IN THE KNOW: Keeping Staff Informed

Volume 15 (21) 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

First human trial of COVID-19 vaccine finds it is safe and induces rapid immune response

Why COVID-19 may be less common in children than adults

STAFF HEALTH & WELLBEING

High stress related to coronavirus is the new normal for many parents, says new APA survey

An A to Z of old words to calm and inspire hope

'I prefer being physically distant. What happens if I don't want to return to normal life?'

Smug introvert or urban escape artist? Find out your pandemic personality

Where Has My Motivation Gone And How On Earth Do I Get It Back?!

Public parks guaranteeing sustainable well-being

Charity launches clinically supervised wellbeing service for health staff

Green spaces benefit health and wellbeing

Impact of major life events on wellbeing

Useful links

Patient.co.uk

NHS Website

Mental Health Foundation

World Health Organisation

MANX SKEET

Island firm delivers £1,500 worth of PPE to key workers

Wholesaler donates nearly 170 face masks to charity

Local firm helps get ventilators to Island

Committee to hear evidence on Abbotswood

Successful start for prescription delivery service

HOT OFF THE PRESS

BBC News

(Asterisked items have been critically reviewed in Behind the Headlines. See below.)

Coronavirus: 'Baffling' observations from the front line

Coronavirus: Sports events in March 'caused increased suffering and

death'

Coronavirus: WHO halts trials of hydroxychloroquine over safety

fears

Coronavirus: Can we stay safe as lockdown eases?

Coronavirus: UK authorises anti-viral drug remdesivir

Coronavirus: Can it affect eyesight?

Coronavirus deaths fall to six-week low

Coronavirus: NHS app paves the way for 'immunity passports'

Coronavirus cure: When will we have a drug to treat it?

Coronavirus deaths fall to six-week low

Coronavirus: Paramedics assaulted after mask requests

Hairdressers say they are ready to open in June

Coronavirus: Schools and workplaces could see 'local lockdowns'

Coronavirus deaths in US top 100,000

Coronavirus: Test and trace system kicks off in England and Scotland

Waiting lists: 307,000 wait for first consultant appointment

Coronavirus test workers 'making personal sacrifices'

Coronavirus: Young people going to A&E down 60%

'I have the most antibodies in the UK'

Coronavirus: R number 'very similar' across UK

About 7% have had coronavirus, says ONS survey

NHS Seacole: Covid-19 rehab centre takes first patients

Coronavirus: Dental practices to reopen from 8 June

Coronavirus: Care home residents account for more than half of NI

deaths

Coronavirus: Parents of disabled children 'cut off and ignored'

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

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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 News 27 May 2020

Adult Protection & Safeguarding Domestic Violence

In lockdown, violence soars behind closed doors

How can HR spot the signs of domestic violence during lockdown?

Addiction

Coronavirus: Lockdown leaves addicts 'close to relapse'

Allergies

New insight into allergies could improve diagnosis and treatment

Peanut allergy study reveals psychosocial burden on allergic individuals

Cardiovascular Disease

Complete vs Culprit-Lesion-Only Revascularization for ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction

Glasgow heart scientists fast-track coronavirus research

8 weeks on fruit- and vegetable-rich diets tied to better heart health

Heart surgery stalled as COVID-19 spread

Complementary Medicine / Alternative Medicine

What uses does rubbing alcohol have?

Can you unblock fallopian tubes with natural remedies?

Aloe vera for sunburn: Does it work?

Dental

Mouthwash may reduce spread of the new coronavirus

Record number call NHS for dental treatment in face of COVID-19

GSK announces support for Back to Practice campaign

Dementia

Blood pressure lowering reduces risk of developing dementia

Research reveals gene role in both dementia and severe Covid-19

Diabetes

Researchers to explore how effective digital technologies is in diabetes prevention

Study pinpoints risk factors for young people developing type 2 diabetes

Diet, Nutrition and Obesity

Vitamin C and fasting-mimicking diet can shrink tumors

NIH releases strategic plan to accelerate nutrition research over next 10 years

5 of the best mass gainers for building muscle mass

How much does weight fluctuate?

