FAQ

You can register to join if you are employed by MFT, are a student on placement at MFT or are employed by the University of Manchester and based at MFT.

Visit any of the libraries, present your ID badge as proof of eligibility and complete the registration form.

Following this, on your next visit to the library, present your MFT ID badge to one of the library staff who will then link your badge to your library record. You can then use the self-service facilities (at Oxford Road during their opening hours and at Wythenshawe 24/7) to borrow and return items. 

You can use the based at the following sites:
Oxford Road Campus
Wythenshawe Hospital
Trafford General Hospital.

To find out more about the libraries and their facilities click here.

Oxford Road Library.
Monday – Thursday 8.30am – 7pm
Friday 8.30am – 5pm
Saturday 10am – 4pm

Wythenshawe Hospital Library.  If you have a MFT Wythenshawe ID badge, you can swipe into the library 24/7 365.
Staffed hours are:
Monday – Thursday  8.30am – 5.30pm
​Friday 8.30am – 4.30pm

Trafford General Hospital Library.
Monday – Friday  8.30am – 4.30pm

You can borrow up to 10 books plus an unlimited number of books from our non-medical collections e.g. Fiction, Health & Wellbeing, Books on Prescription and Popular Science. The loan period is 4 weeks.

You can have up to 3 renewals, provided another user has not requested the item(s).

You can renew by email, phone, in person, by logging in to your own library account or via the library app.

You can renew up to a maximum of 3 times after which time you will have to bring the item(s) to the library. The item(s) can then be re-issued to you provided they have not been reserved by another library user.

To log in to your account you will need your reader code and PIN. Please contact us if you need a reminder of your username or PIN.

Accessing your personal library account will enable you to view and renew the items you have on loan, place reservations and update your personal details.

To reserve items on loan, go to the library catalogue, find the items you would like to reserve, log in to your library account using your reader code and PIN and then click on the reserve button.  We will send you a text message when the book is available and ready to collect.

Please contact us if you need a reminder of your reader code or PIN.

If you require a journal article or a book that we do not have in our collection, we can request it for you from another library.

For further information on this service, click here.