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 If you missed the Breast Cancer Awareness webinars run by Elsevier earlier this month then you can catch-up with the recordings: Breast Cancer Awareness with CoppaFeel - learn more about CoppaFeel, a UK-based charity aiming to raise awareness of breast cancer, particularly with younger people. Find out how to check your own breasts as well as learn more about the educational resources they have to support patients. This webinar lasts about 40minutes. 5 Reasons why you should be talking about breast cancer - find out more about the latest evidence available about breast cancer, including risk factors, diagnosis and treatment. This recording lasts about 40 minutes. Both presentations also briefly mention the impact of the covid-19 pandemic on breast cancer services. You can find links to the videos on the elsevier web page here .

Do you work for one of our NHS partners: UHNM, North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare, Clinical Commissioning Groups or GP practices in Staffordshire? Are you completing a piece of research or working on a specific project? Be it clinical research, audits, quality improvement, innovation projects, new service developments or your personal work. Did you know the library can help? We have resources and expertise that can help you to: Clearly identify your question Complete your background reading Refresh your information and digital skills Identify what has been published recently Prepare your project Think of funding possibilities Run your project Share your results Publish your research No matter how small or large, or how complicated or simple, we will try to help so that you can succeed.  Take a look at our NHS Researchers page for more information and get in touch if you need help.

 If you work as a healthcare or nursing assistant then the Health Library can support your career development and educational activities. Here is how we can help: Join the Library At UHNM you have access to 2 libraries: Health Library for North Staffordshire - based in the Clinical Education Centre (CEC) on the Royal Stoke site. Health Library at County - based in the post-graduate medical centre on the County Hospital (Stafford) site. Your library membership covers both sites and you can use whichever library is most convenient for you. You will need to complete a membership form to join -  this is available from our website . Your membership allows you to borrow from our book collections as well as access a range of other services. Register for NHS OpenAthens Username An NHS OpenAthens username will give you access to the NHS online resources that we subscribe to for UHNM. You register by completing an online form - go to  our OpenAthens page  for more information ...

 Welcome to all the foundation year doctors to UHNM, who have started this year. I hope that you are settling in and have found your feet. Here is a reminder of how the Health Library can support you in your work and in your career going forward. Join the Library At UHNM you have access to 2 libraries: Health Library for North Staffordshire - based in the Clinical Education Centre (CEC) on the Royal Stoke site. Health Library at County - based in the post-graduate medical centre on the County Hospital (Stafford) site. Your library membership covers both sites. You will need to complete a membership form to join - this is available from our website . Your membership allows you to borrow from our book collections as well as access a range of other services. Register for NHS OpenAthens Username An NHS OpenAthens username will give you access to the NHS online resources that we subscribe to for UHNM. It is important that you register for an account so that you can access ebooks, journa...

   There may be some disruption to access to the NHS PCs in the Health Library on Thursday 22nd October, as maintenance work takes place to upgrade the machines to Windows 10 machines. This work will take place throughout the day. Apologies for any inconvenience this may cause.

  The menopause is a natural part of ageing that usually occurs between 45 and 55 years of age as a woman's oestrogen levels decline. Studies have shown that menopause symptoms can have a significant impact on attendance and performance in the workplace. As our populations are living longer, working longer and with so many women working within the NHS it is important to support staff during this time to stay well and thrive in their workplace. World Menopause Day is a worldwide awareness call for women who face health issues when approaching, during and beyond the menopause. The International Menopause Society’s World Menopause Day Awareness Campaign highlights the opportunity of using the menopausal period to assess female-specific risk factors and preventing the development of cardiovascular disease. For more information surrounding the menopause, please visit the British Menopause Society, NHS Employers and NHS Choices websites: https://thebms.org.uk/ https://www.n...

Elsevier / Clinical Key are offering activities during the week 12th to 16th October to help increase awareness of breast cancer and help you to learn about the resources you can access from Clinical Key. You can take a quiz or sign-up for a webinar. Tuesday 13th - Take a quiz and win a book!. Learn more about how Clinical Key can help you to find information about breast cancer. Wednesday 14th - Sign-up for a webinar "5 Reasons why you should be talking about breast cancer" Friday 16th - Sign-up for a webinar "Breast cancer awareness with CoppaFeel!" You can find all the details about the activities and join in by going to the elsevier Breast Cancer Awareness page. Clinical Key is a clinical search engine which includes full-text access to a wide range of journals and ebooks. All UHNM staff can access Clinical Key via their NHS OpenAthens username. For more help on using Clinical Key see our blog posts on the Information Skills for Health blog .

 The sway presentation NHS Online Library for UHNM Staff has been updated with 2 new tutorials: Library Search for NHS Users - to help NHS staff to use the library's catalogue Library Search Searching NHS Databases using HDAS - to help users to use HDAS to search the NHS bibliographic databases NHS Online Library For UHNM Staff Learn more about the online resources and services that are available to you. Go to this Sway

 There may be some disruption to access to the NHS PCs in the Health Library on Thursday 8th October, as maintenance work takes place to upgrade the machines to Windows 10 machines. This work will take place throughout the day. Apologies for any inconvenience this may cause.

  Find out more about how the Health Libraries can support you in your work, studies or research: See our tutorials: Using the Health Library or NHS Online Library for UHNM staff Join the library today!                                                          

  You can borrow a Keele networked laptop from the Health Library. Please come to counter with your library card and one can be issued to you. You will need to wipe down the equipment before and after you have used it. If you are an NHS member you will also need to request a temporary Keele login in order to log on to the laptop.    Laptop loans are available for 1 day only. Please return the laptop to the counter at least 15 minutes before the library closes. 

  The Keele IT Suite will no longer be available via the Health Library. For the foreseeable future it will only be available to Keele University medical students. Please contact CEC reception to arrange access.    Keele networked laptops are available for loan within the Health Library.