The most recent edition of serious mental illness current awareness bulletin, produced by Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Trust, is now available to view and download.
The Gosall Library has invested in an LGBTQ+ book collection, which is available to view in the Gosall Library and via on online catalogue. The range includes a mix of textbooks, fiction and non-fiction texts to support staff and patients.
Some of the titles include:
Transgender Employees in the Workplace: A Guide for Employers
Gender Diversity and Non-Binary Inclusion in the Workplace: The Essential Guide for Employers
Transgender Health: A Practitioner’s Guide to Binary and Non-Binary Trans Patient Care
Understanding trans health: Discourse, power and possibility
Supporting Transgender and Non-Binary People with Disabilities or Illnesses: A Good Practice Guide for Health and Care Provision
Trans and Non-binary Gender Healthcare for Psychiatrists, Psychologists, and Other Health Professionals
Transgender 101 : a simple guide to a complex issue
TRANS: Exploring Gender Identity and Gender Dysphoria
For any more information regarding loaning these books, please contact- academic.library@lscft.nhs.uk. Remember we can send books directly to you if the Gosall Library isn’t accessible to you or your workplace.
The Women’s Prize for Fiction is the UK’s most prestigious annual book award celebrating and honouring fiction by women. The Prize celebrates excellence, originality and accessibility in writing by women in English from throughout the world. The 2021 longlist was announced in March, with the winner being announced on the 7th July.
Reading Agency Longlist
Take a look at the list here to find out more about individual books and how you can get involved.
Please be aware that the Lantern Centre- including the Gosall Library – will be closed on Good Friday and Easter Monday (2nd April to the 5th April inclusive).
We would like to wish all our colleagues, friends and family a happy, healthy and safe Easter weekend.
The Library services will return to normal from Tuesday, 6th April. Please send any queries or requests to academic.inbox@lscft.nhs.uk
The mental illness and primary care current awareness bulletin, produced by Greater Manchester Mental Health Trust, is now available to view and download.
The new edition of Community Mental Health Services Current Awareness Bulletin, produced by Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, is now available to view and download.
Bertie’s Book Group Group is a book club that focuses on fiction that touches on health or medical-related theme. The group meets on the third Thursday on every month at The King’s Fund Library; accessible by their website: https://www.kingsfund.org.uk/search?search=book+group. To mark the International Transgender Day of Visibility in March, this month the group will be discussing Trumpet by Jackie Kay.
If you would like to get involved simply join the conversation and join Bertie’s Goodreads book group to express your thoughts. The next event is being held Thursday 18th March (6pm-7pm). Click here to find out more.
Thank you to everyone who completed our Library user survey. We are always looking at ways in which we can improve and develop our department and from this have developed a newsletter to keep you up to date with current awareness, e-resources, books as well as top tips.
The newsletter will be sent to all our Library users every month and can also be viewed, printed, shared and displayed by downloading the document below.
Just a reminder that our Lunch and Learn project begins with a wellbeing and mental health session on Thursday 18th March 2021 12pm-1pm. If you haven’t already recieved your team invite please contact katie.roper@lscft.nhs.uk.
We hope you enjoy reading our newsletters- if you would like to see anything featured in these, please send your ideas, suggestions or requests to academic.library@lscft.nhs.uk