Finding the evidence
"Standing on the shoulders of giants" is a phrase well known to researchers, and anyone embarking on a piece of research will want to know what has already been done. The most obvious starting point is to conduct a literature search, and full RCN members can get help with this. Whilst the finding the evidence section of our website provides a signposting service to various databases of completed research, including the recently launched NHS Evidence portal, the latest news section lists recently published reports, articles and research.
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NHS Evidence - eyes on evidence May 2013
Published: 13 May 2013
NHS Evidence - providing easy access to a comprehensive evidence base for everyone in health and social care who takes decisions about treatments or the use of resources. Reports in the May 2013 issue of the monthly bulletin include: premature death after self-harm; probiotics in antibiotic-associated diarrhoea; 'Anti-fat' bias among doctors; domestic violence presenting in primary care; small benefits of Z drugs over placebo for insomnia; Hormone replacement therapy: cardiovascular outcomes after recent menopause; case studies from the QIPP collection.
NICE - published guidance April 2013
Published: 24 Apr 2013
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) develops guidance using the expertise of the NHS and the wider healthcare community. New guidance this month includes asthma; vertebral fractures - vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty; rheumatoid arthritis; prostate artery embolisation; sudden cardiac death; idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis; presbyopia; chronic migraine; gout; health and wellbeing of looked-after children and young people; supporting people to live well with dementia.
SIGN 130 - brain injury rehabilitation in adults
Published: 19 Apr 2013
Scottish Intercollegiate Guideline Network (SIGN) guideline 130, "Brain Injury Rehabilitation in Adults", published in March 2013.
NHS Evidence - eyes on evidence April 2013
Published: 18 Apr 2013
NHS Evidence - providing easy access to a comprehensive evidence base for everyone in health and social care who takes decisions about treatments or the use of resources. Reports in the April 2013 issue of the monthly bulletin include: infectious diseases among homeless populations; risk of abuse in disabled children; rheumatoid factor and risk of future rheumatoid arthritis; heart failure; grapefruit–drug interactions.
NICE - published guidance March 2013
Published: 04 Apr 2013
The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) develops guidance using the expertise of the NHS and the wider healthcare community. New guidance this month includes conduct disorders in children and young people; cystic fibrosis; tumours of non-skin origin; basal cell carcinoma/primary squamous cell carcinoma; chronic kidney disease; orofacial reconstruction; persistent air leaks; opioid-induced bowel dysfunction; refractory neuropathic pain; chronic low back pain.
Celebrating twenty years of the Cochrane Collaboration
Published: 01 Mar 2013
As part of a series of events to mark this anniversary, a video series has been commissioned focusing on the ideas, achievements and people that have contributed to its growth since 1993. Watch from one to twenty-four short videos composed from over 100 interviews being released throughout 2013.
NICE - published guidance February 2013
Published: 25 Feb 2013
The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) develops guidance using the expertise of the NHS and the wider healthcare community. New guidance this month includes asthma; fertility; ultrasound-guided foam sclerotherapy for varicose veins .
NHS Evidence - eyes on evidence February 2013
Published: 22 Feb 2013
NHS Evidence - providing easy access to a comprehensive evidence base for everyone in health and social care who takes decisions about treatments or the use of resources. Reports in the February 2013 issue of the monthly bulletin include: weight management in pregnancy; physiotherapy treatment for Parkinson's disease; prevention of ventilator-associated pneumonia with oral antiseptics; benzodiazepines and the risk of dementia; ctalopram for the treatment of depression.
Improving personal budgets for older people research overview
Published: 06 Feb 2013
An evidence overview of key pieces of UK research between 2007 and 2012 focuses on the implementation and uptake of personal budgets and direct payments for older people in England, including those with dementia.
NICE - published guidance January 2013
Published: 25 Jan 2013
The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) develops guidance using the expertise of the NHS and the wider healthcare community. New guidance this month includes autologous blood injection; diabetic macular oedema; varicose veins; long bone fractures; hyperplasia; percutaneous pulmonary valve implantation; psychosis and schizophrenia in children and young people; urothelial tract carcinoma; hypertension.