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 With so many life-enhancing books promising life-long happiness, it is a wonder so many of us are so miserable. We have an entire collection to help you find your inner peace even if it is just for half an hour. Check our Reading Well collection for stories, journeys, poetry and self-help titles. We have 3 new titles to share: Rapport: the four ways to read people by Emily Alison & Laurence Alison "Get what you want from even the most difficult characters. Rapport reveals that every interaction follows four styles- Control (the lion), Capitulate (the mouse), Confront (the Tyrannosaur) and Co-operate (the monkey). As soon as you understand these styles and your own goals you can shape any conversation at will. And you'll be closer to the real secret- how to create instant rapport." The Courage to be disliked: how to free yourself, change your life and achieve real happiness by Ichiro Kishimi and Fumitake Koga "The Japanese phenomenon that teaches us the simple y...

  The Health Libraries have a wide range of titles for topics around wellbeing, burnout and self-care. This flyer highlights a selection of the titles available - print books and e-books. https://uhnm-nhs.pagetiger.com/mentalhealth1 Many more resources can be found via: the library catalogue:  Wellbeing collection  Wellbeing collection - Keele University or searching the catalogue generally at:  Library Search   or the  NHS Knowledge and Libraries Hub  – login with your OpenAthens account before searching, for the best results.  

The Health Libraries have a wide range of titles for topics around mental health. This flyer highlights a selection of the titles available - print books and e-books. https://uhnm-nhs.pagetiger.com/mentalhealth1 Many more resources can be found by searching: the library catalogue: Library Search   or the NHS Knowledge and Libraries Hub – login with your OpenAthens account before searching, for the best results.  

Do you listen to your patients? Do you get the complete view? Wondered how patients or other people have coped with a condition or diagnosis? What is the impact of disability on a family? We’ve developed  our Patient Voices  collection to give you a different perspective from a patient’s or their family’s point of view. Read patient stories to learn more. Browse through  the Patient Voices collection  online or in the Library. Topics include: mental health dementia grief cancer stroke eating disorders Covid long term conditions parenthood physical disability learning disability and many more.

 You can now check online for the latest print books and ebooks added to the libraries' catalogue Library Search. Just go to the online collection and start browsing. This collection includes new items added to the Health Library (at the CEC, Royal Stoke Hospital) as well as Campus Library and the Health Library at County (Stafford). Health Library members can borrow from any library, simply log in to Library Search and make a request. Or contact the team at the library if you need any help. If you think something is missing from our collection you can make a stock suggestion by completing our online form .

We’ve added even more resources to the NHS Knowledge and Library Hub. The print books at the Health Library (Royal Stoke) and the Health Library at County, and more e-books can now be found in the Hub.   What does it mean? When you carry out a search in the NHS Knowledge and Library Hub, print books and e-books from our library catalogue LibrarySearch will be included in the results; along with the items from our other NHS resources.   If you wish to narrow the results down to just the items from our library catalogue   – click on the ‘Library catalogue only’ limiter on the left hand side of the screen.   This is also the best option to use if you want to restrict your results to view the print stock from both health libraries.   If you wish to filter the results to just the print stock from a particular library - scroll down the left hand side of the screen to ‘Library Location’. Click on ‘Library Location’ to open the list of libraries and select ...

How well do you know the NHS? Have you been brought up abroad and are completely non-plussed by this UK obsession with a healthcare service? Take some time to learn a little... The King’s Fund is a good resource for information on the development and organisation of the NHS. Read the following articles to get some facts and figures: How does the NHS in England work and how is it changing? (King’s Fund) Watch this animation to discover the key organisations that make up the NHS and how they can collaborate with partners in the health and care system to deliver joined-up care. Key facts and figures about the NHS (King’s Fund) What's the NHS annual budget? How many doctors and nurses are there? What's the cost of an operation?  NHS workforce in a nutshell (King’s Fund) We know the NHS is facing a workforce crisis, but how many people work in the NHS in England and what are their roles? Health inequalities in a nutshell (King’s Fund) Health inequalities are a...

 Ready for your holiday? Make sure you pack all the essentials... Take along something inspiring from our Reading Well collection. Browse the collection online and borrow what you want from the Health Library.

  We know that many of you continue to study for exams to complete your professional development and progress your careers. We’ve developed the Medical Exam Revision collection specifically to support your revision. If you're looking for MCQs, SBAs or EMQs, we have an alphabet soup of books for you! Browse the collection online or pop along to the library – the exam collection is located opposite the main glass doors. Think something is missing? Let us know – make a stock suggestion .

