The March book choice for SWFT was a bit of a change from our usual fare. Marple is a collection of short stories by 12 different authors, with the central figure of Agatha Christie‘s Miss Marple linking the tales. Miss Read More …
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New Books week commencing 4th March 2024
Concise Medical Dictionary – Oxford Quick Reference E. A. Martin (editor), Jonathan Law (editor) Publisher’s Synopsis Written by a team of medical experts, this market-leading dictionary offers clear and authoritative definitions for all aspects of medical science. It features up-to-date coverage Read More …
New books commencing 26th Feb 2024
MRCP PACES: The Answers Revealed by Dr Deepa Iyer Synopsis: Including 80 clinical cases organised by 8 fundamental systems approaches, ‘MRCP PACES: THE ANSWERS REVEALED’, includes all the vital information a successful MRCP candidate needs to know. Helpful for an initial Read More …
Health Information Week – spotlight on Children’s Health
Last week was Health Information Week, and one of this year’s themes is Children’s Health. In this post we’ve partnered with Warwickshire Libraries Librarian, Phil, to highlight sources of trustworthy information about children’s health, their safety and wellbeing. Also with Read More …
PowerPoint presentations
Hi everyone – I’m Bev one of the senior library assistants at the GEH. From time to time I create PowerPoint presentations to be displayed on the plasma screens in GETEC (George Eliot Training and Education Centre).Some presentations are about Read More …
Health Information Week 2022- a review
Health Information Week (HIW) is an annual national, multi-sector campaign promoting high-quality information for patients and the public. High quality health information can have a huge impact on people’s ability to stay healthy and manage illnesses effectively, giving them a Read More …
Staycation in style with Warwickshire Libraries
We’re having a break from our monthly Twitter #HealthChat until October but have invited our Warwickshire colleague Emily to write a post about all what’s available at your local public library. We are amazed at all the activities they provide Read More …
eMagazines from Warwickshire Libraries
eMagazine service from Warwickshire libraries In our recent Library Survey we were asked for Time Out/Leisure magazines for our Wellbeing Corner. Whilst we’ve a well used Time Out book collection (all donations thank you 😀 ) we are not able to Read More …
Living with dementia, Somebody I used to know
This month our Wellbeing Reading Group was privileged to host Wendy Mitchell the author of our latest read Somebody I Used to Know. Wendy wrote her memoir of being diagnosed and living with dementia alongside her co-author Anna Wharton, and Read More …
This blog may put you to sleep (but it’s meant to do that!)
Originally published on Warwickshire Public Libraries’ blog at https://librariesblog.warwickshire.gov.uk/2021/03/30/this-blog-may-put-you-to-sleep-but-its-meant-to-do-that/ March is a month when our thoughts often turn to Spring, to lighter mornings and the joyous feeling of longer days. The darker nights of Winter begin to recede and we Read More …