Books on Prescription in Camden

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Books on Prescription in Camden

• - a partnership between Council and PCT

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Camden Partnership launched in January 2006

• Importance of partnership working
• Enthusiasm of PCT sells the idea to GPs
• Libraries provide a safe neutral place with book
  lending facilities
• Regular meetings
• 100 change in personnel

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Aims of Partnership

• Higher health profile for libraries and reading
• May introduce new members
• Increased use of health materials
• Helps with other partnerships and bids
• Beating the Blues
• Cancer information Macmillan
• BLF bid Camden Town library

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Evaluation

• Feedback from
• Prescribers
• Library staff
• Users
• Data collection by
• Prescriber
• Library
• Item
• Subject

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1,000 increase in issues?!

• BOP titles 2005 170
• 2006 1925
• BUT
• 60 of issues from open shelves
• some users must be buying
• some will not follow up
• difficult to track

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Random conclusions

• Need copies in closed collection and open shelves
• May stimulate a general increase in use of health
  / mind body spirit sections needs further
  analysis
• Users tend to go to bigger more impersonal
  libraries take prescriptions to central library
  even though neighbourhood library is closer
• Anxiety / stress / depression the most popular
  subjects

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Borrower vs Patient

• Breaking free
• The courage to heal

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Further information

• Steve Lack
• Camden Libraries
• 020-7974 3618
• steve.lack_at_camden.gov.uk
• www.camden.gov.uk