Audio Books

Wellbeing Digital Audio Books

We have a collection of wellbeing digital audio books and electronic fiction books to help support the health & wellbeing of staff. Some titles include:

Coping with Anxiety
Relieve Stress the Mindfulness Way
Critical Thinking and Self-Awareness
End Anxiety: The Essential Guide on How to Overcome Anxiety and Live Stress Free, Discover The Proven Methods on How to Reduce the Stress in Your Life
Practical Stress Management: The Essential Guide on How to Finally Break
Habits of a Happy Brain
Resilience
Kindness – The Little Thing That Matters Most
Mindfulness Meditation

These are available to all Trust staff, You can borrow two books at a time , If the book you want is already on loan you can  reserve it and be notified via email when it becomes available.

You can borrow and listen these audiobooks on your desktop/laptop, you need to login with your OpenAthens. Audiobooks can also be downloaded from the Boundless app for tablets, phones, and any mobile device. When titles are downloaded, they will appear in the user’s offline content Library and can be played back while out of range. 

Apple devices running iOS 10 and higher

Android devices running version 4.1 and higher

The books can be borrowed and downloaded from the Boundless App which can be donloaded from Appstore or Google Play. Contact the library for more details.

You will need OpenAthens account to access the collection.  Once you have checked out an Audiobook, you can listen it on the desktop computer or Audiobooks app on your device, convenient on-the-go. You can also use Goole account to checkout audio books.

If you don’t have an OpenAthens account you can register here.

Library News & What’s new

Health & Wellbeing Collection

Our wellbeing collection has a range of self-help and mood-boosting-books for library members to borrow. Books includes:

  • Mindfulness
  • Stress and Anxiety Management
  • Emotional Resilience
  • Meditation
  • Yoga, Pilates & Tai Chi
  • Healthy Eating

Access full list of  Health & Wellbeing Book Collection

We also have a range of resources to help staff to relax and stay healthy, including on-going jigsaw puzzles, colouring books and colouring pencils to help staff to relax and de-stress, so feel free to pop in and do a bit of jigsaw and colouring.

Board Games

We have a collection of educational board games which can be used in training sessions and to gain CPD credits. Below board games recently added to our existing collection.

Menopause Game

Team resilience game

Dysphagia game

Hydration game

Mental health at work  Map game

Mental health awareness

LGBT+ in the workplace game

Safeguarding game

If you’re interested in borrowing these board games for your CPD or training or if you have any questions please email chelwest.library.infoservice@nhs.net

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DynaMedAccess DynaMed, clinical decision support tool on the Trust intranet without password, access remotely with NHS OpenAthens, download the app to access on mobile devices anywhere. See the quick guide for details

 

Access BMJ Best Practice, clinical decision support tool on the Trust intranet without password, access remotely with NHS OpenAthens, download the app to access on mobile devices anywhere. See the  user guide for details.


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