Category: Libraries

Resource of the month

KnowledgeShare

KnowledgeShare allows you to create a bespoke service, specifically designed around you and your professional needs/interests. By signing up, you will receive updates directly to your inbox (on a weekly, fortnightly or monthly basis) to keep you up to date with current awareness and research in your identified field of work.

To sign up simply download and complete the following form and send it back to academic.library@lscft.nhs.uk

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Please feel free to download our resource of the month poster and share with your team or within your department:

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Lunch and Learn

April – Health Literacy Awareness

Thank-you to all those who attended our April lunch and learn session with Joanne Naughton from Health Education England (HEE).

As the session discussed personal stories, we could not record the session, however Joanne has kindly agreed to share her presentation- please feel free to download and share with your colleagues or team.

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We would also really value any feedback you have regarding this session or the presentation attached above. This short survey will only take a few minutes to complete: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/QHC6BRL

Just a reminder that our next session will be held on Thursday, 20th May with the Public Health Team who will be discussing ‘Long Covid’. More details will follow in the coming weeks.

Library Bulletin

Physical Health and Mental Illness

The current bulletin for physical and mental illness, produced by Greater Manchester Mental Health Trust, is now available to view and download.

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For any support accessing any of the articles within the bulletin please contact: academic.library@lscft.nhs.uk

Library Newsletter

May 2021

The May edition of the Library Newsletter is now available to view and download.

Please feel free to download and share with your colleagues and/or department:

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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

Mental Health

Podcasts

A resource compiling a list of mental health podcasts to support staff and patients. With thanks to Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS for collating this list. The list covers a range of topics focusing on the most recent evidence, current issues, interviews from experts and patient experience to professional development support.

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Lunch and learn – April Reminder

Health Literacy Awareness Session

This is just a reminder that the next Lunch and Learn session will be held via Teams on Thursday 29th April between 12pm and 1pm.

This session will discuss:

  • What health literacy awareness is and how it might impact on everyday practice
  • Issues surrounding this topic when working with patients
  • What low health literacy looks and feels like
  • The impact of low health literacy on individuals’ everyday lives and on the services that support them
  • Tools and techniques you can use in practice to overcome these issues

As the session may discuss personal reflections or examples from practice, we will not be recording the April session.

Teams invites have been sent to all our Library registered users. If you would like an invite to be extended to you or you team please email: katie.roper@lscft.nhs.uk

Meet the Author

Thank you to our authors

Thank you to all of the authors who kindly gave up their time to answer our questions and offer words of wisdom and comfort to our valuable and brave front line staff. Their words have been interesting, inspiring and poignant and have also raised a few smiles during a difficult winter.

If you missed any of the posts you can catch up on them here

Thank you Jason Beresford, Vera Waters, Katie Fforde, Neil White, Catherine Jones, Milly Johnson, Debbie Johnson, Charlie Connolly, Laura Kemp and Araminta Hall for taking part in this project. We wish you all great success with your future writing projects.

We have a selection of books by these authors on display in the library. See the collection in our catalogue here. Please email us with any requests: academic.library@lscft.nhs.uk

World Book Night

23rd April 2021

This Friday is World Book Night (23 April), celebrating the 10th anniversary of the annual celebration of reading. The Reading Agency will be celebrating with two live-streamed events in partnership with The British Library. Kicking off the celebrations is Kazuo Ishiguro in conversation with Kate Mosse. They are inviting every book lover, writer and reader of all ages to take part in the #ReadingHour from 7-8pm before finishing the night with their Books to Make You Smile event hosted by Sandi Toksvig, with David Nicholls, Bolu Babalola and Jamie Byng.

It promises to be a memorable night so get your free tickets now at the British Library website.

Library Bulletin

Substance use research

The latest research bulletin featuring new research on substance use, treatment and recovery (produced by Greater Manchester Mental Health Trust) is now available to view and download.

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For any support accessing of the articles, please contact academic.library@lscft.nhs.uk