Help Yourself to Health: an award-winning project

Help Yourself to Health is a joint project run by Shetland Library and NHS Shetland. We promote health and wellbeing books available in the library, and have expanded our collection with recommended stock from the NHS.

Visit the Shetland NHS Health Improvement website here, to find out about local facilities, including help to stop smoking.

The health websites below are recommended:

NHS inform a co-ordinated single source of quality assured health information for Scotland.

Health in my language: provides translated information about health and health services in Scotland.

Health Info Plus: an online library of quality assured health information for everyone.

NHS 24: comprehensive up-to-date health information and self care advice for people in Scotland.

NHS Direct: for health advice and information. You can also phone 0845 4647.

22nd March 2010: Help Yourself to Health takes the trophy for best project at the NHS Shetland Quality Awards. Pictured left to right are Melanie Smith (Health Improvement), Dr Susan Laidlaw (Public Health), Ian Kinniburgh (NHS Shetland Health Board), Peter Ratter (Health Improvement) and Karen Fraser (Shetland Library). Sandra Laurenson, NHS Shetland's Chief Executive, praised the project saying 'I wonder why we didn't think of it years ago?'

The prize money was used for eye-catching new branding and display equipment for the project.

Margaret Burns and Emma Whitney visit Shetland Library

9th November 2009: our health promotion attracted a visit from Margaret Burns and Emma Whitney of Health Scotland, who were visiting Shetland.

Pictured left : Help Yourself to Health is launched in July 2009 by Betty Fullerton, Chairman of Shetland Health Board and Silvija Crook, Library and Information Manager.

Last updated on 23 April, 2010