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IN THE KNOW: Keeping Staff Informed
Volume 15 (20) May 2020
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In this issue:
IN THE SPOTLIGHT
MANX SKEET
STAFF HEALTH & WELLBEING
HOT OFF THE PRESS
PUBLIC HEALTH
EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE
SOCIAL AND COMMUNITY CARE
HEALTH MANAGEMENT
PATIENT INFORMATION
LIBRARY BITS AND PIECES
IN THE SPOTLIGHT – COVID-19
New study warns of COVID-19 impact on cardiovascular health
Hydroxychloroquine: NHS staff to take drug as part of global trial
Features of 20 133 UK patients in hospital with covid-19 using the ISARIC WHO Clinical Characterisation Protocol: prospective observational
cohort study
STAFF HEALTH & WELLBEING
‘Flexible’ lockdown takes toll on families as rows and anxiety soar
Physically demanding jobs linked to shorter working lives and more sick leave
The Psychology Behind Video Calls – And Why They Mess With Our Minds
Without Future Plans, We're Living In An 'Infinite Present'
Mind your language: is it ever OK to correct someone's grammar?
What's your emotional style? How your responses can help children navigate this crisis
Is your job killing you? Stress, lack of autonomy, ability can lead to depression, death
Replacing time spent sitting with sleep or light activity may improve your mood
Walking or cycling to work associated with reduced risk of early death and illness
Useful links
Patient.co.uk
NHS Website
Mental Health Foundation
World Health Organisation
MANX SKEET
Hospice Isle of Man to reopen several shops
Doctor raises nearly £4k for NHS families
Less 'prescriptive' advice as government eases lockdown
HOT OFF THE PRESS
BBC News
(Asterisked items have been critically reviewed in Behind the Headlines. See below.)
Coronavirus: A third of hospital patients develop dangerous blood clots
Coronavirus: Imaging equipment ‘woefully underfunded’
Coronavirus: Isle of Wight contact-tracing app trial - a mixed verdict so far
Coronavirus: Global push for inquiry into Covid-19 response
Coronavirus: UK daily death figure dips to lowest since day after lockdown
Coronavirus: Half a million access suicide prevention course
Coronavirus symptoms: UK adds loss of smell and taste to list
Coronavirus: Universal testing for care homes in NI by June
Coronavirus vaccine: First evidence jab can train immune system
Coronavirus: Five and overs in UK now eligible for test
Did VE Day parties cause a spike in Covid-19 cases?
Coronavirus symptoms: UK adds loss of smell and taste to list
Coronavirus: Delirium 'may be common' in Covid seriously ill
Coronavirus: UK too slow to increase testing capacity, say MPs
Coronavirus: More than 11,000 deaths in care homes
Coronavirus: Belfast Health Trust 'working towards' Nightingale closure
Coronavirus: Pictures show trials and smiles on Covid-19 unit
Max and Keira's Law: Mum 'blown away' by organ transplant legacy
Coronavirus: 'Wash hands at least six times a day'
Coronavirus: Diabetic people offered support
Coronavirus: Cancer surgery delays risk 'thousands' of deaths
Coronavirus response included in NI mental health action plan
Coronavirus: Mental health patients discharged 'against guidance'
Wales fallen behind on coronavirus testing, says Welsh Secretary
Coronavirus: Young carers 'turned away' from shops in lockdown
Coronavirus: Track and trace system in place from June - PM
Coronavirus: NHS England official cautions against buying antibody tests
Coronavirus: 'Tackle harmful lockdown drinking,' BMJ editorial warns
Coronavirus: Time short on test, track and trace - NHS leaders
Coronavirus: Hydroxychloroquine trial begins in the UK
Coronavirus: Cases in the community 'relatively stable'
NHS struggles to get back to a new 'normal'
Coronavirus: Terminally-ill dad fears impact of shielding on sons
Coronavirus: Potential cancer cases of 'Herculean proportions'
Coronavirus: Pregnant nurse died of pneumonia, Covid-19 and Caesarean
NHS fees to be scrapped for overseas health staff and care workers
Coronavirus: Virus test with 20-minute results being trialled
Coronavirus: Children and older adults to take part in vaccine trial
Coronavirus: Immune clue sparks treatment hope
Coronavirus: Children half as likely to catch it, review finds
Coronavirus: PPE legal challenge doctors push for judicial review
Coronavirus: Science against indoor family gatherings
Coronavirus: Woman, 94, 'feels fine' after recovery
Coronavirus: Youth mental health 'needs recovery plan'
Coronavirus: MPs demand answers on misinformation
Useful Health Links
NHS Website: A-Z of health conditions
NHS Website
Check NHS standards near you
Cancer Help UK
British Heart Foundation
Health and Care Professions Council
Mental Health Foundation
General Medical Council
Nursing and Midwifery Council
Care Quality Commission
NICE
NHS Scotland
Health in Wales
NI Direct
Clinical trials information
Diabetes UK
British Lung Foundation
National Obesity Forum
Your health, your choices
Bulletins
(click to open)
Bulletin for clinical commissioning groups (CCGs)
Chief Nursing Bulletin
Chief Scientific Officer Bulletin
Compassion in Practice strategy and 6Cs Live!
