CASH
Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH)
CASH aims to keep health professionals up-to-date with new developments for the benefit of patient care and improved decision making. It is a collaborative service provided by librarians from around England who monitor and capture content from across 3 broad sectors - Primary Care, Secondary Care and Mental Health.
The content is added to the central CASH Database and is made available to search or be streamed as a Newsfeed, using RSS technology. The newsfeeds are also available to subscribe to as a daily email alert via The CASH Portal.
Help & support is available from a dedicated Service Officer, Kath Williams (Kath.Williams@dchs.nhs.uk).
Who is it for?
CASH is aimed at health professionals working within the NHS and partner organisations.
CASH also provides a central infrastructure for the provision of current awareness services locally. To find out more about the benefits of contributing to CASH, please visit the Contributors’ Pages
Alternatively, contact the Service Officer directly (Kath.Williams@dchs.nhs.uk).
What does it cover?
CASH alerts health professionals to a wide range of information across Primary Care, Secondary Care and Mental Health. Topics covered include:
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Cancer
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Neonatal Care
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Cardiology
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Nursing
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Children and Young People
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Orthopaedics and Rheumatology
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Commisssioning
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Parliamentary and Legal
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Critical Care
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Patient Safety
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Information Management (statistics)
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Primary Care
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Later Life
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Public Health
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Lifestyle improvement (behaviour change)
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Quality and Service Improvement
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Long Term Conditions
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Secondary Care
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Management
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Social Care
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Mental Health
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CASH also provides access to specialist current awareness bulletins on over 30 topics. The bulletins are produced by library services across the country and are made available to download or subscribe to as a newsfeed or email alert.
Who manages it?
CASH is run by a Management Board– a team of library managers and information professionals with years of experience in delivering current awareness services.
CASH is funded by the SHA Library Leads (SHALL).
How can I get involved?
More information on how to get involved with CASH is available on the Contributors’ Pages.
How can I access the service?
CASH is hosted on The Improvement Network (TIN) website and is a freely accessible web resource: http://www.tin.nhs.uk/welcome/keeping-up-to-date/
CASH also has a dedicated Netvibes portal, including email alerts for each of the newsfeeds and specialist bulletins: http://www.netvibes.com/keeping-up-to-date#Home
Page updated 26 January 2012