Library services and educational resources for trainees
This is a list of education resources including NHS library locations and other useful information.
- Publication date:
- 01 April 2020
- Date range:
- 1 April 2020 - 1 April 2021
NHS library locations
Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust
Library Academic Centre
Maidstone Hospital
Hermitage Lane
Maidstone
Kent ME16 9QQ
Telephone: 01622 224647
Email: gm.e.metw-tr.library@nhs.net
Fobs available with a refundable deposit for 24/7 access
Library - Education and Training Centre
Tunbridge Wells Hospital at
Pembury
Tonbridge Road
Pembury TN2 4QJ
Telephone: 01892 635884
Medway NHS Foundation Trust
The Library Service
Medway Maritime Hospital
Windmill Road
Gillingham
Kent ME7 5NY
Telephone: 01634 833849
Email: trust.library@nhs.net
Psych students an placement here can join and use the Library for study, computer access (generic log ins), printing and photocopying for a small fee payable (by everyone) and depending on their length of placement borrow books.
Students just need to show their ID. Without Medway NHS Trust ID access cannot be given for out of hours but trainees can still use the library during staffed hours:
Monday to Friday from 8.30am to 5pm.
24 hour access is available via your Trust ID card.
Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust
Darent Valley Hospital Library
Philip Farrant Education Centre
Darenth Wood Road
Dartford
Kent DA2 8DA
Telephone: 01322 428548
Email: librarydvh@dvh.nhs.uk
The library can be accessed out of hours, using access cards loaned overnight or over the weekend. If it isn’t possible to get in before closing to collect the card, it can be left at the hospital main reception desk for you.
To use this service you need to have joined the library.
East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust
Canterbury
The Library and Education Centre
Kent and Canterbury Hospital
Ethelbert Road
Canterbury
Kent CT1 3NG
Telephone: 01227 864354 or 01227 766877 Ext 74115
Email: ekh-tr.kchlibrary@nhs.net
Margate
Clinical Library
Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Hospital
Ramsgate Road
Margate
Kent CT9 4AN
Telephone: 01843 225544 Ext 63829
Email: ekh-tr.qeqmlibrary@nhs.net
Williesborough
The Library and Education Centre
William Harvey Hospital
Kennington Road
Willesborough
Kent TN24 0LZ
Telephone: 01233 633331 Ext 88413
Email: ekh-tr.whhlibrary@nhs.net
East Kent Hospitals offer 24/7 access to all library members. Please complete a registration form for a £3 fob which can be programmed for any East Kent site.