We now have access, courtesy of Health Education England, to 2 new ebook collections:-

Oxford University Press – over 130 Oxford Handbook titles – https://pages.oup.com/hee with NHS Open Athens. 

Kortext – a collection of fiction and non-fiction – https://app.kortext.com/login

Browse to find the name of your Trust – Royal Devon and Exeter or Devon Partnership Trust or sign in via NHS Open Athens – https://read.kortext.com/

Instructions to set up your Kortext account to enable reading via the App – https://www.kortext.com/support-and-accessibility/

Mental health can benefit from forest bathing, known in Japan as shinrin yoku – being mindful in nature while breathing deeply induces calm and quiet from the mental chatter.  A natural way to help to destress.  Find your nearest tree filled green space and try it out! 

You can find this book in our Health and Wellbeing Collection – Into the forest: how trees can help you find health and happiness – Dr Qing Li https://tinyurl.com/wvj889m8

If you are struggling with mental health problems, have a look @DPT_NHS selection of self-help guides, available in PDF or audio, on a variety of topics – https://www.dpt.nhs.uk/resources/self-help-guides

Health Education England and the Reading Agency have crowd-sourced a list of uplifting, digital resources from NHS staff – https://library.nhs.uk/nhs-staff-and-learners/uplifting-resources/

Happy Nurses’ Day!! Just to say a huge Thank You to all our nursing colleagues. 🙂

https://www.rcn.org.uk/get-involved/campaign-with-us/nurses-day

Reading is good for stress and your mental health – check out our Wellbeing Collection –

including the Reading Agency recommended titles on prescription for mental health,

young people’s mental health and mood boosting books – https://tinyurl.com/y8xp2ewn

The Library will be unstaffed from
Friday 02 April  – Monday 05 April.

24/7 access and self-service book issue/return is available to registered members of the Library.

Don’t forget you can also access a wealth of resources such as journals, databases and e-books online via NHS OpenAthens.

Help and advice is available via our website, Help section.

Wishing you a Happy Easter.

The Library Team

Exeter Health Library will be operating a virtual library service over the Christmas period.

From Monday 21^st December, library staff will be working from home ready to answer your enquiries on rde-tr.library@nhs.net or 07729106174.

As usual, library staff will not be working on weekends and bank holidays, but will respond to your enquiries as soon as we can.

Staff will be back in the library office from Monday January 4^th 2021.

Due to a regional staff training event, we won’t be in the library to help you today. We will be checking emails so the best way to contact us is by email at rde-tr.library@nhs.net

We apologise for any inconvenience.

The Library Team