Rural Health Matters

The first issue of our Rural Health Matters research bulletin is now available from the Library's website. The bulletin will be published monthly, and details the latest journal literature focusing on health care in a rural setting from the UK and the rest of the world.

If you would like copies of any of the articles listed in Rural Health Matters, please complete an article request form.

CINAHL on Ebsco Host - User Guide Now Available

A guide to using the new version of CINAHL (the Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health) database via the Ebsco Host Service on the NHS Wales E-library for Health is now available on our website at http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sites3/page.cfm?orgid=501&pid=11907 in the documents section (bottom of the page).

Please note that CINAHL is no longer available via the OVID SP service, and that you will require an NHS Wales Athens username in order to access the new version of CINAHL – please contact the Library if you would like an Athens account. Medline, PsychInfo etc are still available via the OVID SP service.

NHS Choices : Behind the Headlines

We've added the Behind the Headlines health news feed to our blog. This service provides an evidence-based analysis of the latest health stories which make the news. Behind the Headlines looks at what the media have said, and then at how accurately the news stories reflect the actual research upon which the story is based. Behind the Headlines is updated daily. The service is aimed at both the general public and healthcare professionals. Links to both the news items, and research literature are provided.

This service replaces the earlier Hitting the Headlines service from the NHS Centre for Reviews & Dissemination at York Univeristy. You can still access the Hitting the Headlines Archive via NHS England's National Library for Health.

Access to CINAHL (Nursing & Allied Health) database

If you use the CINAHL Nursing & Allied Health Database to find research literature, via the NHS Wales E-Library for Health (www.wales.nhs.uk/ehl) or via the Athens service (www.athensams.net/myathens), please note that CINAHL is no longer available via the OVID SP service.

You'll now find CINAHL available using a new service called EbscoHost, which you can access via the NHS Wales E-Library for Health or via Athens. You will need to have an Athens username to use this new version of CINAHL, so please contact the Library if you need an Athens username or your current Athens username has expired.

I'm sorry about the sudden change in access to CINAHL, but we've only just found out ourselves about the change - the NHS Libraries weren't expecting the change to happen for sometime yet. I'm hoping we'll have a user guide for the new version of CINAHL available very soon, but in the meantime, if you have problems using the new version of CINAHL please contact the Library on (01874) 712576 or email powys.library@powyslhb.wales.nhs.uk.

Welsh Assembly Government Consultation on the Proposed Changes to NHS Wales

The Welsh Assembly Government consultation on proposed changes to the structure of NHS Wales, announced on 2nd April 2008, can be found on the Welsh Assembly Government website at :

http://new.wales.gov.uk/consultations/currentconsultation/healandsoccarecurrcons/nhswales/?lang=en