MPFT Library

Library and Knowledge Services for Midlands Partnership University Foundation Trust. We tweet about library, mental and physical health news and publications.

[MPFT Library @library_mpft]

Do you want to meet new people from across the Trust? Join our Random Connections Trio event to connect and collaborate with colleagues across MPFT.

Sign up for the event using the following link to secure your place! https://t.co/5k44lq2ssl

@mpftnhs #RandomisedCoffeeTrial

[MPFT NHS Research & Innovation Department @MPFTResearch]

🎉Today, #MPFTResearch is celebrating #MentalHealthNursesDay

😊Meet Dr Gary Lamph, Research & Innovation Honorary Consultant #Nurse (Mental Health) @mpftnhs!

📩If you're an #MPFT colleague interested in #research, we'd love to hear from you! Contact us at [email protected]

[MPFT Library @library_mpft]

Great article from British Journal of Healthcare Assistants about how Health Libraries can help you navigate misinformation and fake news for yourself and your patients @RCNLibraries @MA_Healthcare
Login using your MPFT email address to access full text:
https://t.co/SXpsymu01h

[MPFT Library @library_mpft]

Don't forget you can access our online resources 24/7 over the Christmas period🎄 If you want to talk to a member of staff, our availability is listed below.

If you have any questions, feel free to contact us via email or MS Teams and we will get back to you.
@mpftnhs

[MPFT Library @library_mpft]

Excellent article from British Journal of Healthcare Assistants about how using and working with Health Libraries can support your practice and professional development. @MA_Healthcare
Login using your MPFT email address to access full text:
https://t.co/ZvnYfttSAs

[MPFT Library @library_mpft]

Be more productive with our laptop docking stations available at the Redwoods and St George’s libraries. Connect your laptop to use the monitor, mouse and keyboard for ease of use.🖥️🖱️⌨️
@mpftnhs

[MPFT Library @library_mpft]

Oxford Specialist Handbook series now available online to MPFT staff: recent titles include Forensic Psychiatry, and Neurodisability & Community Child Health. The full list (including print versions) is at https://t.co/zySWb976VD

[MPFT Library @library_mpft]

Fancy meeting someone new?

There's still time to join our MPFT/CWPT Random Connections event this Knowvember! Learn and collaborate with colleagues across the NHS.

Sign up for the event by 31st October to secure your place: https://t.co/uk9dCyRJ7E

[MPFT Library @library_mpft]

MPFT Library offers support finding trustworthy online information about health condition to help you have more informed conversations with your clinical team.
Both of our libraries, in Stafford and Shrewsbury, have leisure reading books available for staff and service users.

[MPFT Library @library_mpft]

The Library team are at today's Annual Member's Meeting to highlight how reading can support health and wellbeing.

Here are some of the free resources that we are promoting. Please come and visit the stand if you have any questions or would like a demo of any of these.

[MPFT Library @library_mpft]

Don't forget that you can access eBooks, audiobooks and eMagazines from your local public library for free. Contact your local library to see which apps they use: https://t.co/35Ymq12pRg
Most are accessible on phones, tablets and laptops, so you don't need an e-reader!

[MPFT Library @library_mpft]

UpToDate provides quick answers to clinical questions - these are the top topics for November.
All MPFT staff can access UpToDate from https://t.co/7Vtxxcg4Q6 (Select OpenAthens then login with your MPFT email address)
@UpToDate
@mpftnhs
@MedDirMPFT

[MPFT NHS Research & Innovation Department @MPFTResearch]

Fantastic morning at the opening of the new simulation suite at #CheadleStaffs Hospital🌟 Amazing to hear the passion for education and witness the excitement firsthand!

Image: @NeilCarrMPFT cutting the ribbon🎉

#MPFTCelebrates #MPFTResearch #MedicalEducation #Staffordshire

[MPFT Library @library_mpft]

We're really proud to be supporting this work within the library through our evidence searches. Looking forward to seeing where this leads!

[Specialist Services @ MPFT @MpftSpecialist]

Did you know we have launched our #LENSE webpage where you can keep up to date with our LENSE partnership network and upcoming events? 💻

Have a look 👉 https://t.co/GZzS7gPsRj 👈

[MPFT Library @library_mpft]

Looking for some summer reading material?📚

At the St George’s and Redwoods libraries, we have:
- Lived experience biographies
- General fiction books & e-books
- Poetry anthologies

Come in and see our collection today to help relax and unwind!

#SummerReading #mpft

[MPFT NHS Research & Innovation Department @MPFTResearch]

📢Exciting #MPFTResearch news: https://t.co/KaOqBbkxwx

Dr Finney (@finbo1977) & Prof Ryan have been named #NIHR Senior #Research Leaders through the NIHR #nursing research leadership programme.

Additionally, Dr Lamph (@gazlamph) has been appointed as Honorary Consultant #Nurse.

[MPFT Library @library_mpft]

Lots of interesting suggestions here, including the role of librarians, ring-fenced funding, staff roles for implementation of research findings @MPFTResearch Also recognition of barriers including service pressures

[The Mental Elf @Mental_Elf]

How can we make children and young people's mental health care more evidence-based? https://t.co/VlX4FXWLyz

New systematic review investigates the barriers and facilitators of implementing evidence-based practice into mental health services for children and young people.