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  NICE is supporting the health and social care system as it continues to respond to the pandemic. They have brought together  guidance, resources and other information  that may help you. You can also  register for updates .

Latest updates from the Elsevier Covid-19 Healthcare Hub   ---------------------------------------------------------- COVID-19 symptoms for many patients can linger for months following recovery from the initial illness. Although there is uncertainty on the long-term health impact of COVID-19 on survivors, compelling research explores common symptoms and potential treatments. We rounded up the   articles our clinicians are reading , including an   MDPI exploration   of Vitamin C to treat post-viral fatigue and a study in The Lancet on the   prevalence of persistent symptoms   in a cohort of recovered patients in Wuhan, China. Visit the   Physical Rehabilitation Toolkit   for COVID-19 recovery resources ranging from care plans to patient education. ---------------------------------------------------------- The Health Library subscribes to elsevier Clinical Key for staff at UHNM. You'll find access to full-text articles, ebooks and topic pages here....

 Clinical Key is a clinical search engine, providing acccess to a range of full-text journals and ebooks. It is available to our UHNM staff via NHS OpenAthens username.  Clinical Key have drawn up a list of their most popular articles relating to Covid-19.  It will probably be easier for you to access the content if you log in to Clinical Key first . Go to the list: Top 20 COVID-19 related Articles accessed by clinicians globally

 HEE TEL group have released some news about the latest online learning modules released on the e-Learning for Healthcare hub (e-LfH). The e-LfH hub is accessible via your NHS OpenAthens username. HEE's Covid-19 Vaccination Programme HEE’s TEL team has worked in partnership with Public Health England to develop the  COVID-19 Vaccination e-learning programme . The e-learning programme is designed to provide the health and care workforce involved in the national COVID-19 vaccination programme with the knowledge they need to confidently promote high uptake of the vaccine and deliver the vaccine programme effectively. The e-LfH vaccination programme consists of a core knowledge session and a vaccine-specific session with accompanying assessment sessions for each. More vaccine-specific sessions will be added as and when more COVID-19 vaccines become available and authorised for supply in the UK. This e-learning programme  provides theoretical training.  Practical training...

 NICE have released the following news: NICE is supporting the health and social care system as it continues to respond to the pandemic. We've brought together  guidance, resources and other information  that may help you. You can also  register for updates .

 Elsevier are publishing a Healthcare Hub which includes evidence-based resources, podcasts, videos and toolkits to support healthcare staff during the covid-19 pandemic. You'll find resources to support yourselves as well as patient care. This weeks highlights include: Clinical Resilience : Watch a series of short videos to get insights and recommendations to help healthcare teams build resiliency to support mental wellbeing. Meditation : Even though it is hard to find a few minutes to regroup, a short, daily mindfulness practice can help you build a foundation for dealing with difficult events. Try a mindfulness session now. Access additional resources in Elsevier’s COVID-19 Healthcare Hub  Mental Health Toolkit .

 Our Clinical Effectiveness Librarian, Mathew, is producing a regular bulletin containing the latest news, evidence and research about covid-19 / coronavirus. You can see the latest issues on our website . Get in touch with Mathew if you want more information about the bulletins.

Many major publishers have made parts of their collections relating to coronavirus / covid-19 freely available on the Internet. You can find articles of the latest published research presented on publishers' websites within hubs or resource centres. We have listed some of them on our coronavirus subject page under the Medical Research tab .

 We have gathered a number of coronavirus resources related to training:  learn more about coronavirus get back into practice look after yourself Check the Training tab on our coronavirus subject links page .

 Two of the major publishers for nursing literature have provided free access to some of their coronavirus-related content. Check the Nursing Support tab on our coronavirus subject page for links.

 Do you want to keep an eye on the latest coronavirus-related statistics? Then check the Statistics tab on our page of coronavirus resources . You'll find links to national and international statistics dashboards, charts and reports.

 The research landscape around coronavirus / covid-19 is, not surprisingly, changing at a rapid pace. A range of organisations, royal colleges and publishers are creating rapid reviews and guidelines to help inform clinical staff of practice-changing developments. You can check what is available from a number of providers listed on our coronavirus resources page under the rapid review and guidelines tab . Published content is regularly updated so it is worth checking back regularly or signing up for updates.

 If you are looking to complete your own literature search on a cornavirus topic, please check our coronavirus resources page - go to the tab on Literature Searching . Librarians and researchers have shared some of their searching strategies and techniques. Take a look at the resources listed and you'll find suggested keywords and thesaurus terms for a range of databases.

 You can find evidence-based topic summaries of the latest information and research about coronavirus / covid-19 from some major healthcare resources, such as: Clinical Knowledge Summaries - for staff working in primary care Dynamed - clinical decision support tool proving a range of summaries UK Research and Innovation - explaining the science Check our Coronavirus subject links page for more information.