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A collaborative approach to facilitating evidence-based
practice in the Bradford and Airedale NHS community
Caroline StorerRebecca Williams
Andy Arnfield
Bradford and Airedale NHS Libraries Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Airedale NHS Foundation Trust Bradford District Care Trust NHS Bradford and Airedale Bradford and Airedale Community Health Services Links with Bradford Council 4 libraries 9 professional staff comprising:
6 librarians, knowledge manager, health evidence support specialist, information skills trainer
9 paraprofessional staff and 1 graduate trainee Shared Website Shared Catalogue
Collaborative Work Bradford and Airedale Evidence into
Practice (BEIP) Tool kits for Evidence-based practice Specialist Interest Groups (SIGs) Evidence-Based Practice and Research
Conferences Current Awareness
Bradford and Airedale Evidence into Practice (BEIP) Aims-Promote dissemination
of evidence-Production of an
evidence-based newsletter
-Improvement of engagement with existing groups
www.learnonline.nhs.uk/library/BEIP
BEIP Newsletters Issue 1 – June 2007 – First Issue Issue 2 – October 2007 – Safer Patient Initiative Issue 3 – January 2008 – Nutrition Issue 4 – April 2008 – Save a Baby Issue 5 – July 2008 –Learning Disabilities Issue 6 – October 2008 – Diabetes Issue 7 – January 2009 – Infection Control Issue 8 – June 2009 – Men’s Health Issue 9 – March 2010- Palliative Care Issue 10 – July 2010 – Travel Health
Newsletters Quarterly Topic Specific – health promotion
campaign Editorial, guidelines, research update,
Information Resources, Health promotion resources, contact details
“Just thought I’d pass on this newsletter is really good, very informative and crammed full of info – well done to all!”
Tool kit for Evidence-Based Practice
•Collaboration with Health Professionals
Tool kit Contents Introduction Getting Evidence Who can help Libraries Information Skills Guidelines and Research Further Reading Health Promotion Resources
BDCT Experience 100 Distributed Oct 2008 – Oct 2009 Identified “Link Workers” Marketing Opportunity Link with Knowledge Management Follow-up with Current Awareness Services Delivered additional Training to teams
Impact of Tool kits at BDCT Increased Profile of Library & Evidence-
Based Resources Increase in Athens “Hits” Representation at Trust Committees Nominated for a Trust Award!
Next Steps Ongoing Project Continual updating – major update due Analyse recent user survey and develop
accordingly Adopted by other Mental Health Trusts
across the Region
Specialist Interest Groups To provide a forum to deliver
evidence-based information to health professionals
Replaced journal clubs
Lunchtime meetings
Presentation or Q&A session
Time for networking
Library Services Input Guidance Summaries Relevant reports and other evidence-
based information Promote resources Library news Education events Summaries of meetings with references
placed on website
SIGs Cardiac Falls and Intermediate Care Older Peoples Mental Health Diabetes Cross district – primary care, acute care,
community care and social services More SIGs especially in Mental Health and
Learning Disabilities
Evaluation Used a questionnaire based on the Promoting
Action on Research In Health Services (PARIHS) framework
Staff were taking the information back to the workplace and sharing and implementing it
“Reinforces best practice and gives most up to date guidance”
Falls “Information led to exploration of potential impact of calcium/vitamin D and medication review in care homes”
Evidence-Based Practice and Research Conferences and Training Organised regional EBP conferences in
2007 and 2009 Co-run research showcase events Input into Trust research and clinical
governance conferences Deliver FY2 training 5 Steps of EBP training with clinical
effectiveness staff
Current Awareness Weekly New Guidance Bulletin Monthly/Quarterly Bulletins on various
subjects Over 1500 staff on mailing lists CASH contributor SharePoint Need to be more collaborative
Evaluation and EBLIP 2005 Information Needs Survey Library Customer survey 2009 User Group Literature Search Evaluation Form Anecdotal feedback Evaluation Forms at training and
conferences
Contact Us – Any Questions? Caroline Storer - Health Evidence Support
Rebecca Williams – Library [email protected]
Andy Arnfield – Knowledge [email protected]
http://www.learnonline.nhs.uk/Library
