Current Awareness Bulletin
2nd – 8th November 2015
Welcome to the latest issue of the weekly Current Awareness Bulletin from the Library and Knowledge Services at Hinchingbrooke Hospital, forwarded by the Laxton Library. This bulletin provides a digest of information focusing on primary care and public health. If you are unable to access any of the internet links, or have improvements to suggest, please contact Liza Alderman ( )
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Contents
Cancer / ObesityCardiovascular Disease / Offender & Prison Health
Child & Adolescent Health / Older People
Communicable Diseases
No items this week / Physical Activity
Commissioning / Primary Care
CQC Standards
No items this week / Respiratory Conditions (including COPD)
Dental Services / Safeguarding vulnerable adults
No items this week
Diabetes
No items this week / Sexual Health
No items this week
Diet & Nutrition / Smoking & Tobacco
Disabilities / Social Care & Social Work
Drugs & Alcohol / Stroke
Evidence Updates
No items this week / Waiting Times
No items this week
Health Inequalities / Women’s Services
Long Term Conditions / Miscellaneous
Medicines / NICE
Mental Health
Cancer
Blood test could help improve prostate cancer outcomes
"A blood test can determine whether prostate cancer patients are likely to respond to drugs," BBC News reports.
Source: Behind the Headlines
Gene editing breakthrough in treating baby's leukaemia
"Baby girl is first in the world to be treated with 'designer immune cells'," The Guardian reports.
Source: Behind the Headlines
Cardiovascular Disease
Long working hours and risk of coronary heart disease and stroke: systematic review and meta-analysis of published and unpublished data for 603 838 individuals
This systematic review assesses long working hours as a risk factor for incident coronary heart disease and stroke.
Source: The Lancet
Sugary drinks linked to increased heart failure risk in men
"Just two sweetened drinks a day can dramatically raise heart risk," The Sun reports. A Swedish study found that men who consumed two or more sugary drinks a day had, on average, a 23% increase in the risk ofheart failure.
Source: Behind the Headlines
Child & Adolescent Health
Helping children to be safer, healthier and free of crime
This pathway provides guidance to professionals working with young people who are in the youth justice system or are at risk of being involved. It sets out the rationale for effective partnership working and details core principles to help local areas develop their own frameworks to support this collaboration.
Source: Public Health England
Measuring mental wellbeing in children and young people
This guide and the accompanying technical document supports local strategic needsassessments and the commissioning of interventions to improve the mental wellbeing of local children and young people.
Source: Public Health England
Outcomes from paediatric intensive care remain good despite poor staffing ratios
The report shows that mortality rates in children’s intensive care units across the country remain very low, despite only 15% of them meeting recommended nurse staffing levels. Of 19,760 admissions of children to paediatric intensive care units in 2014, less than 4% died after being admitted.
Source: HQIP
Children’s doctors express major concern that crucial developmental checks may have been missed for premature babies
This 8th annual report highlights that premature babies could be missing out on vital developmental health checks at age two, increasing the likelihood of significant disabilities being missed and specialist care being delayed. Doctors say the lack of two-year follow up health data for 46% of premature babies leaving neonatal units in England and Wales raises “major concerns” that disabilities caused by impairments such as cerebral palsy, visual impairment and intellectual developmental delay could be missed, only to become apparent later in their childhood.
Source: The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
Cities for children
Cities for Children is a European Network which was first started in 2007 in the City of Stuttgart through support of Rober Bosch Stiftung. The network allows European cities to share more advanced thinking and concepts regarding how an urban environment can promote the happiness and wellbeing of its children, young people and parents. This network consists of 76 cities in total from 32 European countries and is supported by three patrons: the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe, the Council of European Municipalities and Regions and the Committee of the Regions support the Network as patrons.
