KGH Knowledge & Library Service
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We provide access to various knowledge resources and services to help healthcare staff and students find the best evidence to support patient care, enhance their studies and professional development, support research, and health and wellbeing.
Reading and writing can lower dementia risk by almost 40%, study finds
Reading and writing can lower dementia risk by almost 40%, study finds
Cognitive health in later life is ‘strongly influenced’ by lifelong exposure to intellectually stimulating environments, say researchers
www.theguardian.com
February 13, 2026 at 4:02 PM
Reading and writing can lower dementia risk by almost 40%, study finds
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Widespread yet often overlooked, polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a common condition affecting millions of people.
Here, nurse Anne Howard tells us about her experience of PCOS and why the condition needs more attention and resources.
Read below to find out what you need to know about PCOS ⬇️
Here, nurse Anne Howard tells us about her experience of PCOS and why the condition needs more attention and resources.
Read below to find out what you need to know about PCOS ⬇️
Polycystic ovary syndrome: ‘why aren’t we talking about it more?’ | RCN Magazine | Royal College of Nursing
Widespread, lifelong and often overlooked – here’s what you need to know about PCOS
www.rcn.org.uk
February 13, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Widespread yet often overlooked, polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a common condition affecting millions of people.
Here, nurse Anne Howard tells us about her experience of PCOS and why the condition needs more attention and resources.
Read below to find out what you need to know about PCOS ⬇️
Here, nurse Anne Howard tells us about her experience of PCOS and why the condition needs more attention and resources.
Read below to find out what you need to know about PCOS ⬇️
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NEW podcast episode🎧
Acting Deputy Editor, Aisling O'Brien, talks to Fiona Pearce & Rachel Tattersall about #HLH mortality rates in Europe
Listen now
Apple: bit.ly/3Off8LR
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#Medsky #Rheumsky
Acting Deputy Editor, Aisling O'Brien, talks to Fiona Pearce & Rachel Tattersall about #HLH mortality rates in Europe
Listen now
Apple: bit.ly/3Off8LR
Spotify: bit.ly/3OFqGYM
Full Article: bit.ly/4p5f9hT
#Medsky #Rheumsky
Fiona Pearce and Rachel Tattersall on HLH mortality rates in Europe
Podcast Episode · The Lancet Rheumatology in conversation with · 01/26/2026 · 35m
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February 13, 2026 at 2:06 PM
NEW podcast episode🎧
Acting Deputy Editor, Aisling O'Brien, talks to Fiona Pearce & Rachel Tattersall about #HLH mortality rates in Europe
Listen now
Apple: bit.ly/3Off8LR
Spotify: bit.ly/3OFqGYM
Full Article: bit.ly/4p5f9hT
#Medsky #Rheumsky
Acting Deputy Editor, Aisling O'Brien, talks to Fiona Pearce & Rachel Tattersall about #HLH mortality rates in Europe
Listen now
Apple: bit.ly/3Off8LR
Spotify: bit.ly/3OFqGYM
Full Article: bit.ly/4p5f9hT
#Medsky #Rheumsky
New dual-stage immunotherapy treatment for patients with aggressive bladder cancer
New dual-stage immunotherapy treatment for patients with aggressive bladder cancer | National Health Executive
Hundreds of people in England with aggressive bladder cancer are set to benefit from a new dual‑stage immunotherapy and chemothe
www.nationalhealthexecutive.com
February 13, 2026 at 2:01 PM
New dual-stage immunotherapy treatment for patients with aggressive bladder cancer
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We’re pleased to share the updated Safe Drug Management in Anaesthetic Practice guidance 2026, created with The Association of Anaesthetists.
It reflects best practice & supports safe, high-quality care across anaesthetic services 🙌
Read the guidance: https://ow.ly/zHaH50Yecwt
#Ansky #Medsky
It reflects best practice & supports safe, high-quality care across anaesthetic services 🙌
Read the guidance: https://ow.ly/zHaH50Yecwt
#Ansky #Medsky
February 13, 2026 at 11:20 AM
We’re pleased to share the updated Safe Drug Management in Anaesthetic Practice guidance 2026, created with The Association of Anaesthetists.
It reflects best practice & supports safe, high-quality care across anaesthetic services 🙌
Read the guidance: https://ow.ly/zHaH50Yecwt
#Ansky #Medsky
It reflects best practice & supports safe, high-quality care across anaesthetic services 🙌
Read the guidance: https://ow.ly/zHaH50Yecwt
#Ansky #Medsky
Creating the conditions where care can thrive: four actions for clinical leaders
Creating The Conditions Where Care Can Thrive: Four Actions For Clinical Leaders | The King's Fund
High responsibility and low control can lead to burnout. Sharon Nash shares reflections from clinical leaders on steps organisations can take to prioritise the health and wellbeing of staff.
www.kingsfund.org.uk
February 13, 2026 at 12:00 PM
Creating the conditions where care can thrive: four actions for clinical leaders
Effectiveness of drug interventions to prevent delirium after surgery for older adults: systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials
www.bmj.com
February 13, 2026 at 11:00 AM
Effectiveness of drug interventions to prevent delirium after surgery for older adults: systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials
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We’ve updated our staffing tracker with the latest figures on the #NHS workforce in England.
By the end of 2025, the number of fully qualified GPs finally returned to 2016 levels. 📈
The tracker covers hospital, community and training numbers too.
Explore it here 👇
By the end of 2025, the number of fully qualified GPs finally returned to 2016 levels. 📈
The tracker covers hospital, community and training numbers too.
Explore it here 👇
NHS staffing tracker
www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk
February 13, 2026 at 9:23 AM
We’ve updated our staffing tracker with the latest figures on the #NHS workforce in England.
By the end of 2025, the number of fully qualified GPs finally returned to 2016 levels. 📈
The tracker covers hospital, community and training numbers too.
Explore it here 👇
By the end of 2025, the number of fully qualified GPs finally returned to 2016 levels. 📈
The tracker covers hospital, community and training numbers too.
Explore it here 👇
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Your voice matters!
Patients, carers, and professionals from across the UK are invited to help shape future delirium research.
Join Professors Sampson & Vardy in making a difference.
Share your views 👉 https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/WTHNBZK
#Ansky #Medsky
Patients, carers, and professionals from across the UK are invited to help shape future delirium research.
Join Professors Sampson & Vardy in making a difference.
Share your views 👉 https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/WTHNBZK
#Ansky #Medsky
February 12, 2026 at 3:35 PM
Your voice matters!
Patients, carers, and professionals from across the UK are invited to help shape future delirium research.
Join Professors Sampson & Vardy in making a difference.
Share your views 👉 https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/WTHNBZK
#Ansky #Medsky
Patients, carers, and professionals from across the UK are invited to help shape future delirium research.
Join Professors Sampson & Vardy in making a difference.
Share your views 👉 https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/WTHNBZK
#Ansky #Medsky
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Friendly February - Day 13: Smile at the people you see and brighten their day actionforhappiness.org/friendly-feb... #FriendlyFebruary
February 13, 2026 at 7:00 AM
Friendly February - Day 13: Smile at the people you see and brighten their day actionforhappiness.org/friendly-feb... #FriendlyFebruary
'His loss is massive': Inquests show spread of deadly synthetic drugs
Nitazenes: Inquests show how deadly synthetic drugs spread
A BBC investigation shows how nitazene deaths have risen and the illegal drug market is changing.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 12, 2026 at 4:01 PM
'His loss is massive': Inquests show spread of deadly synthetic drugs
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Our2026 @ncish.bsky.social Annual Report is published today. It presents new figs on suicide by mental health patients
It identifies key risks that should be the target of prevention.
It identifies key risks that should be the target of prevention.
