Smallwood Library
Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Find us
Alcester Road
Moseley
Birmingham
England
0121 466 6282
Opening Times
The library is normally staffed Mon-Fri: 09:00 - 17:00. Outside these hours you can swipe in with your BCHC ID badge, and a self-issue machine is available.
This library service also serves:
Midlands and Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit (MLCSU)
About our Service
Access Policy
Free library membership is open to: employees, volunteers and bank staff of Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust and students on placement, MLCSU staff, patients at Moseley Hall Hospital, and Moor Green clients. Those not eligible for free membership can join as an external member for an annual fee of £50.
Collection and Service Information
The library has over 1400 books specialising in geriatric medicine and rehabilitation, and also general areas of medicine, nursing and health. The collection covers topics outside health and medicine too, including material on computing skills, management, sociology, and general work skills. Special collections include fiction; wellbeing; reminiscence; leisure CDs and DVDs; and resources for brain injury survivors.
The library has two study desks, accommodating up to 8 people, and one desktop computer.
Document Supply
MIDS-BCHC
Accessibility
Library fully accessible to prams and wheelchairs via the main entrance.
LMS
Shared Koha system across HeLM, a health library consortium in the Midlands
Sector(s)
Last updated 4 months ago
Staff
Abi Alayo - Deputy Library Services Manager
Lesley Allen - Library Services Manager
Lesley Huss - Librarian
Mike Webb - Library Assistant with responsibilty for IT and web services
Sian Wyre - Library Administrator
Isabelle Stenton - Library Skills Trainer