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Library & Knowledge Service for NHS staff/students of Homerton Healthcare & ELFT
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A reminder of our November Books of the Month
Come & find them, in the library, or online via our catalogue
🔎 homerton.koha-ptfs.co.uk 📚

📘 What white people can do next

📙 Disability in the workplace, the politics of difference

📗 My house plant changed my life
November 28, 2025 at 12:41 PM
#eBookoftheMonth here @newcomblibrary.bsky.social

Disability in the Workplace: the politics of Difference

Search our online catalogue homerton.koha-ptfs.co.uk & access the book with your NHS OpenAthens account

See also our "Diverse Perspectives", and "Disability Reading" reading lists
November 27, 2025 at 4:14 PM
#BookoftheMonth here @newcomblibrary.bsky.social

What white people can do next : from allyship to coalition

by Emma Dabiri
November 26, 2025 at 3:41 PM
As it's #SelfCareWeek too - why not take a look at our "Your Health and Wellbeing" Reading list as well - lots of useful book on there, suitable for everyone, not just men!
👉 homerton.koha-ptfs.co.uk/cgi-bin/koha...
November 19, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Calling all Homerton & ELFT men, did you know Men make up 36% of the NHS workforce?

Today is #InternationalMensDay a day to celebrate positive role models & raise awareness of men’s wellbeing & mental health -

Take a look at our Men's Health reading list homerton.koha-ptfs.co.uk/cgi-bin/koha...
November 19, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Houseplants are good for your mental wellbeing, are mood enhancing and improve air quality, so on #WorldKindnessDay be kind to yourself, and the environment - care for a houseplant

Find out more in our #Wellbeing book of the month 💚

My Houseplant changed my life by Tv gardener David Domoney
November 13, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Our focus this month is on KnowledgeShare - a tool we use to help you connect with the latest research & #bestpractice

Homerton & ELFT staff - sign up for our regular targeted email alerts, or ask library staff to find the best evidence for you!

Sign up here: forms.office.com/e/Fi373AaLhw
November 11, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Following on from #GreenLibraries week, take a look at our November #Wellbeing book of the month

My Houseplant changed my life by Tv gardener David Domoney

🌱Discover how to keep you and your plants thriving 💚

🌱Your humble houseplant will de-toxify & re-energise your environment 💚
November 5, 2025 at 2:38 PM
A reminder of our October Books of the Month - 3 treats for you!
🎃 📙🎃📙🎃📙

Find them and more 🔎 homerton.koha-ptfs.co.uk
October 31, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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Sustainability Bingo Challenge card - small actions make a big difference! 😀

Pick up your card from the library, or download this picture

Bring along your completed cards to the library and claim a small reward 💚

#GreenLibraries Week @newcomblibrary.bsky.social
October 30, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Today! Come along to our Houseplant Hospital session from 12-1pm as part of our #GreenLibraries week activities 🌱

Join us & Emma Myers in the Education Centre for advice, seeds & take away free cuttings!

Also pick up a Sustainability challenge bingo card
How many actions can you complete? 💚 🙏
1/2
October 30, 2025 at 10:33 AM
so if it's books about being Green,

or books that just happen to be green...we have something for everyone! 💚😀📗📗📗

#LoveYourLibrary this #GreenLibraries Week
October 29, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Go green at the library this #GreenLibraries Week!

Celebrate by borrowing books, instead of buying them! 💚

Take a look at our Green Reading List 👀 👇
homerton.koha-ptfs.co.uk/cgi-bin/koha...
October 29, 2025 at 12:06 PM
#GreenLibrariesWeek Sustainability Bingo Challenge - how many actions can you complete? 💚

Bring along your completed card to the library & get a small reward!
Print out your sheet here, or pick one up from the library
October 27, 2025 at 4:28 PM
This is #GreenLibrariesWeek!

This year's theme is "Seeds of Change"
We invite you to join us in thinking & acting more sustainably this week, & for the future💚

We'll be sharing actions we've taken & those you can take too to make your live more sustainably
See our Sustainability Bingo Challenge👇
October 27, 2025 at 4:28 PM
We need your help updating our #BlackHistoryMonth Reading List - take a look and tell us what's missing 👀
▶️ lhl.koha-ptfs.co.uk/cgi-bin/koha...

If you know of recently published books that we could add to the list please get in touch
by email, [email protected]
or reply here! 🙏
October 22, 2025 at 10:15 AM
New: The Healthcare Inequalities team at NHS England has commissioned a #healthliteracy resource, published by NHSProviders.bsky.social

Improving Health Literacy in the NHS nhsproviders.org/resources/im...
October 16, 2025 at 11:38 AM
This October we are Spotlighting the Reading Agency's "Reading Well for Families" books & resources -
see link for more info
▶️ readingagency.org.uk/get-reading/...

and #HealthLiteracy

See ▶️ library.nhs.uk/wp-content/u...

Please ask library staff to find out more
October 15, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Today is #WorldMentalHealthDay - and we all need to take
care of our mental health and wellbeing

The Newcomb Library provides a calm peaceful space to take
time out from your busy day:
We have wellbeing & fiction books 📚
green plants, 🌱
a jigsaw puzzle 🧩
Take a break with us 💚 😍
October 10, 2025 at 12:40 PM
October is #HealthLiteracyMonth

Our level of health literacy can affect how well we understand health information & the choices we make

Find lots of useful tips & techniques for helping others to get to grips with health information in the Health Literacy Toolkit
library.nhs.uk/health-infor...
October 7, 2025 at 3:04 PM
A short poem for #NationalPoetryDay featured in poet Lemn Sissay's thought-provoking memoir, My Name is Why, a book we read in May for #HomertonBookGroup

"Not lost said the sun
At the start of the day
Just following instinct
Just finding my way"

Lemn Sissay
October 2, 2025 at 3:58 PM
"Knowledge is of two kinds. We know the subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information on it"

Do you know where to start searching for information to inform your knowledge (apart from asking a librarian)?

▶️ #NHSKLHub See the link on our intranet page, log in with your #OpenAthens
September 19, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Also, to access and browse relevant journals on #PatientSafety such as the "Journal of Patient Safety and Risk Management", use the Publication A-Z
link on the #NHSKLHub homepage

*Don't forget to login with your OpenAthens account to ensure access to local resources
September 17, 2025 at 11:57 AM
17 September is #WorldPatientSafetyDay
See www.who.int/campaigns/wo...

This year's theme: 'Safe care for every newborn and child'

Did you know you can find all the latest research on #PatientSafety by searching the NHS Knowledge & Library Hub #NHSKLHub (our Resource of the month)
- see below
September 17, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Have you seen our September #BooksoftheMonth displayed in the library?
Book: Bates' guide to physical examination & history taking

eBook: Reflective leadership in healthcare: a practical guide

Wellbeing book: The burnout doctor : Your 6-step recovery plan

Take a look!
▶️ homerton.koha-ptfs.co.uk
September 15, 2025 at 2:32 PM