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On this day

1912 - Harriet Quimby is the first woman to fly across the English Channel
1934 - Daily Mail prints a picture "of the Loch Ness monster"
2018 - Kendrick Lamar won a Pulitzer Prize
2026 - your local #NHSLibrary offers excellent FREE service to #NHS staff & students

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Knowledge and library hub, one stop for high-quality evidence is written at the top of the image. It is a green background with white writing. The pictures are a magnifying glass with an arrow to a question mark, then a magnifying glass looking at a brain producing high quality evidence in documents.

Stop scrolling Google. Start finding evidence. The Knowledge and Library Hub connects you to high-quality clinical resources you won't find on the open web. Access it free with your NHS OpenAthens account: ambulance.libguides.com #EvidenceBased #NHSLibrary #Research

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Just need a break? How about the idea of a #library5aday ?

5 minutes to yourself to read, relax & de-stress.
Try to fit in 5 a day, for your #Wellbeing

Your local #NHSLibrary has some great fiction and wellbeing books.

A People are Free When They Can Read Freely A People are Free When They Can Read Freely

What is important to remember is that anytime someone reads a book, they read it differently from the person next to them

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A whiteboard with blue wiring on it and a couple of posters advertising library resources. The main question says 'Are you a dog person, cat person, another animal, not my thing or you can't make me choose it's not fair. There are a series of lines indicating people's votes for each one.

Our whiteboard continues to garner lots of engagement. 😀
This week, we are asking whether you are a cat person or a dog person or have a different view, like the person who has picked lobster as their go-to animal!

New tool improves hospital discharge for people living with dementia | National Health Executive Researchers at the University of Manchester have developed and evaluated a new tool to help people with dementia transition more

New tool improves hospital discharge for people living with dementia

#medlibs #NHS

Look at Remy - updating knowledge one duck at a time. #NHS staff can update their knowledge one book at a time.

(Or journal article, or via a search or point of care tool, or lots of other resources) thanks to their local #NHSLibrary.

It's a #tenuouslink & we're sticking with it. #sorrynotsorry

Long-term health conditions: hypotension and hypertension | British Journal of Healthcare Assistants This series of articles will explore a number of long-term health conditions and disabilities, including how the condition presents itself, management strategies and the role of the healthcare assistant. This article, the sixteenth in the series, will ...

Did you know? If you work for the Humber Health Partnership you can access articles from the British Journal of Healthcare Assistants for free? All you need is an OpenAthens password - ask your library team at HUTH or NLaG for more information.

Then you can up your CPD with articles like this:

Mapped: RTT waiting times An interactive map of local NHS waits around England in January 2026, showing the pressures, with links to all the details by organisation and specialty.

No paywall on this interactive map
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Teaching the nursing process framework in undergraduate adult nursing studies This article examines teaching the nursing process in adult nursing, exploring frameworks, student challenges and approaches to support student learning.

Teaching the nursing process framework in undergraduate adult nursing studies

Academics outline challenges students face when interpreting and applying the nursing process, and how collaboration can help close the theory-practice gap. #nursing #education #nurse

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JAMA Insights: Using Numerical Comparisons to Help Patients Make Choices. Effective conversations with patients about risk are fundamental for shared decision-making. Table: Tools in the Comparison Toolbox with preferred/less informative communication.

💡 JAMA Insights: Numeric risk comparisons anchored in patient context may improve shared decision-making and help patients interpret clinical choices.

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How a catheter removal project improved care for patients while saving money and carbon emissions How a ‘Trial without catheter using a structured approach' improved care for patients whilst saving money and carbon emissions

💬Monthly figures were collected before and after the project and showed clear improvements💬

How a catheter removal project improved care for patients while saving money and carbon emissions - a new blog on the hub this week.

World obesity atlas 2026

Global Obesity Observatory The atlas finds that prevalence of obesity among school-age children has increased from 4% in 1975 to nearly 20% in 2022, with the fastest increases in low- and middle-income countries where most of the world’s children live. For the first time…

Figure 4: Conservative management for all patients with ADPKD

Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) is the most common genetic cause of chronic kidney disease.

A new Review focuses on current approaches to diagnosis, treatment, and specific aspects of clinical management. Read more: spkl.io/63329AxPWv

Band 5 NHS nursing roles review in England explained | RCN Magazine | Royal College of Nursing This Q&A lays out what’s been promised and how it could affect you

We have compiled a list of frequently asked questions about the Westminster government’s commitment to nursing career progression.

No matter your band, your role or your NHS setting, make sure you read all the FAQs in detail to find out all you need to know about the upcoming band review. ⬇️

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Happy #WorldBookDay and a big 🙌 to librarians who turn "just a book" into a gateway for fun, discovery, inclusion and wellbeing. Librarians don't just manage collections, they nurturethe next generation of thinkers & problem-solvers. #GoAllIn this #NationalYearOfReading! 💛💜

Today's Paper of the Day is:

Haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis in critical care

Join us to read 1 paper per day and stay up-to-date as we cover the spectrum of critical care across 2026

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Sometimes you have to let go… and start again

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Radiation and chemotherapy improve rectal cancer outcomes

by Imam I, Nilsson PJ (...) Glimelius B et 2 al. in Br J Surg #Surgery #SurgSky #GeneralSurgery #MedSky

🪡 read our summary here
📖 read the article: academic.oup.com/bjs/advance-article/doi/...

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On this day in history

1839 First Grand National steeplechase
1797 Bank of England issues its first £1 note
1951 The 22nd Amendment, limiting U.S. presidents to serving two terms ratified
2026 - your local #NHSLibrary offers excellent FREE service to #NHS staff & students

#medlibs

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Duration of emergency medical services-initiated prehospital cardiopulmonary resuscitation efforts and survival for pediatric patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest While longer duration of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is associated with unfavorable patient outcomes after pediatric out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA), it remains unclear how the probabili...

Duration of emergency medical services-initiated prehospital cardiopulmonary resuscitation efforts and survival for pediatric patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest - Resuscitation www.resuscitationjournal.com/article/S030...

1 in 10 adults in the UK have been affected by misinformation.

That rises to 2 in 10 for black and ethnic minority communities.

In our new video in partnership with
@england.nhs.uk, Dr Sylvia Kama-Kieghe talks about what you can do to find trusted health information.

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Searching for evidence is now so much easier. The NHS Knowledge and Library Hub. Centrally funded for healthcare by the NHS.

Searching for evidence is simple with the #NHS Knowledge and Library Hub!

Just go to research.ebsco.com/c/u5znqb/sea... and log in with @openathens.bsky.social to start searching today.

Large language models for simplifying radiology reports: a systematic review and meta-analysis of patient, public, and clinician evaluations LLM-simplified radiology reports improved patient-perceived understanding and readability and were rated by clinicians as largely accurate and complete, although a small proportion contained…

Large language models for simplifying radiology reports: a systematic review and meta-analysis of patient, public, and clinician evaluations

Major changes to type 2 diabetes treatment could save thousands of lives

New NICE guidance to transform treatment for people living with type 2 diabetes by providing earlier access to vital drugs that protect the heart and kidneys from diabetes related complications
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Today's Paper of the Day is:

Assessment and management of dengue

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Join us to read 1 paper per day and stay up-to-date as we cover the spectrum of critical care across 2026