Liaison and Diversion Bulletin
Pharmacy and Medicines Bulletin
Primary Care Bulletin
Specialised Commissioning Stakeholder Bulletin
Revalidation Matters
Liaison and Diversion Bulletin
Specialised Commissioning Stakeholder Bulletin
PUBLIC HEALTH
Health e-News Bulletin/NLH Public Health Newsletter
NICE COVID-19 Update: 15 May 2020
Adult Protection & Safeguarding Domestic Violence
Domestic violence victims to get code word to report abuse at supermarkets and pharmacies
Cardiovascular Disease
Heart attacks, heart failure, stroke: COVID-19's dangerous cardiovascular complications
Image analysis technique provides better understanding of heart cell defects
Critical Care
Critical Care Bulletin May 2020
Coronavirus: NHS boss paints critical care picture by numbers
Are intensive care triage protocols harming the disabled?
Dental
Cavity-causing bacteria assemble an army of protective microbes on human teeth
Scotland’s CDO reveals ‘return to work’ plans for dental practices
Dementia
High calcium levels in mitochondria linked to neuronal death in Alzheimer's disease
Maintaining heart health may protect against cognitive decline
Caring for someone with dementia during the COVID-19 pandemic
Lowering BP reduces risk of dementia
Diabetes
Diabetes linked to worse cognitive function after stroke
Shortage of diabetes medicine raises larger questions
Covid-19: people with type 1 diabetes more likely to die than those with type 2 - study
Drug combination could eliminate side effects of once-popular diabetes treatment
Diabetes and COVID-19 in-hospital mortality rates
Diet, Nutrition and Obesity
'Metabolic signature' can determine adherence to Mediterranean diet, help predict CVD risk
Potato protein may help maintain muscle
Dairy-rich diet linked to lower risks of diabetes and high blood pressure
Adding a blend of spices to a meal may help lower inflammation
Scientists identify gene linked to thinness that may help resist weight gain
Obesity not related to how close you live to fast food or gyms
Digital Health Technology
Government roadmap hints at more use of tele-medicine and remote care
Draft bills calls for greater assurance of privacy in contact-tracing app
Seven NHS trusts using video calling platform for virtual visits
App provides on-the-spot mental health crisis support
End of Life Care
Everyone deserves to have open conversations about death, even during a pandemic
Hospice provides support sessions for Chesterfield hospital staff battling pandemic
Immunisation and Infection
Antiviral drug can speed up recovery of COVID-19 patients, study shows
Detailed analysis of immune response to SARS-CoV-2 bodes well for COVID-19 vaccine
How to improve the pneumococcus vaccine
Learning Disability and Challenging Behaviour
COVID-19: leading nurse demands details of learning disability deaths
Learning disability and autism deaths within expected range, says NHSE
Mental Health
Half a million access UK suicide prevention training amid Covid-19 warnings
How experiencing traumatic stress leads to aggression
Coronavirus affects mental health too – here's what we know
Neurology
'Flexible DNA' may be key to overcoming fearful memories
Artificial pieces of brain use light to communicate with real neurons
Family environment affects adolescent brain development
Obstetrics
RNA molecules in maternal blood may predict pregnancies at risk for preeclampsia
NIH-funded study to investigate pregnancy outcomes resulting from COVID-19 pandemic
Oncology
What causes a metallic taste and fatigue?
