Clinical Practice Innovation is the
process of improving clinical practice by increasing practices which
are intended or effective and reducing those which are not. Synonyms
are "implementation of research results" and "getting research into
practice". It does not include finding, appraising or assembling
evidence nor the process of writing practice guidelines. This site
provides a toolkit and other practical resources, such as case
studies, to help clinicians improve their own practice and that of
their teams and peers, and thus patient outcomes. Where possible the
material is based on sound evidence, mostly originating from studies
of medical practice; these are also of relevance to other health care
practitioners.
The Expert Patients Programme is a
self-management course giving people the confidence, skills and knowledge to
manage their condition better and be more in control of their lives. The web
site provides general information on the programme, patients’ stories, research
and publications. Also details of the ways that people can get involved in the
Expert patients programme, attend Expert Patients courses, train as a tutor and
participate in research trials.
GMS Contract sites
These aren’t strictly new sites but they are continually
updating with new material as we move towards the 1st April and the
implementation of the new contract.
A new web site from the Commission for Patient and Public
Involvement in Health designed to attract applications from members of the
public to become members of the new Patient and Public Involvement (PPI)
forums. The site includes information relating to PPI forums and full details
of how to apply to be a PPI forum member.
The National electronic Library for Mental
Health has introduced a Mental Health in Primary Care section onto its site.
Standard Two of the National Service Framework for Mental Health emphasizes the
importance of primary care in addressing mental health problems. The section
has been written to support primary care professionals, primary care
organizations and local user groups in their delivery of primary care mental
health services. It deals with conditions frequently seen in primary care, or
those that have a high profile, and which can be managed effectively by general
practitioners (GPs) and their teams, supported as appropriate by secondary
care. Resources include: interactive summary cards covering the six mental
health disorders most commonly found in primary care, diagnostic checklists,
core management skills and therapeutic approaches.
Move4Health campaigns and lobbies to make the physical,
cultural, political and social environment more conducive for people being
active. It also publicises how activity can promote health and wellbeing,
contribute towards tackling the burden of psychological and physical disease to
help reduce health inequalities in the UK.
The Muslim Health Network has been established to play a
principal role in promoting, preserving, and protecting health and health
education amongst Muslim Communities in the UK. The strategic aspirations of the
network are to improve the standard of health and well being within the
community through information, support, news, advice, events and the promotion
of general health issues. The web site contains a wide range of resources
including: Health Today which contains articles on general health and social
issues affecting the community; Lifestyle which hopes to motivate, inspire and
encourage a change in perspective towards healthier living and Knowledge Base
which contains information and reviews of select illnesses by professionals.
A new area of NatPACT’s web site, supporting PCTs as they
develop their commissioning role. Part of a series
of NatPaCT resources to support PCTs, it focuses specifically on the role of the
PCT in Whole Systems Commissioning of Acute Services, including specialist
commissioning and is intended to provide a route map of the essential steps the
PCT should take in developing and following a process to ensure the delivery of
high quality, responsive and timely acute care for its population. It is for PCTs and local health
systems to decide how to apply the material in the Friend to their own
circumstances. The web resource includes: topics; resource guides; case
studies and lists of external web sites.
NeLH Child Health and Paediatrics Specialist Library
The NeLH Child Health and Paediatrics Specialist Library
addresses a wide range of topics related to the health and well being of
children. It’s primarily aimed at professionals involved in the care of
children, but it is hoped that it will be of value to all users when seeking
information on a wide variety of aspects of child health. It was developed
working with many different groups in Child Health and this collaboration
allowed the Specialist Library to index over 1,000 resources at the time of
launch on the 26
A website established in January 2004, focused on the needs
of mental health services. Practice-based evidence offers a different approach
to developing capable practitioners to that based on research-based evidence
based practice movement, promoting the value of the messages from service user
and practitioner experiences and strengths based practice.
The Research Mindedness
Virtual Learning Resource is now accessible in a beta version. It has been
funded by SCIE to help students and practitioners of social care and social work
make greater and more effective use of research in their studies and in
practice. It aims to help its
audience understand what being research-minded means, assist them in assessing
their current level of research-mindedness and provide them with a range of
resources including guides to finding research, looking at research in context,
making sense of research and to being a researcher
Safe and Healthy Working is a new occupational health and
safety service for small and medium sized enterprises in Scotland. The site
provides free advice and a range of informative resources on workplace topics
for employers, employees and health & safety professionals.
UK Voluntary Register for
Public Health Specialists
The UK Voluntary Register for Public
Health Specialists is now in operation and the Joint Board is receiving
applications. This multidisciplinary register will provide public protection by
ensuring that only competent public health professionals are registered and that
high standards of practice are maintained. Details of admission procedures,
portfolio assessment and other information can be found on this web site.
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2004. If you can’t track down the information that you require (and that you
remember being on the old site) then please look at the archive site, where a
copy will have been saved.
The Cochrane Library is available on the Update Software
platform at the moment, but in the future it will be hosted by Wiley
Interscience, and will have a new interface. The launch date for the new Wiley
interface has not yet been finalised, but the prototype can be viewed here,
providing opportunities to try it out and provide feedback:
