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Chairman: Dr Jonathan Shapiro
MA (Cantab), MB, ChB, MRCGP

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Education for Health offers a comprehensive selection of educational resources, including informative and practical pocket books, authoritative text books, visual aids and patient materials such as record cards, technique cards and booklets. 

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Useful External Resources - taken from our e-News WebWatch series

Occasionally we have the good fortune to stumble across a website that proves to be an invaluable resource to our work. The following external resources have been taken from our WebWatch series as part of our quarterly e-Newsletter.
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Some of our NEW and updated resources:

Simply Lipids -
invaluable NEW handbook covering CVD, risk and lipids

Healthcare professionals seeing patients with cardiovascular disease, risk factors and especially lipid issues can now benefit from our invaluable new handbook launched this week.

"This is an invaluable pocket-sized book and a 'must have' for any Healthcare Professional seeing patients with cardiovascular disease, risk factors and especially lipid issues. The contents and management advice given are state-of-the art but presented and illustrated in a unique easy-to-follow guidance from cover to cover. Once your start reading it may be difficult to put back down until you reach the final page!”

Reviewed by Dr Sandy Gupta, Consultant Cardiologist, Whipps Cross and St Bartholomews Hospitals, London.                                           

Books cost just £5.25 (including postage) and the quickest way to order is to ring 01926 493313

 

 

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NEW Practical Handbook - Simply Devices

"Simply Devices provides a wealth of straightforward and very practical advice for health professionals on the use of different inhaler devices, nebulisers and nasal therapies for use in patients with asthma, COPD and rhinitis. Its bullet point format, together with illustrations of each of the devices covered makes this a very practical book that is ideally tailored to the needs of busy professionals. Providing concise, accurate and very accessible information, I have no hesitations in recommending this excellent pocketbook".

Review by Prof Aziz Sheikh, Professor of Primary Care Research & Development
Allergy & Respiratory Research Group, University of Edinburgh                            

Books cost just £5.25 (including postage) and the quickest way to order is to ring 01926 493313

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Simply Allergy Update

A straight forward handbook for any health professional working with patients with allergic disease has just been updated. It summarises the diagnosis and management of allergic disease and can be used as an aide memoire to turn to during or between consultations. It offers guidance on self help strategies for patients and this updated version provides the most up to date advice on managing allergic emergencies.

“This is an excellent little handbook which neatly summarizes the nature of allergy, the types of allergic disease, investigation, treatment and prevention in clear and simple terms. The presentation is good with each subject fitting on to a bright, well -designed half page. A useful primer or aide memoire to all involved with allergic patients".

Review by Glenis Scadding, Consultant Allergist & Rhinologist, Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital, London, and new President of the BSACI.

Books cost just £5.25 (including postage) and the quickest way to order is to ring 01926 493313.

NEW EDITION of ‘Simply Asthma pocket book’

This popular book has been updated to reflect the latest the 2008 British Guideline on the Management of Asthma issued jointly by the British Thoracic Society and the Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network. The “Simply…” series of booklets offer bite size evidence-based guidance on the practical issues facing health care professionals when caring for patients with asthma in every day practice. It costs just £5.25 (including postage)  – the quickest way to get yours is to ring us on 01926 493313.

Vital Lung Function Book by Rachel Booker - special discount rate of £15

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Former Education for Health Clinical Leader for COPD, Rachel Booker has been awarded an honorary Masters degree by the Open University in recognition of her service to the health professional community and her academic role at Education for Health, and Open University Accredited Institution.

Rachel has a new book 'Vital Lung Function' has just been published. Described by Dr Steve Holmes as ‘an essential reference for those with a respiratory interest’.

We have arranged a special discount rate of £15 which includes p&p, saving you £2.99 off the standard mail order price.
To order this book telephone 0207 371 2119 and quote 'Education for Health offer' or to order online go to www.class.co.uk and follow the links.

20% Discount - Book Offer for BJPCN readers
Caring for Muslim Patients and Palliative Care for South Asians

Two important books on culturally sensitive healthcare provision have recently been published. We have arranged 20% discount for readers of the British Journal of Primary Care Nursing on both 'Caring for Muslim Patients' (normally priced at £24.95) and 'Palliative Care for South Asians: Hindus, Muslims & Sikhs' (normally priced at £29.99.)

These should be required reading for health professionals who are serious about making a difference to their patients’ health and quality of life. Dr Samantha Walker commented, “These books provide a very helpful insight into the different communities and will allow health professionals to deliver appropriate care for patients. Cultural ‘norms’ can be very different and we would all be better clinicians and provide better care if we knew more about the people we are treating. The books themselves are like trusted and very knowledgeable friends.”

To order your copies and receive 20% discount:

Caring for Muslim Patients (2nd edition)
Readers of the British Journal of Primary Care Nursing can get 20% off the full price of £24.95.

To order this book either telephone 01235 528820 and quote 'EFH offer'.

Or order online at www.radcliffe-oxford.com and enter 'EFH' in the discount code box at the checkout to get the 20% discount.

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Palliative Care for South Asians: Hindus, Muslims & Sikhs
Readers of the British Journal of Primary Care Nursing can get 20% off the full price of £29.99.

To order this book either telephone 01722 717022 and quote 'Education for Health offer'. Or order online at www.quaybooks.co.uk and follow the links.

NEW - Simply Stop Smoking
In line with the smoking ban from 1st July and to reinforce our training and equip all practitioners involved in working with people who smoke we have updated and re-issued our Simply Stop Smoking pocket book; a practical and easy to use reference tool for use in practice both during and in between consultations......Only £5.25

NEW - Partners in Care; Five Steps to Better Consultations
To support healthcare professionals, we have developed a new interactive one day course which provides the opportunity to discuss and develop techniques to enhance consultation skills and achieve shared decision making. This guide book reinforces the training provided......Only £3.50

FULLY UPDATED - Respiratory Therapeutics CD Rom (Version 2)...
A multimedia practical learning tool for healthcare professionals.....£7.99

Breathing Tubes
Visual aids to demonstrate to patients the difference between a normal and an asthmatic breathing tube....£19.90 (per pair)

Free Diagnostic Algorithm - to guide the management of hayfever and perennial rhinitis
Which patients are appropriate for allergy testing?

An algorithm has been made widely available as a direct result of feedback from delegates of an international workshop run by Education for Health Director of Research and Education, Dr Samantha Walker at the American Thoracic Society Annual Conference. She said, “The ATS meeting is one of the largest gatherings of Pulmonary and Critical Care clinicians and researchers in the world. I was invited to speak on allergy diagnosis and the sometimes contentious issue of what makes a patient an appropriate candidate for allergy testing? One of my slides showed a simple algorithm to guide such decisions and so many colleagues and delegates have requested it that it seemed simplest to put it on our website.”

Download Diagnostic Algorithm...

The above resource has been created in MS Powerpoint.

Useful External Resources - taken from our e-News WebWatch series

Occasionally we have the good fortune to stumble across a website that proves to be an invaluable resource to our work. The following external resources have been taken from our WebWatch series as part of our quarterly e-Newsletter.
To keep up to date with the WebWatch series, subscribe to our e-Newsletter, its easy...

Please let us know of any useful sites you have found on the world wide web and why others could benefit from them. Email us...

Asthma UK - Spotlight on 'Missing Out'; Report on views and experiences of young people with asthma (Webwatch series 6)

Asthma UK published their Missing Out report in May this year.  This report is one in a series of four which looks at the views and experiences of children and young people with asthma in the UK.  It found that 3 out of every 4 teachers wouldn’t know what to do if one of their pupils had an asthma attack.  It highlights the problems children with asthma face and reinforces the need for structured asthma training for school nurses, health visitors and nursery nurses, in order that they have the confidence and authority to discuss with teaching staff the importance of having asthma policies and coping with asthma sensitively in schools.  

Calling for teachers to learn more about asthma so that children with asthma won’t miss out so much on what their classmates are doing, the report also calls for more school nurses, better guidelines in schools for helping kids with asthma and states that every school should have an asthma policy.  It is envisaged this training will lead on to structured sessions by these HCP’s for those who are responsible for children’s welfare – ie nursery staff, school teachers, after school clubs, etc to raise the standard of care, ensure safety, plus ensure children don’t ‘miss out’ unnecessarily.

