Annual Evidence Update: HIV/ AIDS

Annual Evidence Update: HIV AIDS, Monday 29th November 2010

To coincide with World Aids Day on 1st December, the National Library for Public Health has published the 2010 Annual Evidence Update on HIV/AIDS - Behaviour change in high-risk populations.

This update identifies and contextualises all high-level evidence and guidelines published in the last 12 months on behaviour change in high-risk populations including ethnic minorities, gay men, injecting drug users, young people, commercial sex workers, and other populations. The Library has teamed up with experts in the field of sexual health to evaluate the evidence.

To view the update, follow this link: http://www.library.nhs.uk/publichealth/viewResource.aspx?resid=394592

Library base at Pembury Hospital

After Christmas we will cease to staff the library base at the back of Choices restaurant, Pembury Hospital. Until then it will be staffed during these hours:

Monday 10.00 to 11.00
Thursday 9.00 to 10.00

Because of preparations for the new hospital we need to move out of the old buildings by Christmas.

Please visit the combined library at Kent & Sussex Hospital, where we will continue to provide a full service.

Our contact details are:01892 632384 gm.e.mtw-tr.library@nhs.net

We will move into the new hospital in September 2011.

Thank you

BMJ Case Reports- NOW AVAILABLE!

After a very successful trial the Trust Library Service has purchased access to BMJ Case Reports.

BMJ Case Reports is an online community that enables junior doctors to take their first steps in having their case reports and research published. It also contains over 1,500 articles which have been peer reviewed.

Simply visit
http://casereports.bmj.com

and log in with your NHS Athens account.
To submit a case report, please ask library staff for the submission code.

Annual Evidence Update: psoriasis

Annual Evidence Update on Psoriasis (NHS Evidence - skin disorders)

www.library.nhs.uk/skin

NHS Evidence - skin disorders is publishing its fourth Annual Evidence Update on Psoriasis on 1 November 2010, with the results of a search for new national guidance and systematic reviews published since the 2009 Annual Evidence Update. There will be our usual “what’s new” analysis, discussing the new evidence and its implications for clinical practice — this year written by Dr Amy Foulkes, Professor Chris Griffiths and Dr Richard Warren.

Annual Evidence Update: head and neck cancer

Head and Neck Cancer

NHS Evidence - cancer; NHS Evidence - ENT and audiology; NHS Evidence - oral health

www.library.nhs.uk/cancer

NHS Evidence specialist collections for cancer, ENT and audiology, and oral health will launch the first collaborative Head and Neck Cancer Annual Evidence Update on 1 November 2010.

The update will include key guidance and quality appraised systematic reviews published since the SIGN guidance, combined with expert commentaries on the following topics:

* Causes, risks and prevention
* Screening
* Assessment and diagnosis
* Treatment and disease management
* Service delivery and standards.

Additional therapeutic uncertainties will highlight research gaps and there will be links to relevant high quality patient information.