Ophthalmology
Early visual experience drives precise alignment of cortical networks for binocular vision
Paediatrics
Doctors raise hopes of blood test for children with coronavirus-linked syndrome
What to know about Poland syndrome
Patient Experience
What it REALLY means to be an ‘ICU Survivor’
Don Redding: Service “reset” must be informed by patients’ experience of the covid-19 pandemic
Pharmacology
Further evidence does not support hydroxychloroquine for patients with COVID-19
Seniors and Aging
Age-related macular degeneration: Study finds surprising culprit
Subcellular chatter regulates longevity
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on older adults
Simple question can lead to remedy for older adults' dizziness and impaired balance
Sleep
The dreaming brain tunes out the outside world
Proper synaptic joint will get you good night’s sleep
Sports Medicine/Fitness
New hope for ACL injuries: Adding eccentric exercises could improve physical therapy outcomes
Exercise improves memory, boosts blood flow to brain
Active yoga may help relieve depression symptoms
Substance Abuse
Binge drinkers beware, Drunkorexia is calling
In review: How to spot and deal with substance abuse during Covid-19
Surgery
Graduated compression stockings as adjuvant to pharmaco-thromboprophylaxis in elective surgical patients (GAPS study): randomised controlled
trial
Vaping/Smoking
Plan to study nicotine patches as potential coronavirus treatment
Millions in UK smoking more amid coronavirus crisis, study suggests
Women’s Health
Microbiome therapy protects against recurrent bacterial vaginosis
Inspiring stories from women like themselves helped these moms improve their diet
World Health Organisation
WHO and Costa Rica preview technology pooling initiative to ensure access to COVID-19 health products for all
WHO and International Olympic Committee team up to improve health through sport
Historic health assembly ends with global commitment to COVID-19 response
WHO and UNHCR join forces to improve health services for refugees, displaced and stateless people
SOCIAL AND COMMUNITY CARE
Social Care
Inadequate special guardianship assessment condemned girl to ‘Dickensian’ cruelty, review finds
Temporary social work register needed ‘for the long haul’, says regulator’s chief
Why access to independent advocacy is more important than ever during the pandemic
‘You made the right decision to detain me’ – a Mental Health Act assessment under Covid-19
Government asks employers to report Covid-19 deaths among social care staff
Online safeguarding: the risks of hard and fast rules that restrict disabled people’s digital use
‘A root and branch failure of social work’: judge lambasts safeguarding practice by disabled children’s team
DfE to expand trials placing social workers in schools
Two councils return to Care Act compliance leaving five authorities suspending duties
Key Resources
Social Care TV
e–Learning
Social Care Online
Research Register for Social Care
Social Care Research Ethics Committee
All SCIE resources
HEALTH MANAGEMENT
Covid-19 and the nation’s mental health: forecasting needs and risks
in the UK
Covid-19: Mental health services must be boosted to deal with
“tsunami” of cases after lockdown
Covid-19: Patients should self-isolate for two weeks before elective
care, trusts are told
Covid-19: Questions remain over UK government’s PPE guidance
Covid-19: Rest and PPE reassurance are needed before NHS services
can restart, MPs hear
Digital transformation in the NHS
England’s health policy response to covid-19
Submission to the Health and Social Care Select Committee Inquiry
on ‘Delivering core NHS and care services during the pandemic and
beyond’
Coronavirus (Covid-19): care home support package
Fewer than one in 20 of those discharged from hospitals went to
care homes
Foundation and medical training posts will rotate in August
Stepchange: mentally healthy universities
Only reliable data on hospital-acquired covid-19 will give people
confidence that hospitals are safe
Agency is criticised over its investigation into baby’s death from
hypoxia
An instrument for assessing the quality of informed consent
documents for elective procedures: development and testing
Covid-19: Doctors sound alarm over hospital transmissions
Covid-19 insight: focus on adult social care
Covid-19: Intensive care consultant has suspension cut short to help
