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	Living well with COPD – New online resource	February 2010
Written by Education for Health and the European Lung Foundation Categories: Improvement tools By working together, the European Lung Foundation and Education for Health have developed a simple, easy to read factsheet which aims to show people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and their friends and family how they can live a full life with this disease.
	Social media - find out more about how you can join in …	February 2010
Written by Education for Health Categories: Improvement tools Many hospitals and healthcare organisations are quietly innovating on the social web, find out more about how you can join in …
	2010 is the Year of the Lung	February 2010
Written by Education for Health Categories: Improvement tools The campaign website has lots of useful resources for health professionals and health service managers interested in respiratory services improvements, including a round up of the latest research evidence.
	Levels of evidence	February 2010
Written by Jane Upton, Education for Health Categories: Research made easy Taken from a series of articles designed to help you understand research concepts by breaking them down into bite-sized chunks. They were written by Education for Health staff and published in the British Journal of Primary Care Nursing.
	The difference between quantitative and qualitative research methods	February 2010
Written by Jane Upton and Samantha Walker, Education for Health Categories: Research made easy Taken from a series of articles designed to help you understand research concepts by breaking them down into bite-sized chunks. They were written by Education for Health staff and published in the British Journal of Primary Care Nursing.
	Double blind randomised controlled trials	February 2010
Written by Jane Upton, Education for Health Categories: Research made easy Taken from a series of articles designed to help you understand research concepts by breaking them down into bite-sized chunks. They were written by Education for Health staff and published in the British Journal of Primary Care Nursing.
	The control of knowledge in randomised controlled trails: blinding	February 2010
Written by Jane Upton, Education for Health Categories: Research made easy Taken from a series of articles designed to help you understand research concepts by breaking them down into bite-sized chunks. They were written by Education for Health staff and published in the British Journal of Primary Care Nursing.
	Specific and non specific effects in randomised controlled trials	February 2010
Written by Jane Upton, Education for Health Categories: Research made easy Taken from a series of articles designed to help you understand research concepts by breaking them down into bite-sized chunks. They were written by Education for Health staff and published in the British Journal of Primary Care Nursing.
	Sources of bias: differences between groups at baseline	February 2010
Written by Jane Upton, Education for Health Categories: Research made easy Taken from a series of articles designed to help you understand research concepts by breaking them down into bite-sized chunks. They were written by Education for Health staff and published in the British Journal of Primary Care Nursing.
	What is a 'double dummy' trial?	February 2010
Written by Jane Upton, Education for Health Categories: Research made easy Taken from a series of articles designed to help you understand research concepts by breaking them down into bite-sized chunks. They were written by Education for Health staff and published in the British Journal of Primary Care Nursing.
	Hypothesis testing - just an 'educated guess'?	February 2010
Written by Samantha Walker and Jane Upton, Education for Health Categories: Research made easy Taken from a series of articles designed to help you understand research concepts by breaking them down into bite-sized chunks. They were written by Education for Health staff and published in the British Journal of Primary Care Nursing.
	The null hypothesis: there's nothing in it!	February 2010
Written by Jane Upton and Ellen McCutcheon, Education for Health Categories: Research made easy Taken from a series of articles designed to help you understand research concepts by breaking them down into bite-sized chunks. They were written by Education for Health staff and published in the British Journal of Primary Care Nursing.
	How to literature search	January 2010
	How to quote references	January 2010
	BSACI – focuses on allergic problems from rhinitis and drug allergies to anaphylaxis	January 2010
Written by BSACI Categories: Improvement tools 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!
	Department of Health - A warren of resources	January 2010
Written by Department of Health Categories: Improvement tools On the DH site you can keep up to date with policy publications, programmes and press releases.
	GP Notebook - Does exactly what it says on the tin	January 2010
Written by GP Notebook Categories: Improvement tools From a clinical perspective, we 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!
	NICE Guidelines - What’s NICE to know and NEED to know	January 2010
Written by NICE Guidelines Categories: Improvement tools 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!
	British Heart Foundation - Keeping a healthy heart	January 2010
Written by British Heart Foundation Categories: Improvement tools The BHF are the best resource for reliable patient information booklets; the Heart Information Series is the backbone of educational resource within our service.
	The Walking the way to Health Initiative	January 2010
Written by The Walking the way to Health Initiative Categories: Improvement tools 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.
	The Poodwaddle World Clock of global health statistics	December 2009
Written by Poodwaddle Categories: Improvement tools The Poodwaddle World Clock of global health statistics manages to be morbidly fascinating and inspiring at the same time.
	European Lung Foundation raises awareness of lung disease for patients across Europe with new online resource	December 2009
Written by European Lung Foundation Categories: Improvement tools The European Lung Foundation has just published a fantastic resource for health professions and patients about air travel and oxygen.
	British Hypertension Society - A great resource for non-medical prescribers	December 2009
Written by British Hypertension Society Categories: Improvement tools 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.
	Blood Pressure Association - Great for HCPs and patients alike	December 2009
Written by Blood Pressure Association Categories: Improvement tools For HCPs it provides guidelines for the diagnosis and management of hypertension, with regularly update news.
	Behind the Headlines	December 2009
Written by Adapted from an article by Claire Charnley, Library and Knowledge Services Manager, Shropshire County PCT Categories: Improvement tools 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.