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NHS Staff – have you joined the Health Library yet?

Here at the Health Library we support NHS staff working for our partner organisations:
  • University Hospitals of North Midlands (UHNM)
  • North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare
  • Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent Partnership (SSoTP)
  • Stoke on Trent Clinical Commissioning Group
  • North Staffs Clinical Commissioning Group
  • Stoke on Trent Public Health

We have more than just books to help support your work. With your library card you will be able to:
  • Borrow items from the library (we have DVDs as well as books)
  • Request Inter-Library Loans
  • Request a Literature Search
  • Book on a training course
  • Access the Keele network via walk-in access

Learn about what we do from our video


Why don’t you come along and join. Complete our application form and bring it with your NHS ID to the library counter.

For access to our online resources make sure that you register for an NHS Athens username.

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