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Winter is coming – check the resilience and wellbeing collection for NHS users

 NHS HEE have added a range of ebooks to the Kortext collection to support staff resilience and wellbeing. As you prepare for the coming winter, remember to look after yourselves and your staff. Browse the collection for titles covering resilience in the workplace, leadership and management, as well as titles looking at personal wellbeing.

Take a look at the resilience and wellbeing collection available to NHS staff members.

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This collection is from the NHS Kortext collection of online books.

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Access the collection

Kortext Collection

The NHS has subscribed to a range of useful ebooks from the Kortext collection. These include management topics and self-help support as well as healthcare topics. To log in to the Kortext collection and start searching for ebooks follow the instructions on our help page.

NHS Knowledge & Library Hub

The NHS Knowledge and Library Hub allows you to search a range of different NHS-based resources from one page. To search for ebooks on the Hub, see the step-by-step instructions on our blog post Finding ebooks on the NHS Knowledge and Library Hub – step-by-step instructions.

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What about a print book?

Library Search

You can search our catalogue, Library Search, for print books available in our collections. Library Search allows you to search for books at the Health Library, Keele Campus Library and the Health Library at County. If you need a book from another library’s collection, just ask us and we’ll arrange for it to be sent to the Health Library for you to pick up.

We also have a Reading Well collection in the Health Library. Come along and look for something inspirational or just a self-help guide.

Learn more about running a basic search on Library Search

Selection of book titles to start (from images above):

  • Anti-Burnout / Michael Drayton
  • Critical Resilience for Nurses / Michael Traynor
  • Developing Resilience / Michael Neenan
  • Emotional Resilience / Geetu Bharwaney
  • GP Wellbeing / Adam Staten and Euan Lawson
  • Managing Health and Wellbeing in the Public Sector / Cary Cooper and Ian Hesketh
  • Organised wellbeing / Tim Marsh / Louise Ward
  • Resilience at WorK / Kathryn Jackson
  • Resilience in Healthcare leadership / Alan Belasen
  • Self-care for Allied Health Professionals / Alison Battye
  • Seven Ways to Build Resilience / Chris Johnstone
  • Stories of Resilience in Nursing / Michael Traynor
  • The Leaders Guide to Resilience / Audrey Tang
  • Your Health at Work / TUC Trades Union Congress and Becky Allen and Howard Fidderman

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