Annual Evidence Update: Diabetes From NHS Evidence: Diabetes http://www.library.nhs.uk/Diabetes/ “… identifies new relevant systematic reviews on all aspects of diabetes care published between September 2009 and September 2010. As in previous years, the clinical lead of NHS Evidence – diabetes, Dr Roger Gadsby provides an overall commentary. This year we also have expert commentaries from […]

Foundation for Excellence – An Evaluation of the Foundation Programme “Medical Education England (MEE) has launched its evaluation of the medical Foundation Programme, which was chaired by Professor John Collins, Visiting Professor in the Nuffield Department of Surgery at the University of Oxford. Professor Collins’ report, ‘Foundation for Excellence’, is a detailed evaluation of the […]

Annual Evidence Update on Head and Neck Cancer  collaboratively from NHS Evidence – cancer www.library.nhs.uk/cancer; NHS Evidence – ENT and audiology www.library.nhs.uk/ENT/ and NHS Evidence – oral health www.library.nhs.uk/oralhealth/ 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 […]

It is always unsafe practice to save files to public computers.   Owing to changes to the server facilities from Tuesday 26th October 2010 it will no longer be possible to save files to the hard drive of the Wolfson Room computers. Please bring a memory stick/USB with you, or purchase one from the Library Desk if you […]

“It will turn the NHS upside down” is one description of the proposed changes in the Health White Paper published in July.GPs are to be put in charge of buying services for their patients, a role currently held by the Primary Care Trusts. Penny Marshall investigates how this will change the NHS and asks what […]

 “The White Paper Equity and Excellence: liberating the NHS represents one of the biggest shake ups of the health system since the NHS was established. We’ll be looking at the issues that it raises, analysing the reforms it suggests and commenting on the topics it discusses in both a health care and wider context.” see what the […]

Recent annual evidence updates from the NHS Evidence Specialist Collections are: Breast Cancer: 11-15 October 2010This is the sixth Annual Evidence Update (AEU) on Breast Cancer prepared by NHS Evidence – cancer. It includes the systematic reviews and guidance that have been published since October 2009. Heart Failure: 4-8 October 2010Following on from the partial […]

1. Start the web browser you phone2. Type http://m.evidence.nhs.uk into the address field3. Press “Go” It’s as easy as that to access the high quality evidence searchable via NHS Evidence on you iPhone, or any mobile device.

“number of patients that need to be treated for one to benefit compared with a control” – Bandolier Glossary Number needed to treat is a useful measure when evaluating the benefit (or harm) of a new treatment. Sometimes that’s not terribly clear from the articles which are published (although there are calculations you can do […]

Essence of Care 2010 is now available. It contains 12 benchmarks, following a consultation exercise late in 2009. It aims to support localised quality improvement, by providing a set of established and refreshed benchmarks supporting front line care across care settings at a local level.  The benchmarking process outlined in Essence of Care 2010 helps practitioners […]