Source: UK Health Forum
Early years evidence briefing
This evidence briefing focuses specifically on children less than five years of age. In 2011, the joint Chief Medical Officers' guidelines provided UK-wide physical activity and sedentary behaviour guidelines for under-fives for the first time. This evidence briefing is designed for professionals who require a detailed review of the evidence base available for physical activity and sedentary behaviour in the early years.
Source: UK Health Forum
See also Offender & Prison Health section: / Relative justice: the experiences and views of family members of people with particular needs in contact with criminal justice and liaison and diversion servicesSee also Respiratory Conditions section: / Growing up with a dog 'reduces childhood asthma risk'
See also Obesity section: / Data Factsheet: Child Weight (Updated October 2015)
See also Drugs & Alcohol section: / Adolescent alcohol use and school disengagement
Commissioning
Measuring the performance of local health systems
This review looks at how to measure the performance of health services within clinical commissioning group areas, including how well these services work with public health services.
Source: The King’s Fund
Moving healthcare closer to home
These resources are to help providers and commissioners assess how schemes that move care closer to home affect quality andoutcomes for patients and finances for the local healtheconomy.
Source: Monitor
Transforming healthcare in England’s core cities
This report shows how clinical commissioning groups in England’s core cities are responding to the challenge set out in the Five Year Forward view. Key themes in the report are: developing new partnerships, ensuring equity of care across diverse populations, improving wellbeing, and finding better ways to provide healthcare services.
Source: NHS Clinical Commissioners
See also Child & Adolescent Health section: / Measuring mental wellbeing in children and young peopleSee also Diet & Nutrition section: / Commissioning excellent nutrition and hydration: 2015-2018
See also Health Inequalities section: / Atlas of variation opportunities locator tool
Communicable Diseases
No items this week
CQC Standards
No items this week
Dental Services
Dental caries and obesity: their relationship in children
This report summarises current evidence about the relationship between dental caries and obesity in individuals and populations.
Source: Public Health England
Helping dental services get the most from the Friends and Family Test
Top tips for implementing the Friends and Family Test are part of a set of new information for dental practices that has just been published.
Source: NHS England
Diabetes
No items this week
Diet & Nutrition
Commissioning excellent nutrition and hydration: 2015-2018
This guidance aims to support commissioners to improve the nutritional and hydration needs of their population through delivery and commissioning of excellent care in acute services and the community. The guidance outlines a number of commissioning examples to support implementation at a local level.
Source: NHS England
'Greedy gene' that stops some people from feeling full discovered
"A single gene mutation may be all it takes to determine if a person is prone to becoming obese," the Mail Online reports.
Source: Behind the Headlines
See also Cardiovascular Disease section: / Sugary drinks linked to increased heart failure risk in menDisabilities
See also Offender & Prison Health section: / Relative justice: the experiences and views of family members of people with particular needs in contact with criminal justice and liaison and diversion servicesDrugs and Alcohol
Adolescent alcohol use and school disengagement
Investigating alcohol use patterns in adolescence and pathways to being NEET (Not in Employment Education or Training). This study reported incidence of alcohol use among Belfast Youth Development Study participants disengaged from school.
Source: UK Health Forum
Health Inequalities
Local action on health inequalities: reducing social isolation
This practice resource and summary explain how social isolation affects public health and outlines ideas for reducing the problem. This document is part of a series of practice resources.
Source: Public Health England
National Conversation on Health Inequalities: examples of local practice
This document presents examples of work done by the National Conversation on Health Inequalities to reduce health inequalities. The examples cover housing, employment, education and communities, and the context and approach of each example is outlined.
Source: Public Health England
Atlas of variation opportunities locator tool
This tool allows local commissioners to select and view the CCG and local authority maps for their own local population across a wide range of disease areas contained in the atlas of variation.