Health professionals should log onto Asthma UK’s website and read this report to assess whether there is opportunity for them to offer guidance in their own area of practice, or direct those responsible to the excellent training resources available on their website including a wide range of educational materials for schools.

To read the full ‘Missing Out’ report go to:  http://www.asthma.org.uk/document.rm?id=751

Further educational materials can be found at:  http://www.medicalconditionsatschool.org.uk

BSACI – focuses on allergic problems from rhinitis and drug allergies to anaphylaxis (Webwatch series 6)

The British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology ( BSACI) continues to be a major focus for clinicians and scientists in the UK and overseas.  It supports health professionals providing high quality NHS based allergy service for those with allergic disease and other disorders of the immune system.

The BSACI have published a number of Guidelines on their website with open access to assist health professionals in knowing how to manage specific allergic problems, from rhinitis and drug allergies to anaphylaxis.

One of the most common allergic conditions seen in Primary Care is Allergic Rhinitis.  The BSACI have recently published an algorithm for managing rhinitis which takes you through all the different symptoms and treatment options.  It’s really easy to use!

Access the latest BSACI Guidelines at:  www.bsaci.org

British Hypertension Society – a great resource for non-medical prescribers (Webwatch series 5)

The BHS website is essential for checking out if your blood pressure equipment is validated and also for keeping up to date with latest news and guidance.  They put on some great clinical update meetings that are open to nurses and pharmacists as well as doctors.
Access the BHS website at: www.bhsoc.org

Blood Pressure Association – Great for HCPs and patients alike! (Webwatch series 5)

For HCPs it provides guidelines for the diagnosis and management of hypertension, with regularly update news.  For patients it provides blood pressure basics on how to lower their blood pressure with a guide on high, low and normal blood pressure readings.
Go to the Blood Pressure Association website at: www.bpassoc.org.uk

Department of Health - a warren of resources (Webwatch series 5)

On the DH site you can keep up to date with policy publications, programmes and press releases.  If you are looking at a particular area such as Vascular Checks which is very relevant at the moment, (see article in e-news ‘Bridging the Gap – CVD Risk’), you can use the search engine to locate every document on the site relating to that area – then you know you will be up to date.  As well as publications you can find presentations given by members of the DH that you can use in your own work locally if relevant.
Find out more at: www.dh.gov.uk

GP Notebook – does exactly what it says on the tin (Webwatch series 4)

From a clinical perspective, I find GP Notebook quite useful.  Notebook is exactly what it says on the tin, just type in a medical term and it will come up with what you need to know in an easy to read format - a bit like a really detailed dictionary!  This can be really useful if you are doing a piece of work or presentation in the clinical setting if you want a bit of information on your patients co-morbidities that are outside of your specialist knowledge area.
Access GP Notebook at: www.gpnotebook.co.uk

NICE Guidelines – what’s NICE to know and NEED to know (Webwatch series 4)

As a practicing clinician it’s really difficult to find the time to keep up with published guidance but if you sign up for the NICE e-newsletter via the website you will get a list of what’s new delivered straight to your inbox!  I find it helps me to sort out what’s nice to know and what I need to know!  Guidance is also available in patient leaflet format too which can be useful
Go to the NICE website at: www.nice.org.uk

British Heart Foundation – keeping a healthy heart (Webwatch series 4)

The BHF are the best resource for reliable patient information booklets; the Heart Information Series is the backbone of educational resource within our service.  It’s suitable for clinicians, patients and carers and really easy to use.  I recommend all my patients sign up for the free Heart Health magazine which is full of useful information, advice and recipes to keep your heart healthy.
Find out more at: www.bhf.org.uk

If you have found any useful websites that you think we should feature on WebWatch as part of our quarterly e-News please email us...

Walking the way to Health Initiative (WHI) (Webwatch series 3)

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The Walking the way to Health Initiative (WHI) aims to encourage people, particularly those who take little exercise, to do regular short walks in their communities.

With more than 525 supported health walks on the WHI website, you can find your local ones using the fully interactive Walk Finder.

Education for Health Clinical lead for Cardiovascular Disease, Joanne Haws finds that she uses the web site a lot, “It’s useful to have somewhere to direct patients to in order for them to find ways to increase their physical activity levels, many people prefer to walk in a safe and fun environment with others.  I also recommend that Practice Nurses use the site to find health walks in their area to recommend to their patients.”