February 12, 2026 at 10:16 AM
Our2026 @ncish.bsky.social Annual Report is published today. It presents new figs on suicide by mental health patients
It identifies key risks that should be the target of prevention.
It identifies key risks that should be the target of prevention.
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📣The NLCA State of the Nation Report 2026 has been published today.
📘Read the full report for details of care received by people diagnosed with lung cancer in 2024 in England and Wales:https://buff.ly/DxtiWuG
@hqip.bsky.social @btog.bsky.social @lcnuk.bsky.social @natcan-news.bsky.social #LungCancer
📘Read the full report for details of care received by people diagnosed with lung cancer in 2024 in England and Wales:https://buff.ly/DxtiWuG
@hqip.bsky.social @btog.bsky.social @lcnuk.bsky.social @natcan-news.bsky.social #LungCancer
www.natcan.org.uk
February 12, 2026 at 10:30 AM
📣The NLCA State of the Nation Report 2026 has been published today.
📘Read the full report for details of care received by people diagnosed with lung cancer in 2024 in England and Wales:https://buff.ly/DxtiWuG
@hqip.bsky.social @btog.bsky.social @lcnuk.bsky.social @natcan-news.bsky.social #LungCancer
📘Read the full report for details of care received by people diagnosed with lung cancer in 2024 in England and Wales:https://buff.ly/DxtiWuG
@hqip.bsky.social @btog.bsky.social @lcnuk.bsky.social @natcan-news.bsky.social #LungCancer
It’s Not Love. It’s Abuse: new campaign to highlight signs of coercive control
It’s Not Love. It’s Abuse: new campaign to highlight signs of coercive control | Safer Northants
A new campaign is using the words of victim-survivors to help people recognise the signs of coercive control.
safernorthants.co.uk
February 12, 2026 at 2:00 PM
It’s Not Love. It’s Abuse: new campaign to highlight signs of coercive control
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Arterial hypertension affects an estimated 25–30% of adults worldwide.
Innovative approaches are needed to improve hypertension care.
A new Therapeutics Review explores new drug therapies for hypertension: spkl.io/63322AtTNi
Innovative approaches are needed to improve hypertension care.
A new Therapeutics Review explores new drug therapies for hypertension: spkl.io/63322AtTNi
February 12, 2026 at 12:33 PM
Arterial hypertension affects an estimated 25–30% of adults worldwide.
Innovative approaches are needed to improve hypertension care.
A new Therapeutics Review explores new drug therapies for hypertension: spkl.io/63322AtTNi
Innovative approaches are needed to improve hypertension care.
A new Therapeutics Review explores new drug therapies for hypertension: spkl.io/63322AtTNi
Nurses match doctors in delivering hospital care
Nurses match doctors in delivering hospital care | Cochrane
Nurse-led hospital care matches doctor-led care for safety and effectiveness
www.cochrane.org
February 12, 2026 at 12:00 PM
Nurses match doctors in delivering hospital care
Understanding consanguinity-related child deaths
Understanding consanguinity-related child deaths
This report draws on the NCMD's unique data to investigate deaths among children related to consanguinity and genetic disorders
www.ncmd.info
February 12, 2026 at 10:00 AM
Understanding consanguinity-related child deaths
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Great to see CPOC partner @collegeofsurgeons.bsky.social President Tim Mitchell speaking to Healthcare Today on the future of surgery, including turning waiting lists into preparation lists.
Preparation for surgery can reduce complications risk by up to 50%.
Top 7 interventions: shorturl.at/w0yxJ
Preparation for surgery can reduce complications risk by up to 50%.
Top 7 interventions: shorturl.at/w0yxJ
February 11, 2026 at 9:18 AM
Great to see CPOC partner @collegeofsurgeons.bsky.social President Tim Mitchell speaking to Healthcare Today on the future of surgery, including turning waiting lists into preparation lists.
Preparation for surgery can reduce complications risk by up to 50%.
Top 7 interventions: shorturl.at/w0yxJ
Preparation for surgery can reduce complications risk by up to 50%.
