“I was submitting an Individual Funding Request to prescribe secukinumab as a first line treatment for psoriasis, which was to cost around £5,000. The report you provided was vital and I would not have been able to make the request without your help. Thanks to your report the drug company has agreed to cover the patient’s medication for the year.” …
Read moreNEW Surgical journal for 2018
30th January 2018Do you care for severely injured and critically ill surgical patients? This journal is for you! The Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery is NOW available with your OpenAthens password (BSUH only). See more of what we can offer in this specialty and others under our Specialty Lists, or use the catalogues on …
Read moreIntroducing Cecelia and Nicola!
26th January 2018We’re delighted to welcome two new Assistant Librarians to our team who will be working together to ensure a seamless service for library members at our Brighton and Haywards Heath sites. Here’s a little more about them, in their own words: Cecelia Schwartzman “As Assistant Librarian for the Brighton and Sussex NHS Library and Knowledge Service based at the …
Read moreSupport for long term conditions
13th January 2018Here’s just a selection of the rich resources to support Long term Conditions. Explore our full range via our website: https://www.bsuh.nhs.uk/library/ NHS OpenAthens password required; register here: http://openathens.nice.org.uk/ Books Hutchinson D Long term conditions: a manual for general practice nurses 2016 Nicol J Nursing adults with long term conditions. 2nd ed. 2015 …
Read moreBSMS Health Education Conference 2017 – Innovating Clinical Education: today and tomorrow
10th January 2018This stimulating conference last month was attended by Lisa McLaren, our BSMS Librarian, along with members of the BSMS TEL team who presented and submitted posters. You can read Lisa’s account of the event below. “The overarching themes of the conference, now in it’s fourth year, were around widening participation and the increasing uses for technology in the medical …
Read moreNew skills for the New Year
8th January 2018Just released: our January to March 2018 teaching dates! Whether you’re returning to study, updating your CPD or researching patient care, the Library and Knowledge Service provides a range of teaching sessions that will help you: Find authoritative healthcare research effectively and efficiently to support patient care, service improvement, research, professional development and coursework Critically read research papers in order …
Read moreNew look BMJ Best Practice and app
3rd January 2018This popular step by step guidance now has improved diagnosis and treatment tables and algorithms, videos of clinical procedures, medical calculators, patient information leaflets and the latest evidence from Cochrane Clinical Answers. All this, plus an app that can be used offline. Read what our members say about BMJ Best Practice: “I use it almost daily to …
Read moreHospital with a heritage
2nd January 2018The Library and Knowledge Service team would like to introduce our newly appointed Heritage Officer Samantha Sharman, based at the Royal Sussex County Hospital. “As part of Heritage Lottery Funding I will be managing a two year Social History research and engagement project on the Royal Sussex County Hospital titled: Royal Sussex County Hospital: A People’s History from the 19th …
Read moreCommunicating with your patients
13th December 2017Here’s just a selection of the rich resources to support Patient Communication & Information. Explore our full range via our website: https://www.bsuh.nhs.uk/library/ NHS OpenAthens password required; register here: http://openathens.nice.org.uk/ Books Gault I Communication in nursing and healthcare: a guide for compassionate practice 2017 Wamboldt R Communication skills for OSCEs: how to talk to patients effectively 2017 …
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