Managers and Leaders
Last updated: September 2025
How the library can support you
The library can provide support, training, and resources to help you develop your leadership and management skills, if you are completing a formal course or if you just want to develop your skills.
We have a large collection of relevant books and journals which are available to all East Cheshire NHS Trust staff.
Access to computers and study space 24/7 and advice and support from the librarians during staffed hours.
Athens
NHS Athens (also called OpenAthens) is a single username and password needed to access most of our online resources. Register for an Athens account at the link below – make sure you select East Cheshire NHS Trust as your organisation.
Keep updated
The library produces a number of updates and bulletins containing the latest evidence on different clinical and non-clinical subjects, including a HR bulletin – Making People Count. Click the link below to visit our Current Awareness page to view the latest edition and to subsrcibe to receive updates direct to your email.
Learning and development
E-Learning
- E-Learning for Healthcare: Management and Leadership Skills programme.
- NHS: Mary Seacole programme for first time leaders in healthcare.
- NHS Leadership Academy: Bitesize learning.
- Helmsley Fraser leadership modules – self-enrolled leadership courses available through your East Cheshire NHS Totara/My Learning App account.
Online resources
- NHS North West Leadership Academy – including their publication Leader.
- NHS England: How to manage people and teams booklet
- The King’s Fund: The importance of psychological safety (video).
- Healthcare People Management Association (HPMA): Realising My Potential Resource Hub