Thank-you to everyone who attended our lunch and learn session on Wednesday. Our guest speaker, Amy Niven, a Bibliotherapy Officer for the Libraries, Museums, Culture and Archives service at Lancashire County Council, gave a very interesting presentation on public libraries and the resources and initiatives currently on offer.
If you missed the session, you can watch the session recording here (please use your LSCFT email to access).
We would really appreciate any feedback on these sessions. If you have a few spare minutes we kindly ask you to complete our survey- which should take no longer than 5 minutes to complete: https://www.surveymonkey.com
Libraries Week is an annual showcase and celebration of the best that libraries have to offer. It explores the innovative and surprising things that libraries are doing.
This is just a reminder that the next Lunch and Learn session will be held via Teams on Wednesday 29th September between 12pm and 1pm.
This session will discuss:
How to access public libraries
Key resources available
Updates and new initiatives
Teams invites have been sent to all our Library registered users. If you would like an invite to be extended to you or your team please email: carmel.smith@lscft.nhs.uk
The September edition of the Library Newsletter is now available to view here.
Please feel free to download and share with your colleagues and/or department.
If you would like to see any additional features on our newsletter or have any queries regarding information featured in this month’s newsletter, please get in touch by emailing: academic.library@lscft.nhs.uk
September Reading for Health Book of the Month:How to cope: the welcoming approach to life’s challenges by Dr. Claire Hayes
‘Life can be demanding enough without us causing ourselves greater upset because we “don’t feel happy”. Instead, let’s welcome all our feelings of distress, all our thoughts and beliefs about life’s challenges, and focus on transforming these in a way that is helpful for us.’
In How to Cope, psychologist and clinical director of depression awareness charity Aware Dr Claire Hayes takes a good look at our thoughts and how they can affect us, demonstrating how each of us can use cognitive behavioural principles to help us cope. In a very clear, practical way she shows us how to make sense of our distressing feelings, to become aware of our unhelpful thoughts and our core beliefs, and most of all, to focus on what we can actually do to improve things for ourselves. Rather than trying to suppress or ignore negative thoughts and feelings of distress, she invites us to welcome them as messengers asking us to do something helpful to improve things.
Using her unique techniques such as the ‘Coping Triangle’ and ‘Coping Sentences’, Dr Hayes shows us how to proactively manage life’s challenges, such as pressure, rejection, loss, failure, success and change. Real-life case studies illustrate the success of Dr Hayes’s approach, while practical exercises and advice make it accessible to all readers. How to Cope is the ideal book is for anyone who has suffered from stress, anxiety or depression, and for their friends and family.
The book is currently available for free on the Borrow Box app as an eBook and eAudiobook. It is one of the public library’s always available titles, so it means that you won’t have to queue to borrow the book – just download it instantly. To access this, you will just need a Lancashire Library card (you can apply here if you don’t already have one) and download the Borrow Box app for free from the Google Play or App Store. Alternatively, you could also reserve a physical copy from one of the reopened libraries.
Thank-you to everyone who attended our lunch and learn session yesterday. Our guest speaker, Chris Davies, an artist specialising in painting, film, graphics and photography, gave a very interesting presentation on this worthwhile project.
If you missed the session, you can watch the session recording here (please use your LSCFT email to access).
For more information about the project please read here.
We would really appreciate any feedback on these sessions. If you have a few spare minutes we kindly ask you to complete our survey- which should take no longer than 5 minutes to complete: https://www.surveymonkey.com
Watch the recording of this webinar from NHE’s Finger on the Pulse podcast. It features Will Warburton from the Health Foundation and Dr Shanti Vijayaraghavan and the focus is on the ability to provide results and support virtually to patients, without an in-person visit, allowing much greater convenience for patients.
