Keeping up-to-date

Use the services listed below to keep professionally up-to-date.
They save you time & energy AND
the relevant information on topics of your choice comes to you, at regular intervals!

Current Awareness Services for the Trust Staff

Current Awareness Bulletins

Service Name	Content
Specialist resources	The Trust Library produces a wide range of specialty guides that signpost current awareness services.
NHS England Bulletins	Including: CCG bulletin Chief Nursing Officer’s bulletin Chief Scientific Officer’s bulletin GP and Practice bulletin
Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) A collaborative project provided by a network of librarians and knowledge managers in the health sector who monitor and capture content from across a range of subject areas. (Complements the Horizon Scanning Service - see in section below)	A-Z of topics covering a wide range of specialties and health-related topics Current awareness bulletins to keep you up to date RSS newsfeeds – subscribe to receive the latest news and information

Horizon Scans

Specialist Horizon Scanning Services (provided by various NHS Libraries)

These have a target audience of Commissioners and Service Provision Managers in Primary and Secondary Care. They focus on new information on best practice & innovation for service provision and future risk factors.

N.B. Horizon Scans are not current awareness bulletins giving all new information and clinical research on the topic. (For these, see CASH Service in the section above)

Click on the titles to view the latest Horizon Scans on the specialities listed below.

Breast surgery	Dementia
Cardiovascular	Diabetes (type 2)
Child health	End of Life care
Child mental health	Falls prevention
Critical care	Stroke

National Alerting Services

The following national services are available to all NHS staff.

Service name	Content	Further information
JournalTocs.	Tables of contents sent to your email address as soon as journals (of your choice) are published.	Click here for information on how to register.
EvidenceAlerts	Specialty specific alerts for peer-reviewed articles and reports.	Click here to register for regular Evidence Alerts
NICE Evidence Search	Save your searches & set up alerts to receive newly published information by email.	Click here for: NICE Evidence Search: a short guide Click here for: Searching Healthcare Databases - Advanced Search: a short guide