Highlights

Don't forget to change your details with the Healthcare Library of Northern Ireland

Have you changed job or moved Trusts?

Don’t lose touch with the library, update your contact details today

It is important you update your library membership details each time you move jobs/Trusts etc. Your login details will continue to work until it is time to renew your membership so you will be able to access the e-resources and place requests for articles and books. But, if we do not have your current work address or email there will be a delay in contacting you and ultimately we may not be able to send you the resources you want, particularly if both your work and home details have changed.

Current Awareness: if you receive a Current Awareness Bulletin from your Specialist Librarian, please advise them of any changes to your email address.

So please take a few minutes and update your details each time you move. Thank you.

We use your work email as our primary means of keeping in contact with you. This may include:

Sending articles you have requested
Alerting you when books available for collection (or ones we need back)
Current awareness mailing lists (you need to advise your Specialist Librarian directly if your email address changes)
advise you of upcoming training
other library communication – including this informative newsletter

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CX work at the Healthcare Library @ Craigavon

HSC staff invited to share their views on The Library Reading Room in Craigavon

On the whole feedback was very positive about the reading room. Staff particularly like the quiet atmosphere, having an individual desk, the proximity to the hospital wards, and that it is open 24/7. There were also some suggestions to improve the facilities.

Staff were invited to write their answers to two questions on a flipchart that was displayed in the Reading Room for a week. Why did you choose to work in the reading room? and What would improve your experience here? All comments on the “Why?” were positive including: it is quiet, private, I have my own desk here, and some highlighted the necessity of the space “I have nowhere else to work when I am on the hospital site” Staff enjoy the peaceful, comfortable setting of the reading room, and that some desks have PCS, and some do not.

We also asked staff what would improve their work/study experience.

There were a few requests for webcams for attending meetings. One camera and headset were already available to borrow in the Library. We have created a new poster promoting this and we also acquired 1 additional set to lend out.

There were originally 3 linked soft seats in the reading room. These were moved out of the room to create a small breakout area, but the feedback was that staff prefer them in the room, so that is where they will remain.

There were also some requests we cannot fulfil at this time due to both space and finance constraints. These included a partition to give added privacy when online at meetings or on calls and boxes to store laptops / bags when visiting wards. We are aware of both needs, hopefully these can be considered at another time.

Library staff found the exercise interesting and helpful and we are grateful for everyone who took the time to contribute to the survey.

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Healthcare Library social media

Healthcare Library members are encouraged to follow the library on social media to keep up to date with news and services

These are the platforms to follow us on, so you don’t miss out on important information

Instagram and newly on LinkedIn (links below!) - we look forward to interacting with you on these platforms.

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/healthcarelib/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/healthcarelib/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/healthcarelibraryofnorthernireland/

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Celebrating Local Authors and Research

Continuing our recent series highlighting Local Publications

This is a list of some recent publications by Local Trust and / or University staff. We are aware this is not a complete list, so apologies if we have not included other books or articles you may be aware of. Please do get in touch if you would like to promote an article or a book you have been involved in.

Most articles include links to the fulltext, however there may be a few that are not available from library resources. Please use the place request link in the article record or on the library home page and we will send you the article free of charge.

Articles

From Rhetoric to Reality: Social Work Leading Change Through Learning and Implementing Community Development Approaches (2025) Pascoe, K. M., Hawthorne-Steele, I., O’Brien, F., & Moreland, R. (2025).. Practice, 1–18.https://doi.org/10.1080/09503153.2025.2505436 Southern Trust & Ulster U.

An Analysis of Reunifications Between Adopted Adults and Their Birth Relatives. Shields, D. E., & Nicholl, P. (2024 ) Child Care in Practice, 31(3), 471–487. Belfast Trust & QUB.

Children’s participation in social work research. A secondary data analysis of an umbrella review of children’s participation in child welfare McCafferty, Paul; Mercado Garcia, Esther British Journal of Social Work 55:4 QUB

Welfare inequalities and institutional abuse of older people in Northern Ireland: An exploratory study Montgomery, Lorna; Bunting, Lisa; Nicole Gleghorne, Laura Doyle The British Journal of Social Work, 55:5, July 2025, Pages 2292–2313, QUB

Welfare inequalities and institutional abuse of older people in Northern Ireland: An exploratory study Montgomery, Lorna; Bunting, Lisa; Nicole Gleghorne, Laura Doyle The British Journal of Social Work, 55:5, July 2025, Pages 2292–2313, QUB

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Cochrane training and webinars

Web-based guidance and help available

Did you know the Cochrane Library - Cochrane Library training resources | Cochrane Library -provides guides and webinars to help you get the most from the Cochrane Library, and to develop your skills in understanding and implementing evidence based medicine. Some are free of charge and some require payment. Topics include: the essentials of EBM, Conducting and intervention reviews and Cochrane methodology.

Take a look at what is available including tips on using the Cochrane Library.

Cochrane Evidence Essentials provides an overview and introduction to evidence-based medicine, including clinical trials. The 6 modules are presented in an interactive narrative style, with opportunities to read, listen, watch video and take quizzes to check what you have learned. Each lasts between 30 & 45 minutes and can be taken at any time. They are designed for both healthcare staff, patients and the public so it is a useful introduction, not an in-depth look at EBM. Webinars in the Evidence Essentials series include: Evidence based medicine; RCTS; introduction to systematic reviews; Understanding and using systematic reviews; Patient & public involvement in Cochrane and critical appraisal of rapid reviews.

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Highlights

Healthcare Library Highlights February 2026