Digital Health Technology

New technology can detect anti-virus antibody in 20 minutes

BCS survey reveals contact-tracing app skepticism

Innovation grant scheme for healthtech start-ups launched by HEE

Multifunctional e-glasses monitor health, protect eyes, control video games

Immunisation and Infection

How better home hygiene could curb antibiotic resistance

COVID-19 vaccine development: New guidelines for ethical approach to infecting trial volunteers

Men’s Health

Sugars could be the key to an earlier, more accurate test for prostate cancer

What are the signs of high testosterone?

Frenulum tear: Is it serious?

Mental Health

New approach to some mental disorders

What is adjustment disorder? Everything you need to know

How to manage anxiety about food

Coronavirus is whipping up a mental health storm for NHS workers

Neurology

Diagnostic Performance of RO948 F 18 Tau Positron Emission Tomography in the Differentiation of Alzheimer Disease From Other

Neurodegenerative Disorders

A child's brain activity reveals their memory ability

Where stress lives

Clues to COVID-19 in the brain uncovered in new study

Obstetrics

Placentas from COVID-19-positive pregnant women show injury

Glucose levels linked to maternal mortality even in non-diabetic women

High-strain exercise linked to very early pregnancy loss

Exposure to 'good bacteria' during pregnancy buffers risk of autism-like syndrome

Oncology

Study reveals first evidence inherited genetics can drive cancer's spread

NICE recommends treatment for type of small-cell lung cancer

Combining different biopsies limits uncertainty in prostate cancer diagnosis

New understanding of RNA movements can be used to treat cancer

Ophthalmology

Inexpensive retinal diagnostics via smartphone

A new law in laser physics could make eye surgery simpler

What causes crusty eyes or sticky eyes?

Paediatrics

Associations Between Maternal Antenatal Corticosteroid Treatment and Mental and Behavioral Disorders in Children

Association Between Prenatal Exposure to Alcohol and Tobacco and Neonatal Brain Activity

Children's temperament traits affect their motor skills

Children may not always grow out of being picky eaters

Autism severity can change substantially during early childhood

Pharmacology

New drug combination being tested to conquer COVID-19

Taking inventory of which drugs the world is using to treat COVID-19

Sexual Health

What is the purpose of pubic hair?

What is the refractory period, and can you reduce it?

What to know about vaginal tightness and dryness

Sleep

How do we disconnect from the environment during sleep and under anesthesia?

The Importance of Sleep: The Effect of Good Night's Sleep on Health and Wellbeing

Why Am I Always Tired? Experts Explain Why You Feel Constantly Exhausted

Sports Medicine/Fitness

High blood pressure during and after exercise may be markers for disease later in life

Human growth hormone treatment after ACL injury may prevent loss of muscle strength

Substance Abuse

Problems with alcohol? 29 gene variants may explain why

Surgery

Surgery Scheduling in a Crisis

Surgeons study guidelines for treating cancer patients during pandemic

What to know about a corneal transplant

Vaping/Smoking

Tobacco smoking and COVID-19 infection

People who smoke may have more receptors for the new coronavirus

Global recognition for RACGP smoking cessation guidelines

World Health Organisation

At least 80 million children under one at risk of diseases such as diphtheria, measles and polio as COVID-19 disrupts routine vaccination efforts,

warn Gavi, WHO and UNICEF

WHO receives first-ever donation of insulin

WHO launches new search feature for questions on COVID-19

WHO Manifesto for a healthy recovery from COVID-19

SOCIAL AND COMMUNITY CARE

Social Care

DfE to expand trials placing social workers in schools

Three councils return to Care Act compliance leaving four authorities suspending duties

Social work podcasts to support you through Covid-19

Three councils return to Care Act compliance leaving four authorities suspending duties

Government urged to end social care reform delays

Significant regional variation in COVID-19 care home deaths

Murdered teen ‘served poorly’ by lack of guidance around county lines victims found away from home area

ADASS president: social care can’t go back to austerity post-Covid crisis

Safeguarding adults with dementia during the COVID-19 crisis

Surviving the pandemic: new challenges for adult social care and the social care market

Most social workers say Covid-19 has negatively hit their work and the lives of those they support

