Current Awareness Bulletins

Armed Forces Network

This bulletin contains a digest of recent guidelines, reports, research and best practice to support veterans/current members of the armed forces, as well as veterans/current members of the armed forces that work for the NHS themselves.

Carer's Network

This bulletin contains a digest of recent guidelines, reports, research and best practice for all healthcare staff interested in supporting carers of patients, as well NHS staff that are carers themselves.

Falls and Frailty

This bulletin contains recently published articles on frailty and falls in older adults, falls and multiple sclerosis, injuries from falls, fall prevention, aimed at community nursing staff and other NHS staff interested in falls and frailty.

Finance

This bulletin contains recently published guidelines, reports, articles and best practice on financial issues for NHS organisations, including UK legislation, economic trends, procurement, financial sustainability and digital solutions.

Long Covid

This bulletin is for healthcare professionals working with patients with Long Covid. It contains reports, guidelines, journal articles and research covering all aspects related to Long COVID e.g. rehabilitation, pharmacological, respiratory, mental health, physiotherapy, occupational therapy

Management

This bulletin is for NHS staff in a management or leadership role, providing the latest updates and information on equality & diversity, financial management, human resources management, leadership, project management and quality improvement methodologies. 

Men's Network

This bulletin contains information to support the Men's Staff Network.

Mental and Physical Lived Experience (MAPLE) Network

This bulletin contains a digest of recent guidelines, reports, research and best practice for NHS staff with an interest in partnership and multi-disciplinary team working to support the complex care needs for patients transitioning out of psychiatric hospitals, or are at risk of readmission.

Mental Health

This bulletin contains recently published articles covering a large number of adult, child and adolescent mental health related specialties, including abuse, ADHD, autism, bereavement, eating disorders, neurodiversity, psychopharmacology, substance use, self-harm and suicide.

Midwifery

This bulletin contains a digest of recent guidelines, reports, best practice, research and articles to support delivery of maternity services and midwives, including maternal healthcare inequalities, maternal mental health or physical health, prenatal and postnatal care, pregnancy and labour complications, and baby loss.

Nursing

This bulletin contains recently published articles, best practice and research relating to clinical nursing, mental health nursing and community nursing practice, including reflective practice, supervision, patient safety, mentoring, revalidation, competencies, leadership skills and communication skills.

Nutrition and Dietetics

This bulletin contains recently published articles relating to nutrition and dietetics in areas such as food allergy, neonatal, child and older people nutritional needs, obesity, diabetes, parenteral and enteral nutrition

Oncology

This bulletin contains recently published articles relating to oncology and cancer care, including radiotherapy and chemotherapy.

Organisational Development and Staff Wellbeing

This bulletin supports NHS staff with an interest in either organisational development or staff wellbeing. It provides a digest of contains recently published articles, guidelines, reports, best practice and research on chaplaincy, holistic and pastoral care, wellbeing matters and benefits, freedom to speak up, flexible working practices, staff burnout and fatigue, change management, organisational culture and development.

Paediatrics and Child Health

This bulletin provides the latest published articles to support clinical and nursing staff working in neonatal, paediatric and adolescent patient care, it includes safeguarding, child development, paediatric cardiology, paediatric gastroenterology, paediatric neurology, congenital abnormalities and defects, paediatric oncology, paediatric orthopaedics, NICU and PICU.

Physiotherapy

This bulletin provides the latest published articles to support physiotherapists caring for patients with back, neck or should pain, stroke patients, cancer patients, MSK, spinal or orthopaedic patients, amputees, or patients with long term or complex conditions including multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's Disease, asthma, COPD and cystic fibrosis.

Pride+ Network

This bulletin aims to support NHS LGBTQ+ staff networks and NHS staff with an interest in equality, diversity and inclusion. It contains the latest guidelines, reports, research briefings, articles, blogs, and newly published LGBTQ+ books (fiction and non-fiction), covering the healthcare of LGBTQ+ patients, LGBTQ+ employee wellbeing matters, and wider issues and inequalities affecting the UK LGBTQ+ community.

Race, Ethnicity and Cultural Heritage (REACH) Network

This bulletin aims to support NHS Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) staff networks and NHS staff with an interest in equality, diversity and inclusion. It contains a digest of recent guidelines, reports, research and best practice around the healthcare of BAME patients, BAME employee wellbeing and wider issues affecting the race, ethnicity and cultural heritage of UK BAME communities or their allies.

Tissue Viability and Wound Care

This bulletin provides the latest published articles, guidelines and best practice to support clinical and nursing staff working in tissue viability and wound care.

Women's Network

This Bulletin contains information to support the Women's Staff Network.