Information for professionals

Reading Well supports better understanding and management of mental health and wellbeing.

Reading Well books can support patients:

• Whilst waiting for appointments or treatments.
• Alongside the delivery of existing services.
• As part of post diagnosis information and advice.
• As part of a social prescribing conversation:
  • You can signpost people to a specific title or list.
  • Books can be used before, during or following treatment.
  • Books are available for free from the public library. Libraries also offer other health and wellbeing services and activities.

“I frequently suggest books and resources to people who want to know about their illness and want to learn how to help themselves… It is so helpful to have a well chosen list with a range of formats.” – GP

“By recommending quality assured and robustly curated books and resources, I’m able to inform and guide my patients about their conditions… The therapeutic effects of reading run far deeper than simply providing information.” – GP

You can download top tips and a digital flyer on Reading Well for health professionals.

You can buy the Reading Well for dementia book collection and the Reading Well for families book collection from The Reading Agency at a discounted rate. If you would like to buy a Reading Well collection that is not listed here, please contact [email protected]

For individual Reading Well books, visit Bookshop.org.