Welcome to episode 44 [originally broadcast on Wednesday 31 March 2021] of #mhTV​​​​​​​​​​. In this episode of #mhTV​​, Nicky Lambert and Dave Munday were joined by guest Sam Dorney-Smith to talk about people who are experiencing  homelessness.

Sam is an Adult Registered Nurse, Specialist Practitioner (Practice Nursing), and Nurse Prescriber. Having started her career in General Medicine and A&E she has been working with people experiencing homelessness since 2004. She previously managed the Health Inclusion Team (a nurse outreach team working in hostels and day centres in Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham), and more recently set up the ‘Pathway’ inpatient services for homeless people in Guys and St Thomas’, Kings and South London and Maudsley. Sam now works as a Nursing Fellow for Pathway, focused on service improvement / development in inclusion health nationally. She has had several journal articles published, has sat on numerous homeless health related steering groups, and was previously seconded to the DH. She is also currently the Nurse Project Lead for the Queen’s Nursing Institute Homeless Health Programme, the Secretary of the London Network of Nurse’s and Midwives Homelessness Group, and works doing street outreach for Doctors of the World one evening a week. This year she came runner up in the BJN Nurse of the Year category.

Some Twitter links to follow are:
NL - https://twitter.com/niadla​​​​​​​​​​
DM - https://twitter.com/davidamunday​​​​​​​​
SDS - https://twitter.com/lnnmhomeless​

Credits:
Presenters: Nicky Lambert & Dave Munday
Guests: Samantha Dorney-Smith
Theme music: Tony Gillam
Production & Editing: Dave Munday

#mhTV​ episode 44 - People who are experiencing homelessness

Welcome to episode 56 [originally broadcast on Wednesday 14 July 2021] of #mhTV​​​​​​​​​​​​​. This week Nicky Lambert spoke with guests Michelle Simon and Scott Topping to talk about reducing pre-registration attrition and improving retention.

Michelle is a Therapeutic Radiographer and became a Practice Educator Facilitator for Radiotherapy 2 years ago. Education and supporting students is her main interest. Michelle mainly works with Pre-registration students in both a clinical and academic setting. Michelle became a RePAIR Fellow in December 2020 with a focus on reducing pre-registration attrition and increasing retention across all professions which compliments her other role and drive to support others.

Scott is a Registered Mental Health Nurse and Senior Practice Development Nurse at South West London & St. George’s Mental Health NHS Trust, currently on secondment to Health Education England as a RePAIR Fellow.
 
Scott is passionate about student and staff well-being through training and empowerment. Scott is delighted to be working across London as a RePAIR Fellow and currently training as a Professional Nurse Advocate.

Some links that may be of interest:
- Capital Nurse 2nd year handbook: Routes into nursing: https://www.hee.nhs.uk/our-work/capitalnurse/workstreams/routes-nursing
- Capital AHP page: https://www.hee.nhs.uk/our-work/capitalahp
- 2021 National Education and Training Survey (NETS): https://poll.hee.nhs.uk/s/netsjune21/

Some Twitter links to follow are:
NL - https://twitter.com/niadla​​​​​​​​​​​​​
MS - https://twitter.com/@MichSimon3
ST - https://twitter.com/ScottTopping_

Credits:
Presenter: Nicky Lambert
Guests: Michelle Simon and Scott Topping
Theme music: Tony Gillam
Production & Editing: Dave Munday (https://twitter.com/davidamunday)

#mhTV episode 56 - RePAIR: Reducing pre-registration attrition and improving retention

Welcome to episode 81 [originally broadcast on Thursday 17 February 2022] of #mhTV​​​​​​​​​​​​​. This week Vanessa Gilmartin-Garrity and Nicky Lambert spoke with guests Anthony Molyneux and Liam Stowell about the medicalisation of social issues.

LS: Liam Stowell is a mental health nurse and CAMHS crisis team manager.

AM: Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist 2017-present; University of Liverpool medical school 2004-9; University of Cambridge, MA history and philosophy of science 1998-2001.

Some Twitter links to follow are:
NL - https://twitter.com/niadla​​​​​​​​​​​​​
VG - http://twitter.com/VanessaRNMH
LS  - https://twitter.com/stowell_liam

Credits:
Presenter: Vanessa Gilmartin-Garrity & Nicky Lambert
Guests: Anthony Molyneux & Liam Stowell
Theme music: Tony Gillam
Production & Editing: David Munday

#mhTV episode 81 - The medicalisation of social issues

Welcome to episode 85 [originally broadcast on Thursday 24 March 2022] of #mhTV​​​​​​​​​​​​​. This week Nicky Lambert and David Munday spoke with guests Dr Emma Berry, Dr Rebecca Hill & Jim Lavery about graphic medicine.

