My name is Karen Storms and I’m a new starter, having just joined as Assistant Librarian at the Royal Oldham Hospital for the Northern Care Alliance.  My library experience is mostly in educational settings and small specialty libraries so I am brand-new to healthcare.  Most recently, I worked as a consultant librarian, offering my services to institutions that needed a professional librarian but couldn’t afford a full-time post or simply needed my expertise for a short-term big project.  All of this work has been done in Hertfordshire so as well as starting a new job, I’m also moving house soon.  NCA has welcomed me and got me off to an exciting start!  I look forward to being part of the Northern Health Libraries community, and I am certain I will be asking a lot of questions.