MCHFT Knowledge & Library Services

Listening to some of our fab improvements at the CI meeting today. It included this one to reduce un-necessary Liver Function Tests. Also need to see a bit of carbon footprint reduction there too. Well done Priyanka: www.cureus.com/articles/425...

Thank you very much. Much appreciated.

Congratulations to Susan the Knowledge & Library Manager for her recent addition into the 2025 AI100 list which celebrates the 100 most influential individuals driving artificial intelligence adoption across the UK.

Voting is open to support the ranking: awards.digileaders.com/AI100-Home

Clinical Waste Segregation – A guide for nursing staff in the safe management of healthcare waste - elearning for healthcare Supporting NHS Net Zero Goals through Improved Clinical Waste Segregation.

Clinical Waste Segregation – An e-learning guide for nursing staff. The library recycles: crisp packets, batteries, glasses & stamps. Grey bin: paper/cans/plastic. Normal bin: non-recyclables. www.e-lfh.org.uk/programmes/c...

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Did you know you can borrow laptops from the library just like books? Sorry, we don't keep them on the shelves and they don't work with our self issues machine, so please ask at the office.

You get to learn new stuff every day here. Today it was knee surgery evolution hasn't kept pace with that of the hip. Lots of exciting possibilities for the future and a need for more research. Here is a bit of history boneandjoint.org.uk/Article/10.1...

Well done Emily for achieving distinctions across the board in Level 3 Business Admin apprenticeship and being made permanent. Always knew you could do it. Best of luck with Level 4 Improvement Practitioner.

Study desk with white and pink flowers

We are used to finding strange things in the library. Someone has been brightening up one of our study pods.

No need to re-join! Your Library membership travels with you if you move to another Trust in the NoW Consortium.

Joining us from Wythenshawe, lead employer or another Trust in the North West? Remember to update your details to make Mid Cheshire (JET Library) your home library. Log in to the catalogue on your phone to access your virtual card, or we can update on request. now.koha-ptfs.co.uk/cgi-bin/koha...

Oxford medicine online: supporting every stage in a medical career.

Did you know that you can explore a huge collection of medical titles, images, and videos through our library? Start using Oxford Medicine Online by logging in with OpenAthens under NHS in England academic.oup.com/oxford-medic...

BMJ Best Practice - It helps me become a more confident and skilled doctor. Kavi Tamilarasu, Emergency registrar.

Unlock your potential. As a newly qualified doctor you now have access to a wealth of clinical
information from @BMJBestPractice, free to all NHS healthcare staff and learners in England.
Learn more at: bestpractice.bmj.com.

Thanks to The London Searching and Training Forum for giving the NHS Copyright First Responders a highly commended Best Service Award. We are all quite pleased with that. Well done fellow responders!

CI Launch Pad is coming to the crossroads Wednesday 20th Aug 11-11.15. Come hear our improver from Critical Care share their work on reducing the number of unnecessary blood tests.

What small change can you make that makes a big difference?

Improvement coaches award certificate and a blue pin badge

Got this yesterday at last. So important to solve small problems one step at a time, to achieve greater things. Good methodology helps improve project quality to support robust, scalable change.

Cardiovascular disease: new ways to detect risk and improve outcomes NIHR Evidence webinar exploring new ways to identify people at risk of cardiovascular problems. Methods used data and AI to identify cardiovascular risk.

Cardiovascular disease: new ways to detect risk and improve outcomes

NHS England » Patient Safety Incident Response Framework NHS England » Patient Safety Incident Response Framework

Huge thx to Karen Luscombe for presenting to LIHNN on the PSIRF. Think there is a real opportunity for libraries to collaborate with each other and Patient Safety Leads to support the national and local PSIRF goals to improve patient care. www.england.nhs.uk/patient-safe...

AI Literacy for Healthcare Librarians | Workforce, training and education | NHS England What can knowledge and library services staff do about artificial intelligence (AI) literacy?

Privileged to present #CILIPConf25 yesterday on AI Literacy for both librarians and NHS staff. It was so inspiring to see how far libraries are beginning to progress in this area. Here is a blog post to support those at the start of their journey: library.hee.nhs.uk/about/blogs/...

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Good luck to our Digital Clinical Systems (DCS) Team and all our staff for the roll out of our new Electronic Patient Record (EPR) system. It's been a long time coming and will make such a difference to improving our patient care.

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We are in the process of checking we have all the resources needed to support our internal reading lists. Let us know what your students have been asked to read. We are also happy to discuss new topic areas to develop to support future training needs.

Current awareness bulletins | Workforce, training and education | NHS England Details of current awareness bulletins currently being produced by NHS knowledge and library services across England.

New updated list of national current awareness bulletins now available. Contact your local library to be added to any circulation list: library.hee.nhs.uk/knowledge-mo...

A poster of the misinformation unmasked strategy: Feeling UNsure? Is media Manipulated? What's their Agenda? Grab a Sidekick! Do they have expert Knowledge? Where's the Evidence? Out of Date?

As we reach the end of #MakeItClick month, we're going to highlight one step of the misinformation strategy every week.

Un: Listen to your senses! If something about a post or article makes you feel unsure, it might be misinformation. Find out more at #MisinformationUnmasked.

2 full days of free training on leadership, wellbeing and workplace learning by NHS Elect on 1-2 May. This is in aid of charity, so please leave a donation, or event consider donating even if you can't make it. www.nhselect.nhs.uk/Online-learn...

A group of people viewing the hospital plans for the future.

Today was the kick off for the Big Conversation knowledge cafe to find out about what matters to you and how we can improve care in the future. Tomorrow at Crewe Market Hall from midday www.mcht.nhs.uk/about-us/big...

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National Delivery Plan 2024 - Digital Poverty Alliance National Delivery Plan 2024 . Together we can end digital poverty once + for all.

Workshop today with the Digital Poverty Alliance on National Delivery Plan & Digital Inclusion Action Plan response. Yesterday presented on baseline issues with out of date data with crucial gaps digitalpovertyalliance.org/national-del...

NHS England is cancelling Oxford Clinical & Specialist Handbooks and AMED, BNI, Health Research Premium Collection from July 2025. To feedback about this announcement and any impact on learning, research or direct patient care, please complete this form: forms.office.com/pages/respon...

This Friday (28 March), I will be in the Nantwich Civic Hall, event running 9.30 - 12.30 to support The Big Conversation about the new hospital programme. Come along to find out more and have a say in the future (more locations and dates available). www.mcht.nhs.uk/about-us/big...

Our library management system, including the self-issue machine will be down for the next couple of days due to onboarding of Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust into our shared catalogue. Borrow at library counter for now. now.koha-ptfs.co.uk/cgi-bin/koha...

HSJ Partnership Awards 2025: Best Not for Profit Working in Partnership with the NHS WINNER: Hospice Collaborative Partnership (Farleigh Hospice, Havens Hospices, St Luke's Hospice) & NHS Mid and South Essex ICB: Hospice Rapid Access Service

Congratulations to our SWAN team, such a brilliant project www.hsj.co.uk/partnership-...

Wall pockets with seed packets

🍃 Calling all gardeners. 🎋 I am starting a seed exchange in the JET library foyer (accessible 24/7 by your staff badge). Please donate any spares. Next week I will have packets to take what your need. It would be nice to see photos if you give it a try 🪴