Perioperative fasting

Nice little guide from the Royal College of Nursinglooking at the National Clinical Guideline on perioperative fasting. This brings together the best evidence to ensure consistent patient care in this area for both healthy and high-risk children adults and children. Essential reading for anyone involved in this area.

PainEurope

Handy little site for anyone interested in pain management. Useful for both healthcare professionals and patients, this PainEurope provides a current awareness service as well as studies on the causes, impacts and treatments of pain.

Poverty, parenting and social exclusion

We all need something to do over the summer break so I suggest that those of you of a social work/ care/ welfare bent should take a look at the brand spanking new e-learning resources available from the Social Care Institute for Excellence. You can watch videos, examine case studies, do quizzes and a whole lot more on the theme of poverty, parenting and social exclusion. The resources are free, although you will need to register. Go on, take a look. This nice weather won’t last and you’ll need something to fill your days!

Medicines Zone

NHS Direct has set up a new medicines zone where Joe Public can get information about medicines, their side effects, immunisations, medicine law, prescriptions…. You name it, they’ve got it. Just click here.

Youth studies

Welcome to the blog, youth studies people. I’ve made you your own category so you can find relevant youth info quickly, although feel free to dip into social care, health, psychology, sociology (dip away, anywhere you like really). But for now, here are some titbits of your very own….

Generation Youth Issues: an independent research charity look at children and their peer groups and how these relate to wider society. There are campaigns, research results and the latest news.

Reoffending Juveniles: stats report from the Ministry of Justice about youth reoffending.

Landmarks in Psychology

BBC Radio 4 has put a series of podcasts online devoted to people who have made major contributions to psychological research. Click here to check out horse phobias, feral children and the man with a metal bar through his skull. Nice.

National Knowledge Weeks

There’s no excuse for falling behind just because summer’s here! Get up to date in your subject area with the latest series of National Knowledge Weeks from the National Library for Health. Forthcoming topics include:

Cardiac Rehabilitation Update: the latest from the Cardiovascular Specialist Library

Homeopathy National Knowledge Week. Find the evidence of what works, and what doesn’t

Multiple Sclerosis Annual Evidence Update from the Neurological Conditions Specialist Library

Health Needs of People with Learning Disabilities Annual Evidence Update Learning Disabilities Specialist Library

So stop packing for your hols and get online