families feel better about end-of-life ICU care

How technology can transform end-of-life care

Guidance for nurses on verifying expected death

Immunisation and Infection

Groundbreaking HIV vaccine design strategy shows promise in proof-of-principle tests

Vaccine reduces likelihood of severe pneumonia

New vaccine protects from widespread, costly infection, mice study shows

Learning Disability and Challenging Behaviour

The scandalous detention of learning disabled people won't be stopped by a review

RCN brings in expert to help tackle learning disability nursing agenda

First-of-its-kind dementia and learning disability nurse post launched

Men’s Health

Driver found for more deadly prostate cancer

Men urged to talk about mental health

Men’s Health: The Age of Self-Diagnosis

Mental Health

The impact of mental health training in the workplace

NHS cancellations of child mental health sessions jump 25%

How does temperature affect mental health?

Lower IQ, family history tied to treatment-resistant schizophrenia

Chronic adversity dampens dopamine production

The Mental Health Policy Group's 2019 general election manifesto for mental health

Neurology

Does childhood cognition predict dementia risk later in life?

Scientists shed new light on neural processes behind learning and motor behaviors

Specific neurons that map memories now identified in the human brain

Obstetrics

Placenta imaging method may aid diagnosis of pregnancy complications

Mothers' pregnancy-related anxiety may alter how infants' brains respond to sad speech

Study teases out factors associated with postpartum overdose

Oncology

Oxygen-starved tumor cells have survival advantage that promotes cancer spread

How a virus might protect against skin cancer

Researchers find new way to target childhood cancer

Anthrax may be the next tool in the fight against bladder cancer

Ophthalmology

Gel stent proves value in refractory OAG

Low-cost, portable system takes OCT beyond ophthalmology

Paediatrics

Associations between childhood maltreatment and offending behaviors later in life

Late talkers twice as likely to have severe, frequent temper tantrums

Practical aspects of childhood epilepsy

Preterm children have similar temperament to children who were institutionally deprived

Cholesterol, fat profiles at birth linked to psychological health at age 5

Study finds links between early screen exposure, sleep disruption and EBD in kids

Patient Safety

Copper hospital beds kill bacteria, save lives

Use of locum doctors rising despite limited evidence on quality and safety

Pharmacology

Insights on the effects of cannabidiol on severe form of epilepsy

Antibiotics: New substances break bacterial resistance

Metabolic effects of an oral blood cancer drug

Fracture risk for patients taking multiple medications

Opioid-based plant might not be best solution to curb habitual alcohol use

Seniors and Aging

Older adults find greater well-being in smaller social networks, study finds

Anticoagulant benefits for atrial fibrillation decrease with age

Aging in good health: The inequalities are widening

Sleep

Sleep and epilepsy: Two bedfellows in mind’s bed

More Americans struggle to fall asleep, stay asleep

The effects of a mock shelter environment on sleep

Sports Medicine/Fitness

Exercise levels predict lifespan better than smoking, medical history

How heavy lifting at work affects cardiovascular health

Esports gamers face same level of psychological pressure as pro-athletes

Substance Abuse

High numbers of youth report using prescription opioids in the past year

Specialists call for 'aggressive' measures against e-cigarettes

In states where recreational marijuana is legal, problematic use increased among adults and teens

Surgery

Association of Transplant Center With Survival Benefit Among Adults Undergoing Heart Transplant in the United States

No such thing as a low-risk surgery for frail patients

Vaping/Smoking

Best practice treatment guidelines help doctors identify, treat vaping-associated lung injuries

Vaping Deaths Reach New High; Officials Still In The Dark

E-cigarettes just as, if not more, harmful than traditional cigarettes

Women’s Health

Women with preeclampsia may be at greater risk for cardiac conditions later in life

Evening eating linked to poorer heart health for women

Which jobs affect women's heart health the most?

World Health Organisation

WHO launches first-ever insulin prequalification programme to expand access to life-saving treatment for diabetes

WHO prequalifies Ebola vaccine, paving the way for its use in high-risk countries

New report exposes horror of working conditions for millions of sanitation workers in the developing world

Wound Management

When and how to use foam dressings v1

Spray painting fiber bandages onto wounds

Model predicts children likely to go into septic shock

SOCIAL AND COMMUNITY CARE

Social Care

Children’s services partnership to be axed after less than two years

What social workers need to know about the change of regulator

Councils urged to tackle AMHP salary disparities and stress in national workforce plan

From ‘inadequate’ to ‘outstanding’: leaders bid farewell after taking authority from bottom to top

How cuts are affecting social care performance: what the data says

Wake up, politicians! Disabled people rely on social care too – not just older people

Council makes ‘steady progress’ by increasing staff after Ofsted ‘inadequate’ judgment

Plugging the leaks in the UK care home industry: strategies for solving the financial crisis in the residential and nursing home sector

‘Staff bullying makes a mockery of our mission statement and ethos’

Witchcraft and black magic contribute to increase in child abuse

Social work cartoon: ‘Nostalgia’