The WHI also offer some great free resources including leaflets for those thinking of walking more, newsletters, post cards and promotional posters.  We particularly like the new version of ‘Walk more feel…the difference’ which can be downloaded free directly from the site.  Clearly written and inspirational in style, there are sections on:

WALK MORE FEEL THE DIFFERENCE
  • Why walking is the perfect activity for health
  • What walking are you already doing?
  • A small change is a big step - tips to get started
  • Small steps to success - getting started, how you should feel, what to wear and how to develop a walking route
  • Building a habit - make your own walking plan
  • Picking up the pace - how to walk faster
  • Everything you do counts - thoughts on keeping going

Go directly to the WHI website for further information at: http://www.whi.org.uk

If you have found any useful websites that you think we should feature on WebWatch as part of our quarterly e-News please email us...

European Lung Foundation raises awareness of lung disease for patients across Europe with new online resource (WebWatch series 3)

The European Lung Foundation has just published a fantastic resource for health professions and patients about air travel and oxygen.  The potential problems associated with lung diseases and air travel are well recognised.  Many lung patients are now able to safely enjoy the benefits of air travel if they plan their provisions in advance.

This new online resource details every airline across Europe, what they provide and who to contact. Monica Fletcher, our Chief Executive is Chairman of the International Professional Advisory Committee and a member of the Council.

Access the European Lung Foundation resource at:
www.european-lung-foundation.org/index.php?id=4059

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Poodwaddle World Clock (WebWatch series 2)


The Poodwaddle World Clock of global health statistics manages to be morbidly fascinating and inspiring at the same time. The clock tabulates statistics on cause of death, illness and injury incidence in real time, allowing you to observe the numbers of deaths from cardiovascular disease, respiratory disease and diabetes, as well as incidence of asthma, TB, cardiovascular disease and diabetes.


The statistics are estimates calculated from annual figures provided by various sources including the World Health Organization and it is possible to view the clock by year, month, day, week or ‘now’. Education for Health staff, students and trainers were very quick to review this site:


“A really powerful way to challenge yourself and your audience to confront the realities of the morbidity and mortality associated with long-term conditions.”


“I’m here to focus on better diagnosis of risk; seeing the clock just confirms how important these skills are.”


Poodwaddle World Clock is available at: www.poodwaddle.com


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Behind the Headlines (WebWatch series 1)

Adapted from an article by Claire Charnley, Library and Knowledge Services Manager, Shropshire County PCT.


Claire Charnley shares ‘Behind the Headlines': www.nhs.uk/News/Pages/NewsIndex.aspx


Don’t be put off by the instantly forgettable web address for this site. Once you’ve managed to get it typed in once and saved to your ‘favourites’, this site will keep you up to date with the health stories in the news headlines and give you an independent view on whether there’s any truth behind them at the same time.

Each item follows roughly the same format:

  • What the newspaper/BBC said
  • Their source for the article
  • What the source really said
  • Some indication of whether the source got it right in the first place


To take a recent example, ‘Behind the headlines’ picked up on a Daily Mail headline that claimed ‘How eating a burger and chips can make your baby a boy (and chocolate will produce a girl)’. The authors tracked down the source of the Daily Mail’s story. This turned out to be a research study on mice that found that variations in blood sugar levels were one of several factors that could influence the sex of mice’s offspring. The conclusion was that the newspaper headline was an ‘over-interpretation’ of the actual research findings!


‘Behind the headlines’ is part of the NHS Choices web site, and is a more comprehensive and consumer-oriented version of ‘Hitting the Headlines’ on the National Library for Health. At present it seems to cover a news story or two each day, but obviously cannot hope to include all health items in the headlines. You can browse the stories by broad subject headings but you can’t search (other than by searching the whole NHS Choices site). As for keeping track on the latest stories without constantly revisiting the site, you can’t receive e-mail updates, but there is a news/RSS feed available too. So, next time a patient arrives clutching a newspaper cutting and some chocolate bars/a Big Mac, why not pay ‘Behind the headlines’ a visit to find out the truth behind it all?

If you have found any useful websites that you think we should feature on WebWatch as part of our quarterly e-News please email us...