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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Our website can help - Catalogue

You can link to our catalogues from the Health Library home page - check the Quick Links options. You can use the catalogue to: search for print books search for print journals access ebooks renew your borrowed books

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