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

First cannabis-based medicines approved for use on NHS

‘Clear pathway’ to training GPs for digital-first primary care, says

LIVI

‘Jury out’ on NHSX, says head of BCS Health and Care

Electronic staff record — supporting medical productivity data

collection

Implementation leadership: A concept analysis

NHS Confederation Chair stands down

NHSX on the hunt for a chief technology officer

Pensions crisis: Make extra hours non-pensionable to ease winter

pressure, says NHS Confederation

Report recognises concerns around recruitment after Brexit

Supporting medical productivity data collection: guide to the 2018/19

data collection process and to improving ESR data quality

Transitioning from sickness absence to disability pension—the impact

of poor health behaviours: a prospective Swedish twin cohort study

Working conditions and compensated sickness absence among

nurses and care assistants in Sweden during two decades: a cross-

sectional biennial survey study

Medopad raises £19m in fresh funding to fuel digital biomarker

studies

NHS will have to pay price on technical debt says NHSX associate

CIO

Performance tracker 2019: a data-driven analysis of the performance

of public services

Primary care networks: a pre-mortem to identify potential risks

The outlook for councils’ funding: is austerity over?

‘Cost of living’ main reason why student nurses drop out

The role of the arts within health

NICE during the pre-election period

Special Report: Interoperability

Veteran Aware NHS trusts

Health and wellbeing boards and integrated care systems

Catastrophic NHS performance sparks further concern health service

is facing worst ever winter says BMA

Should medical schools relax academic admission criteria?

A&E waiting times in England at their worst on record

New inpatients banned at mental health unit rated unsafe

Addressing your gender pay gap: a guide for employers

Alder Hey staff to use electronic devices to identify early warning

signs

English local government funding: trends and challenges in 2019 and

beyond

Mortality and life expectancy trends in the UK: stalling progress

The King's Fund responds to new reports on mortality trends in the

UK

Tackling poor health outcomes: the role of trauma-informed care

Chair, Cambridgeshire Community Services NHS Trust

Diversity champion Jacqueline de Rojas to speak at Rewired 2020

Doctors’ wellbeing: GMC promises action

Latest performance stats show NHS under intolerable pressure, says

NHS Confederation

Reducing the impact of serious infections CQUIN 2018/19

The King's Fund responds to the General Medical Council's new

report on the wellbeing of doctors

The King's Fund responds to today's NHS England's combined

performance summary

PATIENT INFORMATION

NHSX advertising for advisors to ensure patient voices are heard

How to deal with Raynaud's in the winter months

QUALITY IMPROVEMENT AGENDA

Breakthrough by London doctors leads to huge fall in patients bleeding to death

EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE

BMJ Evidence Updates

Persistently poor vision in dim illumination after implantation of

XtraFocus small-aperture IOL (Morcher)

Resolution of group B streptococcal panspinal epidural abscess in a

patient with diabetes after treatment with ceftriaxone and linezolid

Bilateral sixth nerve palsies from carotid cavernous fistulas with

transient worsening following transvenous embolisation

Atypical marantic endocarditis

Powassan virus encephalitis, severe babesiosis and lyme carditis in a

single patient

Intra-articular displacement of an avulsed medial (internal)

epicondyle ossification centre in the paediatric elbow: a radiographic

finding not to be missed

Cancer-associated retinopathy in ampullary pancreatic cancer

Hypotony maculopathy: a surgeon’s nightmare

Attenuated familial adenomatous polyposis (AFAP) in a patient

associated with a novel mutation in APC

Lessons learned in the challenging case of evolving compartment

syndrome with atypical presentation

Pulmonary carcinoid presenting with persistent pneumothorax

Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis (PAP) in idiopathic

hypoparathyroidism

Rare case of peristomal pemphigus vulgaris in an operated case of

carcinoma of the rectum

Tumour-bowel fistula as a possible complication of pazopanib

therapy in retroperitoneal leiomyosarcoma

Elephantiasis nostras verrucosa in the setting of lymphoedema tarda

and neurofibromatosis type 1

Challenges in diagnosis of primary progressive aphasia

Marginal zone lymphoma causing accelerated progression of chronic

kidney disease

Phyllodes tumour of the labia minora

Case of acute hepatic injury and elevated ethanol levels in a non-

alcoholic adult

Cerebral arteriovenous malformations during pregnancy: a

management dilemma

Unexpected neurologic complications following a novel lymphoma

treatment ‘expected’ to give rise to neurologic toxicity

Subclavian artery occlusion after a clavicle fracture

Cochrane

Cognitive rehabilitation for attention problems following stroke

Cerebrolysin for vascular dementia

Biofeedback for the treatment of irritable bowel syndrome

The effects of educational or regulatory policies targeting medicine prescribers

Management of gagging in dental patients

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.

DoH Press Releases/New Publications

Medicines that cannot be parallel exported from the UK

Drugs and pharmaceutical electronic market information tool (eMIT)

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