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  According to the charity Diabetes UK, there are 4.3 million people living with a diagnosis of diabetes in the UK.  The NHS spends approximately £10 billion a year on diabetes – almost 80% of this is spent on treating the complications. Diabetes Awareness Month takes place every November with the aim of highlighting the health challenges diabetes presents and providing help and support to those affected.    RELATED LIBRARY RESOURCES     The Health Libraries, both at the Royal Stoke and County Hospitals, offer numerous resources related to this topic. In the lists below you’ll find a small selection of items from our collection. To locate these items, simply go to our online catalogue or ask at the counter.  This document covers the following resources – books , journals , journal articles and patient information .   BOOKS       Textbook of diabetes ; Holt, Richard I. G.; Flyvbjerg, Allan; 2024 (Wiley-Blackwell); 6 th edition. Diabetes care at a glance ; Phillips, Anne; 2023

 We've introduced a new feature to help you to find what you need on our website. Use the Health Library search box to find resources, services and training opportunities. Try it now! You'll find a link to the search box on our home page , in the banner. What does it do? This new feature runs a simple search on google. Your search results are limited to the Health Library website and etutorials. Google decides on the relevancy of your results. This search option is good for looking for named resources (such as databases), library services and training opportunities. What doesn't it do? This search option does not search any of our resources. So, it will not find information for your assignments or work such as articles or books - you'll need a database for that. But you can search for a database! What do you think? We're running this as an experiment. What do you think? Is it useful or not? Send any comments, good or bad, to Cheryl, our eresources librarian, at c.ke

Are you searching effectively? Do you want to improve your skills?  Whether you are looking for articles for your assignments or you need to check the latest evidence for your work, you need to have the right skills Complete our short quiz Check Your Skills and find out what information skills you have and how you can improve them.  Answer all the questions and download your action plan to help you to improve.

 Improve your digital and information skills to improve your literature searching. Make sure you use our resources effectively. Take a training session at the Health Library to get the skills to find the articles you need for your assignments, studies and research. Our training opportunities can be... Face-to-face or online - whatever is comfortable and convenient for you 1-to-1 or in a group - whether you need something personalised or like learning in a group In a nutshell - take a short workshop at Campus or online Drop-in - pop in for a quick chat with our librarian team during our drop-in sessions. Check for all the training opportunities we deliver for Keele students and staff on our web page .

Join Elsevier to celebrate black healthcare professionals this Black History month. October 29th 🌟Outstanding contributions- Join Us for an inspiring Panel Discussion during Black History Month! 🌟 In honour of Black History Month, we're hosting a panel highlighting the vital contributions of Black healthcare professionals throughout history and the opportunities/challenges still faced today. Our panellists will share their expertise and stories, addressing systemic inequities and their impact on patient care. This session aims to provide insights into creating a more inclusive and supportive healthcare environment for all. Whether you're a provider, administrator, or simply interested in this important topic, don’t miss this opportunity to hear from the experts! 🔗 Join us and be part of the conversation! https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/2898da7c-c07f-4083-b2f3-8df48daebd6a@9274ee3f-9425-4109-a27f-9fb15c10675d

 The latest NHS OpenAthens bulletin is now available on the Health Library website. Read this for articles on  managing your NHS OpenAthens username, a welcome to new starters, key information on the website, getting your evidence updates and relevant library news. If you have not received your OpenAthens bulletin to your UHNM email inbox please check whether your account can receive external emails. It is important that you can receive emails from OpenAthens in order to maintain your account and continue to access resources. Contact UHNM IT if you are experiencing problems with your email account.

If you are a Keele healthcare student studying at the CEC or on placement within the NHS, make sure you make the most of your Health Library. The Health Library, based in the CEC on the Royal Stoke site, is a joint Keele University / NHS library. Your Keele card is your library membership card. Use our good quality resources and develop your skills to make your studies a success. If you’re studying at the CEC, working on placement or just live near-by, feel free to pop in. Complete our online tutorial Welcome to Keele Students to learn more about what we offer you.

 The Health Library Team are excited to launch the first edition of their digital brochure . Take a look inside to find out more about how the resources, facilities and services can support you with your work and wellbeing. Read through the brochure and click on the menu tabs above it.

Make the most of NHS resources and develop your skills by signing up to our training opportunities. Courses are available online or face-to-face and are delivered by our qualified librarian team. The following training sessions are available to UHNM staff: NHS Knowledge and Library Hub The Knowledge and Library Hub lets you search multiple healthcare resources including NHS Core content and UHNM subscribed resources. This course includes searching for full text of journal articles and a brief look at databases and point of care tools such as BMJ Best practice. Literature Searching in Medline Database This 1 to 1 session focuses on searching the medicine databases for health literature. This session includes running and saving a search, accessing full text journals and where to search next. Searching the Cochrane Library for Systematic Reviews and Randomised Control Trials This brief 1 to 1 session will show you how to conduct and search in Cochrane Library and save your results. Clin

B aby Loss Awareness Week takes place every October and provides an opportunity for all those effected by baby loss to come together in remembrance and commemoration.  The campaign also aims to raise awareness of the impact of pregnancy and baby loss and the importance of bereavement support.  Many of the UK’s leading charities involved in Baby Loss Awareness Week also work on driving change and helping to prevent baby deaths and pregnancy loss.   RELATED LIBRARY RESOURCES     The Health Libraries, both at the Royal Stoke and County Hospitals, offer numerous resources related to this topic. In the lists below you’ll find a small selection of items from our collection. To locate these items, simply go to our online catalogue or ask at the counter.  This document covers the following resources – books , journals , journal articles and patient information .   BOOKS       Pregnancy loss and the death of a baby: guidelines for professionals ; Hunter, Amanda; Stillbirth & N

 Welcome to the latest issue of the Health Library for North Staffordshire newsletter, October 2024 . Find out about the latest activities at the library and our recent blog posts. This issue includes help for new NHS members of staff and new students. You can view previous newsletters from our website .