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The Library and Knowledge Service informs the delivery of high-quality, evidence-based health care across Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.

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Topic of the Month - Dying Matters

The Library Topic of the Month for May is "Dying Matters".  The team has created displays at Hanley Library, Southport and Nightingale House, Whiston, with some of the books on this subject on show.  The team has also put together an Information Summary, which is..

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Topic of the Month - Dying Matters
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Book of the Week - How to be a Great Nurse

Tuesday 12th of May is this years International Nurses Day!  Nursing is a safety-critical global profession; strengthening it anywhere strengthens the profession everywhere. At a time of increasing geopolitical instability, shrinking development funding, and political pressure on health systems worldwide, nursing staff face shared challenges..

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Book of the Week - How to be a Great Nurse
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Library Survey 2026 - Have your say!

It's time once more for our annual library survey. We want to know what you think of the services and resources we provide. Did you use the library this year? What services and resources did you use? How did we help? Is there anything we..

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Library Survey 2026 - Have your say!
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Book of the Week - Best Practice in Labour and Delivery

International Day of the Midwife is celebrated on 5th May. The day celebrates the vital role midwives play in sexual, reproductive, maternal, and newborn health. More information about the day can be found on the International Confederation of Midwives website https://internationalmidwives.org/ and also..

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Book of the Week - Best Practice in Labour and Delivery
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Halton, Knowsley and St Helens Community and GP Staff

Are you based at a GP Practice in St Helens, Knowsley or Halton? Do you work for the ICB Place in any of these three areas? Then don’t forget, the Library and Knowledge Service is here to help you! We can carry out literature..

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Halton, Knowsley and St Helens Community and GP Staff

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