This study explored the annual occurrence/incidence of bacterial infections, and their association with chronic hyperglycemia and diabetic nephropathy, in patients with type 1 diabetes. Open Access Article
Self-harm is a significant social and healthcare problem, with substantial morbidity and healthcare costs. It has strong links to further self-harm and to suicide. The current review is one of three that investigate interventions in preventing recurrence of self-harm, and it focuses on pharmacological treatment. The conclusions are limited by the small number and size of trials identified, and the low quality of evidence. No benefit on recurrence of self-harm was detected in three small trials of antidepressants, but the types studied are ones that are now less commonly used. Login using your SSSFT NHS OpenAthens for full text. SSOTP - request a copy of the article from the library - www.sssft.nhs.uk/library
This week a study by The Confidential Enquiry into Maternal Deaths, based at the University of Oxford, found that ‘around half of suicides by women while pregnant or after giving birth could be prevented by better standards of care’.
The UK National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guideline on diabetes recommends at least annual monitoring of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) for proteinuria. To date, little has been published on the frequency of proteinuria monitoring in T2DM, and its association with risk factors for renal complications. We aimed to describe proteinuria monitoring in patients with T2DM. Open Access Article
The King’s Fund have published a review of eight technologies they believe will revolutionise health and care, with practical examples of how they are being developed and used.
The article looks at smartphones, arguing that the full potential of these devices is yet to be realised. It considers the role of apps, as well as using smartphones as the hub for new diagnostic and treatment technologies, and their contribution to large scale research.
A new report from PSSRU suggests that adapted parenting programmes for people with learning disabilities might be a cost-effective way of providing support for this group. The authors – Annette Bauer (Research Fellow) and Gemma Williams (Research Officer) – discuss their findings.
Mental Elf Blog post. It is now an increasingly well accepted truism that the origins of mental illness often lie in childhood and adolescence. Most psychological and psychiatric problems present for the first time before the age of 18 years, and even for the remainder there is often a link to important early life risk factors, such as child maltreatment and other psychological or economic adversities.
However, acknowledging that, and doing something useful about it to prevent future mental health problems are different things. To be able to successfully intervene early we need to be able to offer interventions that are effective, acceptable to patients/service users and cost-effective. We also need to work out who these interventions should be offered to.
Forget me Knot was the theme of three days of interactive music and dance performances that took place across five wards at Queen’s Hospital, Burton.
The FRONTLINEdance company, a collective of professional disabled and non-disabled dancers, obtained an Arts Council ‘Grant For The Arts’ to do hospital performance work which included performing at Queen’s Hospital and Royal Stoke Hospital.
Leading up to the performances, staff and patients were asked the question ‘what do you never hope to forget?’ through postcards available around the Trust. Responses to this question were used as creative inspiration for songs performed during the sessions.
Two dancers, Clare and Mary, along with musician and singer Greg, worked closely with choreographer/director Rachael Lines to create a performance experience which had patients, visitors and staff at its heart.
The aim was to increase self-esteem, confidence and teamwork skills, and challenge preconceptions of the ageing body. The team members brought their talent to our patients through sensitively engaging them in conversations, singing, and movement. One of the dancers, Mary Presidge, 66, was an Olympic gymnast in the 1960s before beginning a professional dance career that has spanned five decades.
Training support staff in dealing with challenging behaviour in clients with intellectual disabilities (ID) is needed. The goal of this study is to determine which elements need to be incorporated in a training on staff interactions with these clients, building upon a framework and an interpersonal model. As in functional analysis, this study tests the influence of client interpersonal behaviour, three types of staff reactions to challenging behaviour, two types of staff psychological resources and staff team climate on four styles of staff interpersonal behaviour. Login using your SSSFT NHS OpenAthens for full text. SSOTP - request a copy of the article from the library - www.sssft.nhs.uk/library
The Education Committee takes evidence from Anne Longfield OBE, the Children's Commissioner for England, in a rearranged evidence session that is part of the Committee's inquiry into child protection and wellbeing (Wed 06/01/2016)
More people with substance misuse issues in Cannock will soon get access to better support to help them turn their lives around, after a treatment centre was given the green light by planning officials.
Addiction Dependency Solutions, in partnership with Staffordshire County Council, will be developing the centre to accommodate those who are undergoing treatment for alcohol, substance and steroid misuse.
The centre will also provide support on mental health issues, housing, prescribing clinics, and support for family and carers, and is the first step towards accessing the ongoing recovery services offered by the BAC O’Connor Centre in the town.
The services are all part of the Staffordshire County Council commissioned ‘One Recovery’ service. One Recovery is led by Addiction Dependency Solutions (ADS), and supported by North Staffordshire NHS Combined Healthcare Trust, Changes, Brighter Futures and Arch Housing.
In Cannock Chase alone, 474 people are currently accessing drug and alcohol treatment services, the highest number in Staffordshire. Statistics show that Cannock is in the worst 25% of areas in the country for deaths directly due to alcohol. Added to this, the area is in the top 5% for alcohol related hospital admissions for people under 18.
The study included more than 5,000 mothers, around 1,500 of which had received some form of infertility treatment, and assessed their child’s development at three years of age.
They looked at whether there was a different effect, depending on whether it was a single or twin birth, and the type of infertility treatment given – either assisted reproductive techniques such as IVF, infertility drugs or artificial insemination.
Overall, there was no convincing evidence that infertility treatment had any effect on a child’s development.
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