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Diabetes Awareness Month - November 2024

  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

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We have a number of services that you can request online via our website: Inter-Library Loan (ILL) – if we don’t have a book or article that you need, you can request an inter-library loan and we will try to find it from another library. Literature Search Service – if you don’t have time to do your own literature search we can do it for you. Complete our online form to make your request. Information Skills Training – we offer a comprehensive training programme throughout the year. You can book on a scheduled course via our online booking form . Stock Suggestion – if you think we are missing a vital text from our collection you can make a stock suggestion online . Anything else? Just use our Contact Us Online form if you want to get in touch about any other issues. You’ll find all our contact details on our website if you want to contact us in any other way.

A is for Access

 You can find a wealth of information from the Health Library. But how do you get access? Access the Health Library - come along to the health Library to access our book collection and use the library facilities. You’ll need to swipe with your Library card to enter , borrow books and use the print/photocopy/scanning facilities . Access NHS online resources - you need an NHS OpenAthens username and password to log in to the plethora of online resources , especially selected for NHS users. It’s free to register, just complete the online form. Find out more from our OpenAthens web page . Access Keele online resources - Keele staff and students can access the Keele University subscribed resources using your Keele login details. Resources include healthcare-based ebooks, journals and databases. Learn more from the Campus Library page.