EB - Emma Berry is a Lecturer in Health Psychology at the School of Psychology, Queen’s University Belfast. Part of Emma’s role involves teaching on the topic of Health and Clinical Health Psychology and supervising research students. Emma also engages in a range of research projects focusing on the psychological, social, and environmental factors that influence adjustment to chronic health conditions such as Diabetes. Emma is keen to explore new and more creative ways to facilitate emotional support in individuals living with chronic health conditions, to develop resources that are ultimately more accessible and acceptable to both service users and facilitators. Current research projects include exploring the influence of social media on mental health among young people living with Type 1 diabetes and developing emotional support for families affected by diabetes. Additional research interests include Health Behaviour Change and Emma is involved in research that applies models of behaviour change to public health issues such as COVID-19, and environmental concerns such as plastic waste and recycling. Emma has a particular interest in the use of comics and illustrations as a health or ecological communication and information tool and has lead projects that have involved the co-design of comics.

RH - Rebecca Hill is a trainee clinical psychologist completing the doctorate in clinical psychology at Queen’s University Belfast. As part of her studies, she is completing research exploring the subjective experience of reading a psychoeducational comic - ‘Mind Lock’. Rebecca is passionate about enhancing mental health awareness and is a big fan of graphic novels, so is enjoying the opportunity to complete research combining two of her interests!

JL - Comic artist and illustrator

Some Twitter links to follow are:
NL - https://twitter.com/niadla​​​​​​​​​​​​​
DM - https://twitter.com/davidamunday
EB - http://twitter.com/EmmaBerry90
JL - https://twitter.com/JimLavery1

Credits:
Presenter: Nicky Lambert & David Munday
Guests: Dr Emma Berry, Dr Rebecca Hill & Jim Lavery
Theme music: Tony Gillam
Production & Editing: David Munday

#mhTV episode 85 - Graphic medicine

The Northern Mental Health Nursing Qualitative Research Forum meets three times a year to connect Mental Health Nurse researcher interested in, and conducting, qualitative research, methodologies and innovations. If you wish to be added to the mailing list , please contact KMWright1@uclan.ac.uk.

The following session was recorded at their first event on Friday 13 May. With thanks to Prof Karen Wright and Dr James Turner for organising the event and the invitation to support with recording the sessions. There was four sessions at the inaugural event. These will be shared over the next few weeks via #mhTV. You can see the future dates via: http://mhna.eventbrite.com. 

In this first session, Dr Emma Jones (Senior lecturer, University of Central Lancashire) presented on 'An interpretive hermeneutic phenomenological exploration of patients’ and student mental health nurses’ lived experiences of the time they share together on secure personality disorder units for men'

Unlike more general consideration of caring relationships, the important experience of the time patients and students share together in secure personality disorder units has not been specifically explored before. Patients and student mental health nurses participated in unstructured hermeneutic interviews. When students and patients shared time together they were being-with in their own time and space (bubble), engaging in the mundane every day, sharing activities, common interests and having a laugh, ultimately making connections, which had lasting impact. This was in despite of experiences of thrownness into the world and landscape, or the bearing of diagnostic labels. Students experienced a balance between therapeuticness (leaping-ahead) and professionalism (leaping-in). Reciprocal identities of teacher and learner were obtained within shared experiences of being assessed. The time students and patients shared together was a gift, enabling them to feel that they were ‘just people’ and valued, powerfully impacting on their sense of humanness.

Credits:
NorQual leads: Prof Karen Wright & Dr Jim Turner
Presenter: Dr Emma Jones
Theme music: Tony Gillam
Production & Editing: David Munday

#mhTV episode 90 - Dr Emma Jones at #NorQual

Effective communication is vital for high-quality, person-centred  care and fundamental to public trust and confidence in health and care professionals. 
The Nursing & Midwifery Council is currently consulting on its English language requirements. You can find out more about this consultation, which closes on 12 August 2022, on their website (https://www.nmc.org.uk/registration/joining-the-register/english-language-consultation/). This Facebook Live sessions will be just one way that we are engaging with our Unite in Health members to inform our response. 

Lead professional officer Jane Beach will host today's session and is joined by fellow LPO Obi Amadi and NMC assistant director Sara Kovach-Clark.

