26 June 2019
UH Bristol takes part in Living Library for Health Information Week
Next week, 1-7 July 2019 is Health information week, a
national, multi-sector campaign to promote high quality information
for patients and the public.
High quality health information can have a huge impact on
people's ability to stay healthy and manage illnesses effectively,
giving them a better quality of life.
To celebrate the week, UH Bristol are teaming up with Avon and
Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership (AWP), North Bristol NHS Trust
and Bristol City Council to form Bristol's NHS Living Library.
Living Libraries work like normal libraries - visitors browse
the catalogue, choose titles they are interested in, and borrow
them for a defined amount of time. The difference to normal
libraries is that the 'books' are people, and the'reading' is
a conversation.
This free event takes place at Bristol Central Library on
Wednesday 3rd July, from 2-4pm. Anyone is welcome to attend,
whether you're a student looking for an insight into a career, or a
member of the public who wants to find out what it's like working
in healthcare.
UH Bristol members of staff Nancy Clemance, project coordinator
for voluntary services, Michelle Bonfield, clinical vascular
scientist, and Laura Percy, haematology consultant, will be there
alongside psychologists, psychiatrists, consultant haematologists,
the head of occupational therapy, nurses and nurse trainers as the
'books' available to check out for 15-minute slots, giving people
the opportunity to really find out what it's like to experience and
work in the healthcare sector through open and informal
conversations.
Books can be reserved before 3rd of July through Bristol Central
Library or on the day at the Living Library Helpdesk, in the foyer
of Bristol Central Library.
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