  Do you listen to your patients? Do you get the complete view? Can you learn something new from their experiences?  This Libraries Week try something different. We’ve developed our Patient Voices collection to give you a different perspective. How have patients coped with covid? What is the impact of disability on a family? How do people react to a cancer diagnosis? Read patient stories to learn more.   Access the Patient Voices collection   You can browse through the collection online via the Library Search catalogue . See something you like? Just request it and you can pick it up later. Or just pop along to the Health Library and browse the shelves – this collection is to the right as you enter through the glass doors.   What books are available? Here is a selection (from the images above):   Type 1 Diabetes: the good, the bad and the sportsman (Ian J Cuthbert)   One Tiny Fault (Abigail Halstead)   Drifting into Darkness (Paul Gilmour)  ...

 This Libraries Week do something different and take a look at our Reading Well collection. We’re not just here for the must-have text book or latest clinical update. We’ve got a range of titles including self-help books, poetry and popular fiction. Access the Collection You can browse through the collection online via the Library Search catalogue . See something you like? Just request it and you can pick it up later. Or just pop along to the Health Library and browse the shelves – this collection is to the right as you enter through the glass doors. What books are available? Here is a selection (from the images above): The Keeper of Lost Things (Ruth Hogen) The Lido (Libby Page) Calypso (David Sedaris) Dear Mrs Bird (AJ Pearce) Heaven on Earth: 101 Happy Poems (Wendy Cope) The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse (Charlie Mackesy) The Lost Spells (Robert Macfarlane & Jackie Morris) The Guest Cat (Takashi Hiraide) The Moon#s a Balloon (David Niven) Sour Heart (Jenny Z...

  Virtual wellbeing week is being run 25th April to 1st May . It is aimed at healthcare staff and encourages you to take a moment to recognise, reflect and reconnect. You can join a range of events organised by Together We're Better: Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent . Reading can support health and wellbeing and help develop empathy. We'd encourage you to take a look at our Reading Well book collection - this is especially created with mood enhancing and self-help books. You can visit the library to view the collection or browse online . Why not take some time out for yourself and read something different? #SSOTStaffWellbeing

 Want to read for fun and share with others? Our colleagues at the Health Library at County are running a virtual reading group. You can get involved via MS Teams, email or Facebook. Just email the team at library@uhnm.nhs.uk for more info.

Make sure you look after yourselves. The library can play a part. Evidence supports the value of reading to improve health and wellbeing, so we have introduced a collection of books based on the Reading Agency’s Reading Well and Mood-boosting books. Take a look at our Reading Well collection . You can browse the collection online or thumb through books in the library. Books are available on standard loan. This collection is gathered together and shelved by the main doors. You’ll find texts on self help, inspirational stories or just something for a bit of a laugh.

 Improve your skills to get good marks, produce a good dissertation, complete your research project and write academically. Make the most of our collections to develop your study skills. Check out our special Study Skills collection . Here you’ll find books – both in print and as ebooks – to help you to: Manage your study time Develop your writing skills Make better notes Plan your dissertation Develop critical thinking skills Present your work Use the Search option to look for a particular study skills topic You can access some titles online – check whether the ebook is available for your user group (Keele or NHS) and login with either your Keele login details or your NHS OpenAthens username. You can request a title from campus library and pick it up at the Health Library.

 Exams never seem to end. Whether you are a medical student or a medical professional and you’re revising for your exams, make sure you check out our Medical Exam Revision collection for help. If you're looking for MCQs, SBAs or EMQs, we have an alphabet soup of books for you! Browse the collection online or pop along to the library – the exam collection is located opposite the main glass doors. Think something is missing? Let us know – make a stock suggestion .

 Of course we had to mention the books! We have a healthcare specialist book collection, covering a wide range of health topics and available for a diverse array of healthcare professions. Books are available in print as well as online. You can borrow books for a standard loan period of 2 weeks (for Keele users) or 4 weeks (for NHS users). Popular items are available on a 7 day loan. Some items are reference only. You don’t need to remember to renew your books – they are automatically renewed as long as no one else requests them. Please check your email regularly – we'll let you know if you need to return an item. You can search our book collection via Library Search . Log in to Library Search if you want to request an item – then we’ll let you know when it is available for you to pick up. NHS users have access to extra online collections – you can go to the NHS Knowledge and Library Hub to search the ebook collections .