Organizational Partner: National Elf Service

Lead: André Tomlin, Managing Director
Preferred contact: andre.tomlin@minervation.com https://twitter.com/Mental_Elf
Key Words: Evidence-based healthcare, Information science, Social media, Digital health, Web design, Web development, Multimedia, Usability testing, Coproduction, Blogging, Database development
Resident in: UK; Working in: UK, US, Europe; Area(s) of Interest in VBP: Communications/website, Communications/other/[please specify], Education, Management, Policy/Commissioning, Research/other/[please specify], Services/person-centered Related Area(s) of Interest: Evidence-based practice Area(s) of healthcare expertise: Child Health, Mental health/General, Nursing, Primary care, Service user, Social care, Musculoskeletal, Dental, Learning Disabilities, Commissioning, Public Health
Brief Description of Work: The National Elf Service helps people keep up to date with the latest reliable research. We cover mental health, social care, learning disabilities, dentistry, musculoskeletal health, commissioning, child health, diabetes, stroke and healthy lifestyle.

The broad aims of the National Elf Service are to help health and social care professionals:

  • Keep up to date with the latest health and social care research
  • Connect with experts and colleagues in their field of interest
  • Track their learning and contribute to their professional development

We have produced a short video demonstrating the website functionality: https://vimeo.com/128611186

Find out more at: www.nationalelfservice.net

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Values Based Social Care

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