We have had some new books this week including books on diversity and cultural awareness and overcoming racism. They are available to borrow now:
Overcoming everyday racism
White fragility: why it's so hard for white people to talk about racism
Diversity & cultural awareness in nursing practice
Just in case you were wondering about the benefits of having an NHS library service and how we can help you...
NHS Library and Knowledge Services are helping to deliver the best care and treatment possible to patients and our team here at UHNM is playing its part.
Making the gathering of information as easy as possible for healthcare professionals, getting the required evidence into practice and giving them the ‘gift of time’ which they can then spend with patients is where Library and Knowledge Services can have both a direct and indirect effect on the care patients receive and a positive impact on NHS services as a whole.
Health Education England (HEE) commissioned a report Library and Knowledge Services Value Proposition: The Gift of Time, identifying key benefits of a library and knowledge service within an NHS organisation and, specifically, the specialist roles embedded within NHS teams.
Findings in a recently published international literature review showed that for every $1 of funding spent on library and knowledge services a return of $2.4 is received. If applicable to the NHS it suggests that library and knowledge services are already delivering a net economic benefit of £77m per annum.
Read the report https://www.hee.nhs.uk/our-work/library-knowledge-services/value-proposition-gift-time and find out more about NHS Library and Knowledge Services.
Health Education England have provided access to a further collection of e-books. These can be accessed from your myathens page by selecting Kortext eBooks from the resource list. You will need your Athens password to login. Once logged in select collection to see the books available to you. If you don't see a list of books try entering NHS England in the search box.
There is currently a collection of approximately 85 books which can be accessed and read online. Titles have been suggested by Health Libraries and cover a wide range of popular topics Take a look! If you need help to use the ebooks you can access pdf instructions here or contact the library by phone (x 2913) or email: library@uhnm.nhs.uk.
The library has added to its collection of educational games by purchasing a copy of Focus Games Mental Health and Physical Health (MaP) at work game. This can be loaned by individuals to use in their workplace with their teams to support well-being. It can be played by clinical or non-clinical staff and library staff would be happy to act as facilitators if required. You can set aside as much or as little time as you can spare - you don't have to work through to the end of the game, just raising awareness and starting the discussion in your team may be enough. It also comes with an additional set of instructions on how to play in a Covid safe way.
This is what the publishers have to say about the game:
Many employees feel uncomfortable discussing mental health with colleagues and line managers - The MaP Game: Workplace Edition provides a pressure free, informal opportunity to discuss mental health at work. It helps break the silence around mental health, allowing employees and managers to discuss how the organisation can effectively promote general wellbeing, and support any employees who have mental health conditions.
It is designed to help create an open culture where managers and employees at all levels feel comfortable discussing mental health, valuing it with the same importance as physical health. It aims to promote
Audience
Suitable for all staff at any level in any organisation but will be particularly useful where the group includes line managers who can initiate change and improve support available.
(Taken from Focus Games website Nov 2020)
