2020 Shortlist announced
The Women’s Prize for Fiction celebrates the very best full length fiction written by women throughout the world.
Read more about the prize and see the list of shortlisted books here
Free E-Books
Hachette UK offers NHS staff free e-books
Hachette UK has set up a new website to offer NHS workers across the country free e-books to thank them for their dedication during the COVID-19 pandemic. The website, which is powered by ebooks.com, will initially be available until the end of May.
See the website and download books here
Report from the Samaritans
Out of sight out of mind: Why less well-off, middle-aged men don’t get the support they need
An ongoing Samaritan’s research project seeks to build on what is already known about the reasons for the high rate of suicide among less well-off, middle-aged men, by exploring what can be done to drive change. This report brings together the findings of the first stage of this research, which included a review of the evidence relating to existing wellbeing support and suicide prevention services, and primarily ethnographic research with this at-risk group. It explores the lived experience of less well-off, middle-aged men and how community-based support services can be made more appealing and effective for them.
Read the report here
Health Inequalities
Hidden Figures: health inequalities faced by LGBT communities
This report from the LGBT Foundation analyses research and data to assess the health inequalities faced by LGBT people throughout their lives.
Read the report here.
Mental Health Apps
NHS staff given free access to mental health apps amid COVID-19 outbreak
NHS staff have been granted free access to mental health apps until December 2020 as a measure of supporting their health and well-being whilst tackling the coronavirus.
Read more here
Digital Health News
Virtual smartcards to help give NHS staff faster access to hospital systems
The use of a virtual smartcard and streamlined processes for physical cards has been given the green-light by NHS Digital
Read more here
Library Bulletin
The Gosall Library, April 2020
Read this week’s library bulletin on Learning Disabilities here
Health Literacy E-Learning
Health Education England and NHS Education for Scotland have produced joint e-learning on Health Literacy
This Health Literacy e-learning takes approximately 35 minutes to complete. It introduces the importance of health literacy and covers teach back, chunk and check, using simple language, using pictures and routinely offering help. The content relates to both clinical and non-clinical settings and may be used as a refresher for team members or as an introduction for colleagues who are interested in health literacy.
Register for the e-learning here
Clinical, mental health, and nursing e-book collections
Around 5,000 titles have been made available from EBSCO via OpenAthens until the end of May 2020 and include titles from Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, McGraw-Hill Education, Springer Publishing, Wolters Kluwer Health, Taylor & Francis and Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
The clinical collection is available here and topic areas include dermatology, gynaecology and obstetrics, internal medicine, medicine (general), nursing, ophthalmology, otorhinolaryngology, pathology, paediatrics, pharmacology and surgery.
The nursing collection is available here and topic areas include nursing research and theory, pharmacology, nursing management, evidence-based nursing, home care nursing and leadership.
The psychology collection is available here and topic areas include psychoanalysis, psychotherapy, counselling, social psychology, evolutionary psychology, developmental psychology and more.
For support contact EBSCO
Oxford Medicine Online
To help NHS staff who are tackling COVID-19, Oxford University Press is providing access to the entirety of Oxford Medicine Online to the NHS until the end of June 2020.
Library users can freely access Oxford Medicine Online using their OpenAthens login details here.
In addition Oxford Medicine Online has also freed up a collection of online resources and journals addressing COVID-19 in the hope that this information will be useful to medical professionals and carers. Find the resources here.