Expanding our health & wellbeing section was something the East Lancashire Hospital NHS Trust (ELHT) team had talked about back in December 2019, and we had planned to do this early in 2020. However, COVID 19 stopped us in our tracks,…
This is a bit of a late ‘new starter’ post, as I actually started all the way back at the beginning of February! In my defence, it has been a very strange year…My name is Kathryn Aylward and I’m the new Assistant Librarian at York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.…
Back in November 2019, and following the example from Manchester, we had an Away Day under the rather grand heading of “Improving the health and wellbeing of citizens of Leeds: strengthening links between libraries in Leeds”…
It is challenging thinking back and to be honest it feels a little bit like a luxury. We talk about a ‘new normal’ but in reality, the library has always stumbled from one crisis to another. We have always adapted to the needs of the organisation. It will also continue to do so and what that looks like yet is still an unknown. What has been different for Covid, was despite being well placed; it still blew in and left us topsy turvy.…
This has been a year of many changes at the QE Library! To share just a few……
This has been an extremely busy year for the service at East Lancs Hospitals NHS Trust. In March 2019, Abbas Bismillah, our new Head of Library and Knowledge Services took up post…
It’s been a busy year at BTHFT and library staff have been working hard to deliver an effective service despite some staffing challenges.…
How MY Staff Library got stuck into a lucky dip.…
We are delighted to announce the launch of the Garden Library, based in the Four Seasons Café, Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust (BDCFT).…
East Lancashire Hospital NHS Trust (ELHT) held their annual Health & Wellbeing event at Royal Blackburn Hospital on Wednesday 22nd May 2019. It’s an all-day event with lots of information stands and activities promoting services including Quit Squad -smoking cessation, electric bikes, Unison, and walking activities to name but a few. The Trust library service has always gone to these events to promote our wellbeing resources and support staff; however, this year we did things slightly differently.…
