Building on learning from our National Health Literacy Partnership pilot sites, we are working with the #NHSApp team to help people to access health info and set up accounts on NHS.uk to access the functionality with public library support england.nhs.uk/2024/08/librar…

Sad reading on the scale of cuts to public libraries, but public libraries are still a core resource for health and wellbeing alongside digital skills/connectivity, leisure and literacy resources. Public libraries in 'crisis' as councils cut services bbc.com/news/articles/…

Are you updating slides or communications for #healthliteracymonth? Just a reminder that the geodata for health literacy levels in English boroughs were updated in December 2023, so check the figures HEALTH LITERACY - Home (geodata.uk)

Wonderful to see 2024 Walford Award presented by Sue Lacey Bryant to Rachel Cooke. A worthy winner in shaping the application of knowledge management in NHS Knowledge and Library Services. SASH Library Service 📚💙 @NHSKLS NHS England Workforce, Training and Education

Glowing in the collective warmth of being 1 of the authors who contributed to this marvellous Award Winning book, recognised by CILIP K&IM as a classic for the sector across the world. Congratulations Geoff Walton, all the editors & authors, inc those from NHS Knowledge for Healthcare. CILIP

📢 The latest issue of Health Information and Libraries Journal (HILJ) is out now! Featuring an editorial by Ruth Carlyle PhD, Head of Knowledge & Library Services, NHS England. Don’t miss this free-to-read piece, available until February 28th! 📖 🔗Read here: ow.ly/xNVQ50UFuYa HLG SIG

Health information week 2025 starts on Monday 20 January. If you are following the themes, it opens with winter health - keeping well this winter #hiw2025 healthinfoweek.wixsite.com/healthinfoweek

The theme of the second day of Health Information Week is mental health. Do look at the options for uplifting resources selected by NHS staff #hiw2025 library.nhs.uk/employers-lead… NHS England Workforce, Training and Education

Over 33,000 young people engaged in careers activities with creative industry employers for last year's #DiscoverCreativeCareers week. But why is the week so crucial for the future of the creative industries? Hear from some of the people who took part 👇 buff.ly/3Wm75xJ

The third theme for Health Information Week is wellbeing. As the national NHS libraries team in NHS England Workforce, Training and Education, we worked with The Reading Agency to curate digital and print resources as Your Health Collection #hiw2025 library.nhs.uk/yhc/

New to #HealthLiteracy? The NHS has a Health Literacy Toolkit with information on health and digital literacy and practical tips. View the toolkit here: library.nhs.uk/wp-content/upl… #HIW2025 #HealthInformation #DigitalLiteracy NHS England NHS England Workforce, Training and Education NHS Ruth Carlyle PhD

Today is the last day of Health Information Week 2025. It has been wonderful to see the range of involvement in this cross-sector partnership. Follow #hiw2025 and Health Information Week to see what has been happening and link below for activity in previous years healthinfoweek.wixsite.com/healthinfoweek…

Empowering Health Literacy: Unveiling the Impact of Health Information Week caringmindblog.com/2025/01/25/emp… a reflective blog from matthew mckenzie FRSA BEM #hiw2025 @healthinfoweek NHS England Workforce, Training and Education

Partnership working is key to tackling many inequalities. Congratulations to the NHS national knowledge & library services team NHS England Workforce, Training and Education for forging longstanding partnerships across sectors to reach people where they are. #HealthLiteracy Louise Goswami Ruth Carlyle PhD CILIP

As part of Health Information and Libraries Journal (HILJ)’s Marketing & Promotion spotlight, explore different approaches to delivering effective health library inductions—what works, what doesn’t, and what’s still evolving. Read for free: 👉onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/hi… CILIP

It's time for Misinformation to be UnMASKED. Check out this new checklist. Gr8 job Ruth Carlyle PhD & Joanne Naughton of the national NHS Knowledge & Library Services team at NHS England Workforce, Training and Education working with South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust. CILIP Libraries Connected library.nhs.uk/wp-content/upl…

📢 Call for abstracts & registrations is NOW OPEN for the 14th International Congress on Medical Librarianship! 🌍📚 Submit your abstract by 31 July 2025 & grab your early bird registration by 31 Jan 2026. All details at 👉 shorturl.at/Z9PNM #ICML2026 #CallForAbstracts

Thrilled and humbled to be elected as the next co-chair of HLG SIG, taking on the role from Lynsey Hawker to work alongside Lesley Allen from 1st July. Following on from so many amazing librarians who have volunteered for the Health Libraries Group since it was founded in 1947.

Looking forward to the professional connections that will be made here. #icml2026 #cilipconf25

“Breathing search engines, we dissect the quest” Thank you CILIP for sharing the opening poem #CILIPconf25