our experiences in the North West is at the Greater Manchester Health Library Partner- ship Event which took place in Manchester on the 14th May 2019.
In terms of sharing information and gen- erating new ideas for collaboration between ourselves, the group meets three times a year for a few hours. We rotate the hosting to give attendees the opportunity to see other workplaces and services in action. We have also set up a blog to act as a repository for resources and to document our work: https://
boltonhealthinformationpartnership.wordpress.com/
Growth in Partnerships
Since its formation the membership has grown to include Diabetes UK, Bolton CVS (Council for Voluntary Services), Bolton College, Bolton Public Health and the part- nership looks forward to welcoming Bolton Carers Support at our next meeting. These organisations have signed the MoU.
Benefits “From a CVS perspective, the Bolton Health Information Partnership has been an invaluable tool to find out a lot more about the great work that the various libraries do throughout our town, from learning about ‘Reading Friends’ at the Central Library to being part of Health Information Week. As a partnership, we’ve been able to promote
each other’s work successfully, whilst combining on projects where appropriate.” – Patrick Long, Bolton CVS.
Health Information Week 2019 Health Information Week has given Bolton Library and Museum Services the oppor- tunity to focus on popular events, such as NHS trainer drop in sessions, and host local organisations offering health advice across the library network in a single week. However, it has also allowed the service to develop new ideas which in 2019 included a Menopause Meet Up which was both well-attended and well-received. For Health Information Week 2019, Bolton NHS Foundation Trust Library Services and University of Bolton Library focused their activities around the themed Health Information Week tweets to pro- mote resources such as health apps and the University of Bolton’s award winning LEAP Online.
A workbook was also developed by the team bespoke to the needs of staff support- ing health and wellbeing in Bolton. This was based on a workbook produced by Dave Ashbey (Doncaster and Bassetlaw NHS FT), and is a resource list for library and infor- mation staff that can be used to:
l Raise awareness of high quality,
reliable web sites providing health related information
l Increase the confidence of staff to be able to answer health related questions quickly and accurately so that patients and the public:
l Have answers to health related questions answered quickly and accurately
l Can be confident that the answers they receive come from high quality, reliable sources of health related information
l Increase their awareness of high quality, reliable sources of health related information
Future Plans
The group intend to continue to meet up regularly and share good practice. One example of a forthcoming collaboration is a ‘Reading Friends’ initiative between Bolton Library and Museum Services, University of Bolton Library and Bolton College. Ongoing work also includes the devel- opment of the blog and workbook. In addition, we are continually looking at ways to work together informally and more formally to bid for funding for pro- jects which could strengthen the work of the partnership. IP
CILIP Employers Forum
Diversity in the workforce and creating an inclusive workplace
Tuesday 26th November 2019, Leeds Central Library LS1 3AB
This annual event brings together employers, managers and leaders from across the information, knowledge and library profession to tackle the key issues of our sector.
Contact Andrew Grave
E:
andrew.grave@
cilip.org.uk T: 020 7255 0657
www.cilip.org.uk/events
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