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Smallwood Library

Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
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Moseley Hall Hospital
Alcester Road
Moseley
Birmingham
B13 8JL
England

0121 466 6282

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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)

NHS

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