Information Skills for Health

 The NHS will be moving to a new version of the EBSCOhost interface used to search journal literature including the CINAHL database. The transition is expected to take place on the 14th July. Action may be required if you have have saved searches and regular alerts set up. You can continue to access the databases from the Health Library website , using your NHS OpenAthens username. We will share opportunities to learn more about how to search on the new EBSCOhost shortly. Some FAQs have been created to support the change – please do look and take action to ensure you do not lose saved work. What is happening to EBSCOhost and what do I need to do as a user?

 News about the ebola virus continues, including this article from the BBC about healthcare workers Ebola outbreak: How health workers are treating patients and staying safe in DR Congo - BBC News Check these resources for an overview, key points, diagnosis, treatment options, follow-up and more. [You will need your NHS OpenAthens username to access these resources] BMJ Best Practice – Ebola disease Clinical Key (available to UHNM only) – Ebola Virus Disease Cochrane Library systematic reviews – Interventions to support the resilience and mental health of frontline health and social care professionals during and after a disease outbreak, epidemic or pandemic: a mixed methods systematic review (2020) Oxford Medicine Online – Chapter Emerging infectious diseases in Oxford textbook of health protection: principles and practice (2026) Patient Information Ebola [BMJ BP] Ebola virus infection: what to know [Clinical Key] Selected articles from our journal collection Combining v...

 BMJ Best Practice have published a new topic:  Postpartum Psychosis . Incorporating the most recent evidence-based research and clinical guidelines, this newly published BMJ Best Practice topic gives guidance on diagnosis and management of postpartum psychosis, a psychiatric emergency which requires rapid specialist assessment to ensure the safety of both mother and baby. BMJ Best Practice is available to ALL NHS staff. Please login with your NHS OpenAthens username . Go to our help page for more guidance in using BMJ Best Practice .

 With the cruise ship in port and the travellers heading home the Hantavirus outbreak has been in the news recently. Learn more about this disease from library resources. Check these resources for an overview, key points, diagnosis, treatment options, follow-up and more. [You will need your NHS OpenAthens username to access these resources] BMJ Best Practice – Hantavirus cardiopulmonary syndrome Oxford Medicine Online – Hantavirus cardiopulmonary syndrome in Clinical Infectious Disease (3 rd ed) Selected articles from our journal collection Critical care management of hantavirus cardiopulmonary syndrome. A narrative review , Journal of Critical Care , Ulloa-Morrison, Rodrigo; Pavez, Nicolas; Parra, Esteban; Lopez, Rene; Mondaca, Roberto; Fernandez, Paula; Kraunik, David; Sanhueza, Claudia; Bravo, Sebastian; Cornu, Matias Germán; Kattan, Eduardo, Vol. 84, p. 154867, 2024. Hantavirus in humans: a review of clinical aspects and management , The Lancet Infectious Dis...

Want to have extra quality and integrity checks for the articles you find? Use library NHS resources and get warnings if the article you're reading fails integrity checks. NHS resources use LibKey to easily point you to subscribed resources. Now LibKey also does a number of integrity checks to help you feel confident with the articles you find. You’ll get warnings about: Retracted articles Retracted article citation (where an article includes references to articles which have been retracted) Expression of concern for the article (where publishers have concerns about some aspect of a published article) Problematic publishers information Warnings are presented at point of access whether from article links in databases or on the web via LibKey Nomad. Make sure you use library resources so that you are using LibKey links and integrity checks. For more help please contact the eresources librarian c.kent@keele.ac.uk

  Hantavirus is in the news at the moment following an outbreak on a cruise ship. The BMJ Best Practice topic on the subject is comprehensive but has also been updated with important information relating to the current situation.

 BMJ Case Reports has published a report from UHNM staff Aaya Seedahmed, Adriel Roa-Bautista and Asha Shenvi: Sialoblastoma: a malignant congenital salivary gland tumour BMJ Case Rep. 2026 Apr 24;19(4):e270561. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2025-270561. Authors Aaya Seedahmed 1 , Adriel Roa-Bautista 2 , Asha Shenvi 3 Affiliations1 Maternity, University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust, Stoke-on-Trent, UK. 2 University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust, Stoke-on-Trent, England, UK. 3 Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust, Stoke-on-Trent, England, UK asha.shenvi@uhnm.nhs.uk.PMID: 42031373 DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2025-270561 Abstract Head and neck carcinoma is the sixth most common cancer worldwide and accounts for approximately 4% of all cancer cases, with incidence varying by subtype and anatomical location . Salivary gland tumours in childhood are rare, with an annual incidence of less than 1 per million, representing fewer than 10% of paedi...