Lunch and Learn – June Reminder

A session around understanding strategy

This is just a reminder that the next Lunch and Learn session will be held via Teams on Wednesday 16th June between 12pm and 1pm.

This session will discuss:

  • An introduction to strategy
  • How to create a strategy
  • Strategy in everyday life
  • Putting a strategy into action

Teams invites have been sent to all our Library registered users. If you would like an invite to be extended to you or your team please email: carmel.smith@lscft.nhs.uk

Windrush Day

Windrush Day is on 22nd June

Windrush Day honours the British Caribbean community, and the half a million people who travelled to the UK after the Second World War. The first Windrush Day was held on June 22 2018. More people than ever before are taking part this year to support the Windrush Generation, and show sympathy with the hardships they have endured.

For more information please read here.

We are currently promoting a collection of books inspired by the Windrush Generation in the library. If you would like one of these books to be posted out to you please email us academic.library@lscft.nhs.uk

Library Newsletter

June 2021

The June edition of the Library Newsletter is now available to view here.

Please feel free to download and share with your colleagues and/or department.

If you would like to see any additional features on our newsletter or have any queries regarding information featured in this month’s newsletter, please get in touch by emailing: academic.library@lscft.nhs.uk

Resource of the Month

Royal Marsden Manual Online

The Royal Marsden Manual of Clinical Nursing Procedures has been the definitive, market-leading guide to clinical nursing skills for over three decades. This indispensable guide sets the gold standard for nursing care, providing the procedures, rationale, and guidance required by qualified nurses to deliver clinically effective, patient-focused care with expertise and confidence.

The Royal Marsden Manual of Clinical Nursing Procedures:

  • Provides content written by nurses for nurses
  • Empowers nurses to become informed, skilled practitioners
  • Reflects current procedures and changes in modern adult nursing practice
  • Includes procedures supported by up-to-date evidence with detailed rationales for each step of each procedure
  • Considers the clinical governance around procedures and nursing practice
  • Integrates NMC 2018 ‘Future Nurse: Standards of Proficiency for Registered Nurses’ guidance
  • Contains new content on ‘Self Care and Wellbeing,’ helping nurses to care for themselves emotionally and physically

Access the manual here and log in using your OpenAthens login details. For help with this please email the library team academic.library@lscft.nhs.uk

Please feel free to download our resource of the month poster and share with your team or within your department.

Women’s Prize for Fiction 2021

Shortlist announced

The Women’s Prize for Fiction is the UK’s most prestigious annual book award celebrating and honouring fiction by women. The Prize celebrates excellence, originality and accessibility in writing by women in English from throughout the world. The 2021 shortlist was announced on 28th April, with the winner being announced on the 7th July.

The Women's Prize For Fiction 2021 shortlist is here

Library Bulletin

Digital Mental Health

The latest edition of the Digital Mental Health bulletin, produced by Greater Manchester Mental Health Trust, is now available to view and download.

Please contact the library: academic.library@lscft.nhs.uk for any support accessing of the articles.

Lunch and Learn – May Reminder

Post (long) COVID: a lasting legacy or a passing phase?

This is just a reminder that the next Lunch and Learn session will be held via Teams on Thursday 20th May between 12pm and 1pm.

This session will discuss:

  • An overview of long-COVID
  • Current evidence on what it is, who it affects and how it affects people
  • The implications of long-COVID on health services and wider society

Teams invites have been sent to all our Library registered users. If you would like an invite to be extended to you or your team please email: carmel.smith@lscft.nhs.uk

Library Bulletin

Making Every Contact Count

The new edition of ‘Making Every Contact Count’ bulletin is now available to view and download.

This edition features current awareness for the following topics (with relevant articles related to the Covid 19 pandemic):

Smoking Cessation

Healthy Weight

Healthy Eating

Alcohol

Physical activity

The majority of articles have direct links to the publications, however please get in touch if you are struggling to access any of the articles within the bulletin.

Please remember to contact academic.library@lscft.nhs.uk with any topics you would like to see in future bulletins.

Resource of the month

KnowledgeShare

KnowledgeShare allows you to create a bespoke service, specifically designed around you and your professional needs/interests. By signing up, you will receive updates directly to your inbox (on a weekly, fortnightly or monthly basis) to keep you up to date with current awareness and research in your identified field of work.

To sign up simply download and complete the following form and send it back to academic.library@lscft.nhs.uk

Please feel free to download our resource of the month poster and share with your team or within your department: