Healthcare Library

The Library can help support YOU by finding information and evidence, providing training sessions, and helping with electronic resources. For example, are you:

• carrying out research?
• writing guidelines or policies?
• conducting an audit?
• introducing a service improvement?
• producing patient information?
• developing quality and productivity initiatives?
• continuing your professional development?
• making management decisions?
• short of time?

For more details about the Healthcare Library click here.

Location and Opening Times

The Healthcare Library is in Block 29, SDH South, across the road from the Hedgerows Café Exit.

Open and staffed Monday-Friday 9am-4pm
Out of hours access 24/7 to registered library members using Trust ID card.

Library Membership

Library membership is available to all health care staff (both clinical and non-clinical), volunteers and students on placement.

To join the library please complete the registration form here.

Resources 

Online Wellbeing Resources (April 2023)

Health Care Library Wellbeing Resources (May 2023)

Diversity Resources

A collection of Leaflets and educational resources are also available in a designated space for staff connected to the Armed Forces

Ability Confident Resource List available through the library

Staff Carers Resource List available through the library

Race Equality Resource List available through the library

LGBTQ+ Resource list available through the library

Women Network Resource List available through the library

Wellbeing Zones

The Wellbeing zone can be located within the library and contains:

• Mood boosting fiction – 52 nationally recognised books which include novels, poetry, and self-help books.
• Uplifting fiction – 10 specially selected titles by NHS staff for NHS staff which include poetry and fiction.
• Wellbeing and self-help books – including titles on mindfulness, anxiety, resilience, and stress management.
• Quiet space –a quiet space and comfy chairs to get away from a busy ward or office.
• Working Stress app – this is available to all clinical staff and has been designed to help them manage stress and avoid burnout.
• Working Stress game –provides an opportunity to come together as a team and have fun, whilst opening up difficult conversations about stress and mental health, and providing tools for how to approach situations differently. This can be played as a board game or online via Teams using online platform. Full instructions are provided.
• Educational and team building games – including the Communication, Teams That Care, and Removing Barriers games.