SKC - Sara Kovach Clark is the Assistant Director responsible for policy at the NMC. She initially trained as a barrister and family and community mediator before moving to work in regulation and standard setting for the legal profession. 
After 20 years in the legal sector she entered healthcare regulation; working in  policy and regulatory development for the GMC in 2011, and since 2017 working in policy development for the NMC. She has a particular interest in how regulators can work with professionals to motivate and support them in delivering the best standards of care.

OA - Obi Amadi has been in post as Lead Professional Officer, Unite/CPHVA since May 2000. Obi joined  from Greenwich Healthcare Trust where she was a Clinical Services Manager.
Obi trained as a midwife at Queen Charlotte’s Hospital, London, before gaining her health visiting qualification at the West London Institute of Higher Education. She then qualified as a nurse practitioner in 1994 and has worked as a health visitor, nurse practitioner and manager before taking up her current post.

JB - Jane enjoyed a 32-year career in the NHS, training first as a nurse, then as a midwife and subsequently as a health visitor, a role she enjoyed for over 16 years working in Birmingham. Participation in a research project concerned with using the Edinburgh Post Natal Depression Scale in practice motivated Jane to undertake a degree in health sciences. Her positive experience of academia encouraged her to continue onto to obtain a Master’s in Public Health, cementing her passion for public health. She moved into smoking cessation, progressing to leadership of the service before securing a role within a PCT public health team, where she was a public health nurse consultant within the health improvement team.
Jane left the NHS when PCTs were dissolved in 2011. She secured a role at the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) as the health visiting adviser and developed a keen interest in healthcare regulation. In October 2012, Jane joined the Unite Health Sector as the lead professional officer for regulation, a role that enables her to maintain close links with her professional roots supporting members across the UK. Jane’s work in regulation has included work on NMC revalidation, changes to fitness to practise and the current SCPHN review.
In her spare time, Jane is a keen walker and sings in a Rock Choir.

Credits:
#UiHLive Presenter: Jane Beach
Guest: Obi Amadi & Sara Kovach Clark
Theme music: Tony Gillam
Production & Editing: David Munday

#UiHLive - NMC English Language Consultation

Welcome to episode 102 [originally broadcast on Wednesday 26 October 2022] of #mhTV​​​​​​​​. This week Nicky Lambert, Vanessa Gilmartin and David Munday spoke with guests Chris Connell and Michael Haslam about Mental health nursing identity: A critical analysis. 

CC: Chris is a proud dad of two, keen exercise enthusiast  and mental health nurse lecturer at the University of Central Lancashire. Chris has a history of working with Children and Young People (CYP) in both long term psychological work and crisis assessment and management. Chris leads on several modules at both undergraduate and post graduate level across multiple schools at the university. Chris’ Master’s Degree is in Philosophy of mental. The dissertation is an exploration of tracking autonomy in the patient diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder.  Chris is a member of the MHNAUK sub group #MHDeservesBetter and is working towards improving mental health nurse education for students.

MH: Michael is a Senior Lecturer in Mental Health Nursing, and a current PhD student at the University of Central Lancashire. His MSc is in Personality Disorder (research) and his research interests include how care is experienced in mental health crisis settings and barriers/facilitators. Michael teaches across a range of programmes and modules including CPD and pre-registration BSc ad MSc modules. He has previously worked within Inpatient Services, Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment and more recently, Mental Health Liaison.

Some links to follow:
- Mental health nursing identity: a critical analysis of the UK’s Nursing and Midwifery Council’s pre-registration syllabus change and subsequent move towards genericism. Mental Health Review Journal. https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/MHRJ-02-2022-0012/full/html

Some Twitter links to follow are:
VG - http://www.twitter.com/VanessaRNMH
NL - http://www.twitter.com/niadla​​​​​​​​...
DM - http://www.twitter.com/davidamunday
CC - http://www.twitter.com/Chris_RMN
MH - http://www.twitter.com/mbhaslam

Credits:
#mhTV Presenters: Vanessa Gilmartin, Nicky Lambert & David Munday
Guests: Chris Connell & Michael Haslam
Theme music: Tony Gillam
Production & Editing: David Munday

#mhTV episode 102 - Mental health nursing identity: A critical analysis

The Northern Mental Health Nursing Qualitative Research Forum meets three times a year to connect Mental Health Nurse researcher interested in, and conducting, qualitative research, methodologies and innovations. If you wish to be added to the mailing list, please contact KMWright1@uclan.ac.uk.

The following session was recorded at their second event on Thursday 13 October 2022. With thanks to Prof Karen Wright and Dr James Turner for organising the event and the invitation to support with recording the sessions.

