Top 10 most-read articles from Journal of Clinical Nursing

The Journal of Clinical Nursing has posted their most-read articles of all time (as of 2013).  Would it surprise you to learn that the most-downloaded article is ten years old?  If you are intrigued and want to read more, the full list is here.

More resources added to NICE NHS Evidence

If you are a user of NICE NHS Evidence, you'll be pleased to learn that the following resources have now been added to the content:

• Public Health England
• NHS England and NHS Improving Quality
• Inside Government
• Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials
• Aidsmap – patient info
• Anaphylaxis Campaign -patient info
• Clinical Molecular Genetics Society – CMGS
• District Councils Network
• Housing Learning and Improvement Network

Happy searching!

 

 

The alternative guide to the new NHS

The King's Fund has produced this ultra-whizzy animation which gives you aa 'alternative' overview of the new NHS structure (watch out for the ministers in their ivory towers).  Not boring and not too long (under 7 minutes), it is well worth a watch.

Child health app

Public Health England has developed an app which provides child health profiles for England. Arranged by local authority, the app gives uses key health indicators to give data about the health and wellbeing of children in England.

Read more here.http://www.chimat.org.uk/profiles/app

Suicide prevention strategy launched

On Monday the Department of Health launched the new suicide prevention strategy for England.  Have a read here.

RCN publishes factsheets on new NHS commissioning structure

If you get bogged down and confused by the new NHS commissioning structures, the Royal College of Nursing has published some plain-English fact sheets.  Have a read here.

Health inequalities gap widening, say King's Fund

You've probably seen this already since it has been all over the news but I thought I would direct you to the original report by the King's Fund which shows some interesting correlations between socio-economic status and health behaviours.  The report found that people with lowest income and no qualifications were most likely to smoke, drink, be overweight and take no exercise.  There are some interesting recommendations for national policy and it is well worth a read.