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Opportunity to raise the profile of libraries, librarians and health information specialists within the public health workforce
The Department of Health is currently consulting on the future shape of the public health workforce. The consultation document is Healthy lives, healthy people: towards a workforce strategy for the public health system.
The consultation document includes several references to knowledge and evidence but makes no reference to the roles that libraries and librarians might play in public health. The Health Libraries Group is the lead special interest group witin CILIP for this consultation. We welome views from anyone with an interest in health libraries or the roles that health libraries might play in public health.
The Department of health consultation document can be found at:
http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Consultations/Liveconsultations/DH_133219
Ruth Carlyle, policy lead for the Health Libraires Group, has produced a short document on the possible roles health libraries and information services may play in public health. The main public health roles she suggests for libraries and information specialists are:
- Providing access to current evidence
- Providing information on healthy living
- Helping people to increase their health literacy
Are there the right elements for our response? Comments are welcomed before 1st June 2012.
You can find our online response here
If you have any queries in relation to this consultation, please contact Ruth Carlyle rcarlyle@macmillan.org.uk
March 2011
Briefing on DH Information Strategy
The Department of Health is likely to be issuing an information strategy for England in May 2012. The HLG Committee received this briefing paper at its March meeting.
March 2012 briefing on Department of Health Information Strategy
March 2009
NHS Evidence
CILIP/SCONUL Health Strategy group are writing to Gillian Leng to request a meeting to discuss NHS Evidence, for which HLG are producing a briefing paper on the role of librarians in supporting NHS Evidence's implementation.
January 2009
The Informal Learning response
August 2008
The National Service Framework
July 2008
CILIP/SCONUL Health Strategy Group's Open letter in response to the NLH review
June 2007
HLG Reponse to European Commission
CILIP, with the help of HLG, has responded to the the 'Draft report on current practice with regard to provision of information to patients on medicinal products'. The response has been acknowledged.
October 2007
Future Proofing the profession - Update on the CILIP Health Executive Advisory Group (HEAG) report.
HLG has been selected as a pilot to investigate a new relationship between corporate CILIP and its special interest groups.
The recommendations from the Future Proofing report were agreed by the CILIP Executive.
The core group which led on the development of the report was chaired by Judy Palmer, Oxford University Services, and Jackie Lord, as Chair of Health Libraries Group, was a member of the group. The HEAG's aim was to identify and explore key agendas and challenges that LIS faces within health care.
Two of the recommendations have important implications for HLG:
HLG is to be used as a pilot to investigate a new relationship between corporate CILIP and its special interest groups. CILIP will devolve policy and advocacy work to HLG. Thus, the expertise of HLG members will be used to formulate policy whilst being able to use the necessary infrastructure and policy influencing mechanisms of CILIP.
The report emphasised the need for horizon scanning, an important building block for effective influencing.
The first step towards implementing these recommendations will take place in early December, when two HLG members including Gary Birkenhead, SCOPE, and an HLG Committee member, will attend a horizon scanning event to identify professional policy priorities for CILIP.
Jackie Lord, Past Chair, HLG
29 March 2007
HLG responded on behalf of CILIP to the report Learning for a change in healthcare (see http://www.wideningparticipation.nhs.uk/). Our response covers the importance of library staff in widening participation in learning, highlighted some examples of work in this area and emphasised the importance of appropriate funding. The potential contribution of library services beyond those in the NHS was also raised.