Top 7 interventions: shorturl.at/w0yxJ
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Friendly February - Day 12: Focus on being kind rather than being right actionforhappiness.org/friendly-feb... #FriendlyFebruary
February 12, 2026 at 7:00 AM
Friendly February - Day 12: Focus on being kind rather than being right actionforhappiness.org/friendly-feb... #FriendlyFebruary
GIRFT guide to standardising follow-up protocols aims to ensure patients get the right care, in the right setting, at the right time
GIRFT guide to standardising follow-up protocols aims to ensure patients get the right care, in the right setting, at the right time - Getting It Right First Time - GIRFT
GIRFT has shared new guidance supporting trusts to standardise their protocols for follow-up outpatient appointments, helping to reduce unnecessary attendances and free up capacity for new and urgent…
gettingitrightfirsttime.co.uk
February 11, 2026 at 10:01 AM
GIRFT guide to standardising follow-up protocols aims to ensure patients get the right care, in the right setting, at the right time
Major study launched to transform understanding of heart disease in pregnancy
Major study launched to transform understanding of heart disease in pregnancy | National Health Executive
A major new national study aims to transform understanding of heart disease in pregnancy, the leading cause of maternal death an
www.nationalhealthexecutive.com
February 10, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Major study launched to transform understanding of heart disease in pregnancy
Comparison of antidepressant deprescribing strategies in individuals with clinically remitted depression: a systematic review and network meta-analysis
Comparison of antidepressant deprescribing strategies in individuals with clinically remitted depression: a systematic review and network meta-analysis
In remitted depression, slow tapering plus psychological support is as effective as antidepressant continuation in preventing relapse and superior to abrupt or rapid discontinuation. In remitted…
www.thelancet.com
February 10, 2026 at 2:30 PM
Comparison of antidepressant deprescribing strategies in individuals with clinically remitted depression: a systematic review and network meta-analysis
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Our new guidance on Extended Emergency Medicine Ambulatory Care (EEMAC) has now been published.
This follows the release of NHS England's own documents on the same topic.
This follows the release of NHS England's own documents on the same topic.
RCEM publishes new guidance on Extended Emergency Medicine Ambulatory Care (EEMAC) - RCEM
10/02/2026 - New guidelines on Extended Emergency Medicine Ambulatory Care (EEMAC) have been published by the Royal College of Emergency Medicine.
rcem.ac.uk
February 10, 2026 at 1:47 PM
Our new guidance on Extended Emergency Medicine Ambulatory Care (EEMAC) has now been published.
This follows the release of NHS England's own documents on the same topic.
This follows the release of NHS England's own documents on the same topic.
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NEW: GLP-1 agonists, hailed as “wonder drugs,” help shed weight rapidly. But how do they work and what risks lurk beneath? What do we need to know about them in the emergency department?
www.rcemlearning.co....
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February 10, 2026 at 12:00 PM
NEW: GLP-1 agonists, hailed as “wonder drugs,” help shed weight rapidly. But how do they work and what risks lurk beneath? What do we need to know about them in the emergency department?
www.rcemlearning.co....
www.rcemlearning.co....
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VEXAS syndrome is a newly discovered multisystemic disease affecting most organs.
A Review provides a comprehensive overview of VEXAS syndrome, including the disease's discovery, diagnosis, and treatment: spkl.io/63322AsNa8
A Review provides a comprehensive overview of VEXAS syndrome, including the disease's discovery, diagnosis, and treatment: spkl.io/63322AsNa8
February 10, 2026 at 12:02 PM
VEXAS syndrome is a newly discovered multisystemic disease affecting most organs.
A Review provides a comprehensive overview of VEXAS syndrome, including the disease's discovery, diagnosis, and treatment: spkl.io/63322AsNa8
A Review provides a comprehensive overview of VEXAS syndrome, including the disease's discovery, diagnosis, and treatment: spkl.io/63322AsNa8