IFMH Inform Volume 12, Number 1
CONTENTS
The Impact of Clinical Governance on the Library and Information
Service: Clinical Librarian Case Study.
Lucy Reid, Clinical Librarian, George Ikkos, Head of Medical Education
and William Hopkins, Consultant Psychiatrist, Barnet Community Healthcare
NHS Trust.
Much has been written about the confusion surrounding clinical governance
and how it affects healthcare workers. It has an impact on the quality
of patient care on an individual level as well as in terms of service provision.
It stipulates that treatment should be evidence-based. Clinical governance
also requires staff to stay up-to-date with their education and training.
This article discusses how Barnet Community Healthcare NHS Trust chose
to tackle some of these issues raised by clinical governance by implementing
a Clinical Librarian service.
The Library and Information Services for Clinical Effectiveness (LISCE)
Project
Lesley Glassington, Clinical Effectiveness Librarian, University
College London Hospitals NHS Trust
This article describes The Library and Information Services for Clinical
Effectiveness (LISCE) Project, which is managed by Bloomsbury Healthcare
Library, part of University College London Hospitals NHS Trust. The
project started in July 2000 and is due to end July 2001. Funding
comes from the London Regional Office via the Non-Medical Education and
Training (NMET) levy.
Clinical Governance : the Challenges
Pam Prior, Regional Librarian, West Midlands
Clinical governance is intended to improve the quality of care and
experience of patients whilst within the NHS 'system'. Although librarians
are not part of the clinical staff, their responsibility is to apply their
skills and professionalism to complement and support the work of medical
colleagues. This article investigates this idea further, suggesting
that librarians undertake knowledge governance as a subset of clinical
governance.
Clinical Governance : a Resource Guide
Bertha Yuen Man Low, West Midlands Regional Library Unit
An annotated listing of useful resources relating to clinical governance.
Surf's Up
Lucy Johnson Bell, Research Librarian, King's Fund Library and Information
Service
A review of selected Web sites.
Up to Standard - the NHS Performance Assessment
Framework
IFM Healthcare Study Day held on 15 June
2000 at the University of York
Julie Glanville, NHS Centre for Reviews and Dissemination, University
of York
In April 1999 the NHS Performance Assessment Framework (PAF) was published,
providing a structure for assessing achievements across the NHS in terms
of efficiency and performance. It focuses on the following indicators:
health gain; fair access; effective delivery of services; efficient delivery
of services; health outcomes; and patient/carer experience. Within
these, the PAF encompasses 41 high-level performance indicators and six
clinical indicators. Clearly, implementing the framework so as to
achieve better performance is a complex undertaking; the many issues involved
were explored during an IFM Healthcare Study Day by a range of speakers
presenting from very different perspectives. This article reports
back on the content of the presentations and some of the conclusions drawn
from the day.
Sidelines
Compiled by Kath Wright, Su Golder and Julie Glanville, NHS Centre
for Reviews and Dissemination at the University of York
A selection of recent articles of interest to health professionals.
NeLH : An Update
Ben Toth
Ben Toth provides an update on progress made recently in the NeLH programme.
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