NHS Maternity Statistics, 2008-09 [England]

“Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) contains a wide range of maternity information which has been published annually since 2000-01. The publication includes details of all births taking place in NHS hospitals (in England) excluding home births and those taking place in independent sector hospitals. This includes a wide range of information such as details of how the baby was born (method of delivery), complications, birth weight and gestation.” The full report is available to download.

NHS System Reform – Annual Evidence Update 2009

The health management specialist collection (NHS Evidence) has produced its annual update on NHS system reform, which includes the latest knowledge published in the previous year. Following extensive searches, the site now brings together the latest knowledge on patient choice, commissioning, alternative providers, foundation trusts, payment by results and regulation published in the past year.

Problems accessing MIDIRS & BNI?

l am afraid that we are experiencing problems accessing Ovid resources such as Midirs and the British Nursing Index (BNI) at the moment. The issue has been reported and hopefully will be resolved soon. It is possible to access these databases using the method below as an emergency measure.

•  Follow the procedure to set the Athens Cookie from our web pages or visit https://auth.athensams.net/setsite.php?id=WALESSWANSEA
•  Once you have logged in select ‘Ovid Online’ from the list of Resources displayed.
•  On the Ovid News Page that appears select continue.
•  From the list of databases select the options that you are interested in.

Wales and its Local Health Boards Demographics

With the creation of the new Local Health Boards, a new website has come up with demographic profiles for each Board.  The English language version can be found by clicking here; the Welsh language version can be found by clicking here.