Health Library News

  The Health Library will have reduced opening hours over the Christmas holidays. Wednesday 24th December - Open 9am-4pm Thursday 25th- Sunday 28th December -  Closed Monday 29th- Wednesday 31st December - Open 9am-4pm Thursday 1st January -  Closed Friday 2nd January - Open 9am-4pm Normal opening times resume Saturday 3rd January. Please check our website for  current opening hours . Online resources are available via  the Health Library website .

  HIV/AIDS Awareness Month takes place each December. According to the charity National AIDS Trust there are more than 105,000 people already living in the UK with HIV. This campaign helps to raise awareness of the virus and fights to reduce the stigma surrounding it.   RELATED LIBRARY RESOURCES     The Health Libraries, both at the Royal Stoke and County Hospitals, offer 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 Paradoxes of PrEP for HIV Prevention ; Skovdal, Morten; 2025 (Policy Press) – [available as an Open Access e-book] Global LGBTQ Health: Research, Policy, Practice, and Pathways ; Hwahng, Sel J; Kaufman, Michelle R; Hwahng, Sel J; Kaufman, Michelle R; 2024 – [available as an Open...