Taking the biscuit: defining excessive quantities of free refreshments in a healthcare library

Tabner, Andrew; Spicer, Stuart; Husk, Kerryn; Blake, Holly; White, Caroline; Toft, Suzanne; Johnson, Graham

doi:10.1136/bmj-2022-072846

Authors

Andrew Tabner

Stuart Spicer

Kerryn Husk

HOLLY BLAKE holly.blake@nottingham.ac.uk
Professor of Behavioural Medicine

Caroline White

Suzanne Toft

Graham Johnson

Abstract

Evidence suggests that complementary hot drinks and biscuits benefit an overworked and highly stressed healthcare workforce. But when signage in healthcare libraries asks patrons not to consume “excessive” quantities of free hot drinks and biscuits, how much is too much? Tabner and colleagues explore this resource allocation conundrum.

Citation

Tabner, A., Spicer, S., Husk, K., Blake, H., White, C., Toft, S., & Johnson, G. (2022). Taking the biscuit: defining excessive quantities of free refreshments in a healthcare library. BMJ, 379, Article e072846. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj-2022-072846

Journal Article Type	Article
Acceptance Date	Nov 18, 2022
Online Publication Date	Dec 19, 2022
Publication Date	Dec 19, 2022
Deposit Date	Nov 21, 2022
Publicly Available Date	Dec 19, 2022
Journal	BMJ
Print ISSN	1756-1833
Electronic ISSN	0959-8138
Publisher	BMJ Publishing Group
Peer Reviewed	Peer Reviewed
Volume	379
Article Number	e072846
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj-2022-072846
Public URL	https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/14028470
Publisher URL	https://www.bmj.com/content/379/bmj-2022-072846