Source: NHS Right Care/King’s Fund
Long Term Conditions
Older people with social care needs and multiple long-term conditions
NG22
Source: NICE
Medicines
Antimicrobial stewardship: the effectiveness of educational interventions to change risk-related behaviours in the general population:asystematic review
This review was undertaken to inform the development of a NICE guideline on antimicrobial stewardship, due for publication in March 2016. It looks at the evidence of effectiveness and cost effectiveness ofchanging the public’s risk-related behaviour pertaining to antimicrobial use and considers educational interventions targeting individuals, communities or the general public.
Source: RAND Europe
Mental Health
See also Child & Adolescent Health section: / Measuring mental wellbeing in children and young peopleSee also Offender and Prison Health section: / Relative justice: the experiences and views of family members of people with particular needs in contact with criminal justice and liaison and diversion services
Obesity
Fat chance? Exploring the evidence on who becomes obese
2020 Health has published Fat Chance? Exploring the evidence on who becomes obese. This report examines the current knowledge and data on obesity, looking at ‘Who exactly is becoming obese?’ The study examined the key correlates linked to rising levels of obesity. These included: age, gender, geographic location, socio-economic status, prevalence of local green space, fast food density in the area, rates of smoking and presence of mental illness.
Source: 2020 Health
Data Factsheet: Child Weight (Updated October 2015)
This series of factsheets (previously known as Key Data Briefings) compiles up-to-date key information and data about obesity and its determinants in an easily readable format. The data factsheets will be a useful resource for policy makers, practitioners and anyone with an interest in obesity. They will be updated regularly.
Source: UK Health Forum
Data Factsheet: Adult Weight (Updated October 2015)
This series of factsheets (previously known as Key Data Briefings) compiles up-to-date key information and data about obesity and its determinants in an easily readable format. The data factsheets will be a useful resource for policy makers, practitioners and anyone with an interest in obesity. They will be updated regularly.
Source: UK Health Forum
Eating and activity guidelines for New Zealand Adults
This document is the first of the Eating and Activity Guidelines (EAG) Series. It is written for health practitioners and others who provide health advice on nutrition and physical activity for New Zealand adults.
Source: UK Health Forum
See also Child & Adolescent Health section: / Dental caries and obesity: their relationship in childrenSee also Diet & Nutrition section: / 'Greedy gene' that stops some people from feeling full discovered
See also Physical Activity section: / Is a brisk walk better for losing weight than going to the gym?
Offender and Prison Health
Relative justice: the experiences and views of family members of people with particular needs in contact with criminal justice and liaison and diversion services
This report looks at the views and experiencesof family members of young people and adults with particular needs such as mental health problems, learning disabilities or autism, who are in contact with criminal justice services.
Source: Prison Reform Trust
See also Child & Adolescent health section: / Helping children to be safer, healthier and free of crimeOlder People
Dementia, disability and frailty in later life: mid-life approaches to delay or prevent onset
This guideline covers mid-life approaches to delay or prevent the onset of dementia, disability and frailty in later life. It includes recommendations on promoting a healthy lifestyle by helping people to stop smoking, be more active, reduce alcohol consumption, improve diet and to lose weight or maintain a healthy weight if necessary.
Source: National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
Dementia: prevalence in groups by protected characteristics
This review looks at how common dementia is and how much it varies between groups with the following protected characteristics:socioeconomic position, race or ethnic group, religion or belief, gender, sexual orientation, or disability.
Source: Public Health England
Even a low-dose of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity reduces mortality by 22% in adults aged ≥60 years: a systematic review and meta-analysis
This systematic review looks at whether a dose lower than the recommended 150 minutes a week of moderate to vigorous physical activitywas effective in reducing mortality in people aged60 years or older.
Source: British Journal of Sports Medicine
World report on ageing and health
This report on ageing and health outlines a framework for action to foster healthy ageing. It highlights 3 key areas for action: To make the places we live more friendly to older people, to realign health systems to the needs of older people and to develop long-term care systems that can reduce inappropriate use of acute health services and ensure people live their last years with dignity.
Source: World Health Organization
Older people with social care needs and multiple long-term conditions