Ciao di nuovo! from the Mental Health Libraries Network
A description of the role and purpose of the recently established national Mental Health Libraries Network…
Impact Case Study - Contributing to Women's Care
There is something very Victoria Wood about the words “pelvic floor” also known as, lower your voice for this bit, “women’s’ problems”, but it is great to be involved with a research project that is relevant to all women particularly those of a certain age.…
International Clinical Librarians Conference – Leicester 2023
Two weeks ago I attended the International Clinical Librarians Conference (ICLC) in Leicester. As a grateful recipient of a YOHHLnet CPD bursary here are my reflections on the two day event. On review…
Remember, remember: reflecting on Knowvember 2022
As KNOWvember comes into view once more, here at Pennine Care we have been reflecting on our activities for 2022. The theme last year was breaking down the barriers to mobilising knowledge in the NHS. We used the Knowledge Management tool to examine those barriers and review what steps we could take to overcome them…
A LIHNN gathering at the Poetry Library in Manchester
LIHNN members catch the end of the NHS exhibition marking not only its 75th year but a poetic documentation of the lived experience of its workforce throughout the Covid-19 Pandemic.…
Introducing the new KLS team at Stockport NHS Foundation Trust
Introducing the new KLS team at Stockport NHS Foundation Trust – Mary Barden, Knowledge & Library Services Manager, and Naomi Majek, Assistant Librarian.…
Do you want a fight? Sustainability in NHS Knowledge and Library Services
"...nothing short of the reorganisation of society, and the redistribution of power and wealth, is what is required to – and I don’t feel it is overly dramatic to write this – actually save the world."…
Guardians of the Universe
Just to prove I don’t just attend these things just to have a nice day out (although a day trip to York is always very enjoyable – thank you) Nick Poole’s presentation at the YOHHLNet Summer event, June 2023, on the theme of the celebration of 100 years of CILIP got me thinking.…
New starter - Ruth Flagg-Abbey
Hello all, my name is Ruth and I started in June as Assistant Librarian at Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust.…
Expanding health literacy awareness at UHMBT
In response to a number of complaints received by the Trust relating to clinical to patient communication, UHMBT Library and Knowledge Services (LKS) took part in the Health Literacy Awareness (HLA) trainer sessions provided by HEE. This was in preparation to roll out health literacy sessions for UHMBT staff groups. As the Postgraduate Education Team had teaching programme for the Foundation Year 1 (FY1) doctors, UHMBT LKS was able to deliver HLA as part of this programme. The aim was to deliver sessions to as many staff groups as possible across the Trust.…