Library service is one of best in North West

Last updated 15:56, Wednesday, 26 March 2008

well done: Margaret Halstead, library services manager; Lesley McGarry, library assistant; and Glenda Ingram, senior information officer at West Cumberland Hospital

THE hospital library service has been declared one of the best in the North West.

The service was awarded “excellent” in 25 out of 30 categories in a recent external inspection.

The service is for both staff and patients. The inspection, by the Health Care Libraries Unit, said: “The assessors found many examples of good practice delivered by this library service and are happy to consider it as one of the best in the North West.”

The assessors particularly liked the fact that the service could be used “any time, any place and anywhere” and was not wholly reliant on staff visiting the libraries based in the education centres at the West Cumberland Hospital, the Cumberland Infirmary and the Carleton Clinic.

This means that NHS staff and students are able to use any part of the service when they wanted and even without walking away from their workplace.