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

Children in care can be vaccinated against parents’ wishes without

court action

Creating space for conversations

Tough challenges but new possibilities: shaping the post Covid-19

world with the voluntary, community and social enterprise sector

Covid-19 and acute kidney injury in hospital: summary of NICE

guidelines

Covid-19: Roll out of 10m antibody tests to begin next week,

government announces

Minimum bridging competencies for general practice nurses

transitioning to community nursing: for use during Covid-19

pandemic

Anosmia: Five minutes with ENT consultant Claire Hopkins

Skincare advice for nurses during COVID-19 pandemic

Coronavirus (Covid-19): antibody tests

Coronavirus (Covid-19): providing home care

Covid-19: Selected NHS patients will be treated with remdesivir

Damage may be done to public and NHS staff confidence in

government guidance

Home-produced PPE will be a significant step towards a more secure

supply

ONS mortality figures are reminder lockdown is working

Test, track and trace must draw on local expertise

The Covid-19 pandemic, financial inequality and mental health

Covid-19: WHO halts hydroxychloroquine trial to review links with

increased mortality risk

Age, death risk, and the design of an exit strategy: a guide for

policymakers and for citizens who want to stay alive

NHS hospital car parking policies in the UK

NMC responds to the RCN survey that shows BAME nursing staff

experience greatest PPE shortages

Returning NHS waiting times to 18 weeks for routine treatment: the

scale of the challenge pre-Covid-19

The supplementary budget emphasises how far we have to travel in

the battle against Coronavirus

Guidance for contacts of people with possible or confirmed

coronavirus (Covid-19) infection who do not live with the person

How do we secure more effective place-based primary care networks

for the long-term?

Loneliness, social isolation and Covid-19: practical advice

Maternity unit under investigation for baby deaths was often

operating without senior doctor

NHS Test and Trace: how it works

NHS Test and Trace: workplace guidance

NLGN Leadership Index – edition #9: Covid-19

Our new enemy is complacency as we take small steps towards

normality

Preventing and managing the Covid-19 pandemic across long-term

care services in the WHO European Region

Protecting “covid protected” cancer hubs

Second personal protective equipment (PPE) survey of UK nursing

staff report

Six-country survey on Covid-19

Understanding the provision of occupational health and work-related

musculoskeletal services

I'm an NHS consultant. We're exhausted – and a second surge is on

its way

PATIENT INFORMATION

What to do if you need contraception or abortion care during lockdown

Does diabetes increase your risk of coronavirus?

What to do if you have a dental emergency during the lockdown

EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE

BMJ Evidence Updates

Extra-skeletal Ewing’s sarcoma of the frontal sinus: a rare disorder in pediatric age

Distortion of dual energy X-ray images by faecal masses in a child with type 1 diabetes

Severe statin-induced autoimmune myopathy successfully treated with intravenous immunoglobulin

Surprise of Behcet’s disease in a patient with bilateral disc oedema and the role of OCT

Fetal congenital midaortic syndrome with unilateral renal artery stenosis prenatally presenting with polyhydramnios and postpartum as

hyponatremic hypertensive syndrome

Prolonged cholestasis after acute viral hepatitis: successfully treated with oral steroid

Night-time confusion in an elderly woman post-stroke

Customised three-dimensional printed revision acetabular implant for large defect after failed triflange revision cup

Cochrane

Video calls for reducing social isolation and loneliness in older people

Factors affecting use of nicotine replacement therapy and e-cigarettes in pregnancy

Interventions for increasing eating of fruit and vegetables in children aged five years and under

Non-nutritive sweeteners for diabetes mellitus

Mental practice to improve arm function and arm movement in individuals with hemiparesis after stroke

Strategies for optimising antenatal corticosteroid administration for women with anticipated preterm birth

Vitamin D supplementation for sickle cell disease

Growth hormone therapy for people with thalassaemia

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.

DoH Press Releases/New Publications

£300 million additional funding for local authorities to support new test and trace service

Selected NHS patients to access coronavirus treatment remdesivir

Government significantly boosts UK PPE supply with more than 100 new deals

Government launches NHS Test and Trace service

£5 million funding given to mental health community projects

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