fight pandemic
Covid-19: Nearly half of care homes in northeast England have had
an outbreak
NHS expands offer of help to people with diabetes during
coronavirus outbreak
Spotlight on recent NHS discharges into care homes
Coronavirus (Covid-19): informing Department of Health and Social
Care of the death of a worker in social care
Covid-19: UK’s response has so far cost “unprecedented” £124.3bn
Model Hospital Trust Ambassador programme
NHS thanks Muslim staff working through Ramadan and urges care
over Eid
Overview of the UK government’s response to the Covid-19
pandemic
PATIENT INFORMATION
Why video calls can leave you anxious and exhausted
How to cope with a fear of leaving lockdown
EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE
BMJ Evidence Updates
Midgut volvulus secondary to congenital malrotation in pregnancy
Ureaplasma urealyticum infection presenting as pyelonephritis and perinephric abscess in an immunocompromised patient
Intralipid and haemodialysis in caffeine overdose
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis of lumbosacral spine producing extensive destruction with lumbosacral kyphosis
Cerebellitis as a rare manifestation of scrub typhus fever
Pituitary hyperplasia with Sertoli cell-only and 47,XYY syndromes: an uncommon triad
Anaphylaxis and other allergic reactions to food: a global challenge
Tension pneumothorax in a patient with COVID-19
Acral vascular syndrome during an immune checkpoint inhibitor
Delayed-onset progressive pseudorheumatoid dysplasia with secondary synovial chondromatosis
Romiplostim for management of refractory immune thrombocytopenic purpura in the immediate postpartum period
Immune checkpoint inhibitor induced large vessel vasculitis
Subclavian steal syndrome treated by kissing stenting of the subclavian and vertebral arteries
Postintravenous immunoglobulin stroke in a toddler with Down syndrome: a diagnostic challenge
Cochrane
Interventions for congenital talipes equinovarus (clubfoot)
Adalimumab for maintenance of remission in Crohn's disease
Milk boosters (galactagogues) for mothers breastfeeding their healthy infants born at term
Effect of cutting down on the saturated fat we eat on our risk of heart disease
Dietary interventions for multiple sclerosis-related outcomes
Radiation dose escalation for malignant glioma
NICE Clinical Knowledge Summaries provides primary care practitioners with a readily accessible summary of the current evidence base and
practical guidance on best practice in respect of over 300 common and/or significant primary care presentations.
The service is being regularly maintained and upgraded as and when significant new evidence emerges and up to 10 new topics will be added
each year. You can access the service here.
To suggest a new topic, please contact us.
National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Health Technology Assessment
New cross-government research response to tackle COVID-19 in low- and middle-income countries
Compression stockings might not be needed to prevent blood clots after surgery
TACTIC - New national trial launched to find COVID-19 treatment
NIHR-funded innovators pitch to investors in live-streamed showcases
Cognitive behavioural therapy reduces the impact of dissociative seizures
Supporting the restart of paused NIHR research activities
New Patient Recruitment Centres to improve patient access to commercial clinical research across England
Research funding boost for mental health in low- and middle-income countries
DoH Press Releases/New Publications
COVID-19 detection dogs trial launches
Kate Bingham appointed chair of UK Vaccine Taskforce
Government begins large scale study of coronavirus immunity
Business Secretary's statement on coronavirus (COVID-19): 17 May 2020
Statement from the UK Chief Medical Officers on an update to coronavirus symptoms: 18 May 2020
Care home support package backed by £600 million to help reduce coronavirus infections
Everyone in the United Kingdom with symptoms now eligible for coronavirus tests
Home Office extends bereavement scheme to NHS support staff and social care workers
Government to offer antibody tests to health and social care staff and patients in England
£22 million awarded to life-saving health charities during virus outbreak
LIBRARY “BITS AND PIECES”
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