A rather windy August day saw the Knowledge and Library Services in the Serenity Garden at GETEC, celebrating South Asian Heritage Month with staff. Having anchored everything down due to the blustery weather (making us feel rather less than serene!), Read More …
Category: GEH and SWFT
Take Pride in your NHS at George Eliot Hospital
In June, Lisa and I went to the Pride event at George Eliot Hospital to promote the Knowledge and Library Service. The foyer was a wealth of rainbows, with stands from Wellbeing, Unison, and Unite (amongst others). In comparison I Read More …
SWFT & GEH Review of The Magician by Colm Toibin
The joint Wellbeing Reading Group book choice for Pride Month turned out to be a bit of a Marmite book, with some of the group absolutely loving it, and some definitely not! The novel was a fictionalised account of the Read More …
Fancy a new read for World Book Night? Try one of these recommendations from People Development.
The People Development team (of which Knowledge and Library Services are part) spent a happy half hour this morning recommending music and books and films and TV shows to one another. The task was to pick ONE example of a Read More …
Behold! The spoils of war
The winners of our inaugural KLS staff Christmas quiz were Stephen, Rayanne, Bev and Lisa, also known as the Old Guard. A brilliant game was played by the A Team which consisted of Gavin, Deb, Zoe and Nathan, and the Read More …
Book Review- The Poetry Pharmacy Forever!
Thank you to the publisher for sending copies of this Poetry Pharmacy Forever by Willliam Sieghart for our reading group. I really enjoyed the look and feel of this book. The textured, old fashioned cover gives it weight and a Read More …
Joint SWFT and GEH Wellbeing read: Lioness by Emily Perkins
The joint book group choice for this month was Lioness by Emily Perkins. Described as ‘perfection’ (Glamour magazine), ‘a thoughtful, intelligent novel about one woman’s search for more meaning’ (Good Housekeeping), ‘a coolly ironic look at modern womanhood’ (The Times) Read More …
Celebrating Clinical Librarians on World Evidence-Based Healthcare Day
Happy World Evidence-Based Healthcare Day everyone from Rayanne and Lisa, your Clinical Librarian Team. This annual event highlights the importance of using the best available research evidence to inform clinical decision making and provide the highest quality patient care. In Read More …
BMJ Case Reports
Are you a clinician, researcher, or trainee with an interesting medical case report you want to share with the healthcare community? Submit your case study manuscript to BMJ Case Reports, an authoritative international journal from the BMJ Group. Knowledge and Read More …
Team Insights training
For the first time on Thursday 8th June, the joint Knowledge and Library Service met for training together at the Eliot Park Innovation Centre. It was very useful for our whole team to meet, as we are normally based on Read More …