Beki Smith Knowledge Manager (& pharmacist)💙💙

A timely briefing from @CommsLibrary as we near Nov 11: healthcare support available to armed forces veterans in the UK. The Armed Forces Covenant says veterans have distinct health needs &should receive priority treatment for service-related conditions commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-brief…

Writing health information? Try the NHS Readability Tool to help you simplify your written text. Part of a suite of resources available in the Health Literacy Toolkit #HealthLiteracyhttps://library.nhs.uk/health-information/ #HealthLiteracy @NHSE_WTE @HealthLitKLS

I spoke to a library manager who had just reviewed the patient information produced by her hospital - on average requiring a reading age of 18.2 years. The national average is 9 - 11 yrs. We need a selection of materials on each condition that respect different literacy levels.

ASCO 2024: New ultra-sensitive blood test predicts recurrence of breast cancer, months or even years before relapse: icr.ac.uk/news-archive/a…

"1) A wise man told me “Never ask a question to which you do not already know the answer” 2) a wise woman advised me “Make sure you learn as much from people you dislike as from those you do.” Some top advice from our Leading Practitioner series> buff.ly/3K8Nk6g

Can I draw your attention to this survey via @MPS_Medical? If you have International Medical Graduates in your team? Do ask them to fill this Induction is key & at the @gmcuk -we want to know more about process, things to improve etc RT please 🙂 Link: surveymonkey.com/r/V2GDKQZ

In the blog below, Chris Elston, Patient Safety Education Lead for University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, introduces the Patient Safety Education Network👇 pslhub.org/learn/professi…

The 2024 @CILIPHLG Conference begins on 20 June! This year's agenda features a brilliant range of talks focussed around the key theme #Connecting. Read the FREE virtual HILJ which mirrors the Connecting Theme: shorturl.at/MO026   #HLG2024 @CILIPinfo @HILJnl

Huge thanks to our expert panel of reviewers for your insight into this review: @yestombishop, Head of Patient Information at @AnthonyNolan Patient advocate @TrishnaBharadia @atc_translation CEO Raisa McNab ISO and #PlainLanguage expert @Doug_Lawrence

@KettGeneral whoop whoop! Go @TessPage5

Our amazing anticoagulation lead nurse, Tess Page, has received a DAISY Nurse Leader Awards for her outstanding leadership and support for patients and colleagues. To see the nomination go to: kgh.nhs.uk/news/kgh-nurse…

A gift this International Nurses Day to all NHS nurses and students on placement in England. Nationally funded and free to use the renowned Royal Marsden Manual of Clinical and Cancer Nursing Procedures Online #RMMO. login.openathens.net/auth/nhs/o/140… @NHSE_WTE

1 in 3 people with dementia are living without a vital diagnosis that could give them the right treatment and support. If you’re worried about dementia, know what to look out for using our symptom checklist 👉 spkl.io/60144NaxE #DementiaActionWeek

NHS staff and students in England have access to over 240 Oxford University Press medical and healthcare books online, courtesy of NHS England. Includes Oxford Textbook of Medicine and Oxford Handbook of Clinical Medicine #OUPNHS @NHS_WTE Find out more: pages.oup.com/hee

Check out my latest article: How well led is your trust? linkedin.com/pulse/how-well… via @LinkedIn

"Frontline doctors and their needs should lead the strategy for evaluation of decision support ... they will be the ones who will be putting decision support into practice. " Workshop report gives food for thought. journals.lww.com/ehpf/fulltext/…

Our weekly update email will be arriving in inboxes later today - but you can listen to our podcast with @minsh84 now! This week: Phenytoin & folic acid, ATMP risk assessments, and SPS @CPCongress Listen here: youtube.com/watch?v=tSmZc7… #DoOnceAndShare

Healthcare professionals wanting to know more about human factors often ask me ‘where do I start?’ It’s a huge subject but I suggest thinking about 3 things: How can I improve my own performance? How can we improve team working? How can my organisation improve patient safety?

I'm reading "The Friction Project: How Smart Leaders Make The Right Things Easier and The Wrong Things Harder" by Bob Sutton (@work_matters) & Huggy Rao. "Friction" means the forces that make it harder, slower or more complicated to get things done in organisations. They describe how we can be "friction fixers", making it less likely that we squander the energy, damage the health & throttle the creativity and productivity of our people. The talented @tnvora has summarised the book in a blog and sketchnote: t.co/gaOaTRMRtG

10 Reasons to be cheerful! Counting down to my last working day as Chief Knowledge Officer, I'm celebrating the impact of the amazing work of healthcare librarians. "Have you ever been asked to do more with less?" Take 2 minutes to find out more. youtu.be/oAFtyiVZ5zU