We have a dedicated Health & Wellbeing Zone in the library with comfy chairs to relax, read wellbeing books, a dedicated PC for listening relaxation/meditation audio cd’s and viewing health and wellbeing audio visual material and related websites.
The wellbeing collection has a range of self-help and mood-boosting-books for you to borrow. Books includes:
- Mindfulness
- Stress and Anxiety Management
- Emotional Resilience
- Meditation
- Yoga, Pilates & Tai Chi
- Healthy Eating
You can access full list of our Health & Wellbeing 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. This is part of our Health & Well-Being at work initiative.
Free access to wellbeing apps for all NHS staff during COVID-19 outbreak
A number of health and wellbeing apps including Headspace, Unmind, Sleepio and Daylight were made available free for all NHS staff until the end of December 2020. Headspace, Unmind have extended their offer of free access to the app for all NHS staff until 31 December 2023.
For more information about how to sign up click here.
COVID Portal – Health and Wellbeing link
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 device (desktop/laptop/mobile) You will need OpenAthens account to access the collection. If you don’t have openAthens account you can register now. Once you have checked out an Audiobook, you can listen it on your desktop/laptop or on the boundless Audiobooks app on your device, convenient on-the-go. You can also use Google account to checkout audio books. contact us for more details.
You can borrow and listen these audiobooks on your desktop/laptop
You can also access some more audio books and ebooks through Libby App. You can access Libby either via the Libby website, or by downloading the Libby app, and logging in with your NHS OpenAthens account. For more details contact librarycw@imperial.ac.uk
Our Health Information Library signposts resources like Healthy Living, Healthy Eating , Mental wellbeing, Mindfullness and many more topics.