Title: What are the drivers and influencers of pursuing career choices within the nursing and pharmacy fields and does this change once in practice?
Author: Rumbi Mbondiya

Charles and Ewbank (2021) outline that even prior to the Covid-19 pandemic, the greatest challenge faced by the health care industry was workforce crisis. Presently, the effects on recruitment and retention of health care personnel post pandemic are showing a significantly increased risk of severe staff shortages (The Kings Fund,2021). To address short- an20d long-term labour shortages, concrete steps must be taken. This will require a competitive salary, flexible work options, and more defined career paths, particularly with a great emphasis laid on retention efforts for those at the beginning and end of their careers, as well as on shortage groups and specialties (Charles & Ewbank, 2021). This research focuses on nursing and pharmacy specialities.  

In view of the above, contributing towards informing better strategies to address recruitment and retention within the healthcare industry by exploring extensively the motivators behind pursuing a career in healthcare is cardinal. Henceforth, the author has chosen to undertake a longitudinal study about what motivates students to choose a profession in nursing and pharmacy. Therefore, following them up 1 year later into their first year of practice as a Health Care Professional to see if anything has changed would be deemed necessary to achieve an effective outcome which tackles the latter.  This forms the author’s research question highlighted below:  “What are the drivers and influencers of pursuing career choices within the nursing and pharmacy fields and does this change once in practice?” A longitudinal study comparing the UK and USA with the view to apply better strategies to tackle recruitment and retention within the healthcare workforce industry.  

A mixed methods approach will be used for this longitudinal study by the order of a qualitative phenomenological approach initially to provide a comprehensive description of an individual's lived experience with a phenomenon and to facilitate the documentation and description of the scant information now available. This will be followed by a quantitative data collection which will be beneficial in establishing the study's objective.

#mhTV episode 106 - Rumbi Mbondiya at NorQual

Welcome to episode 118 [originally broadcast on Wednesday 8 March 2023] of #mhTV​​​​​​​​. This week Nicky Lambert and Dave Munday spoke with guest Cara Lisette.

Cara is a bestselling author and mental health campaigner, mainly spending her time discussing the experiences of living with anorexia and bipolar disorder. She runs a successful blog about her journey through mental illness and uses her social media presence to raise awareness and tackle stigma surrounding mental health difficulties.

Some Twitter links to follow are:
VG - www.twitter.com/VanessaRNMH
NL - www.twitter.com/niadla​​​​​​​​
DM - www.twitter.com/davidamunday
CL - www.twitter.com/caralisette

Credits:
#mhTV Presenters: Vanessa Gilmartin, Nicky Lambert & David Munday
Guest: Cara Lisette
Theme music: Tony Gillam
Production & Editing: David Munday

#mhTV episode 118 - An evening with Cara Lisette

On Thursday 15 June the 2023 Skellern Lecture and Lifetime Achievement Award evening was held at Cardiff University. #mhTV was invited to act as a repository for the event. You can watch the recording of the livestream of the event on the Unite/MHNA YouTube page via https://bit.ly/Skellern2023_on_mhTV.

This audio recording for podcast includes the following parts of the evening:
- Welcome to Wales, welcome to Cardiff - Dr Nicola Evans, Reader in Mental Health Nursing, Cardiff University's School of Healthcare Sciences
- 'We are the locksmiths' - A Poem authored and read by Trudi Peterson, Registered Mental Health Nurse and Performance Poet
- Plaque presentation to Trudi Peterson - Dr Alicia Stringfellow, Senior Lecturer in Mental Health Nursing and Professional Head, Cardiff University's School of Healthcare Sciences
- Welcome address - Steve Clarke, Mental Health Nursing Officer, Welsh Government (on behalf of Sue Tranka, Chief Nurse, Welsh Government)
- Introduction to the Skellern Lecture - Dr Gary Winship, Associate Professor, University of Nottingham's School of Education
- Skellern Lecture 2023 - Dr Anne Aiyegbusi, Registered Mental Health Nurse, Group Analyst and Forensic Psychotherapist
- Skellern Lecturer Plaque Presentation - Professor Daniel Kelly, RCN Chair of Nursing Research, Cardiff University's School of Healthcare Sciences

You can see some tweets from the evening on this Twitter thread: https://twitter.com/Unite_MHNA/status/1669382557241049101?s=20

#mhTV episode 129 part 1 - #Skellern2023

Welcome to episode 132 [originally broadcast on Wednesday 12 July 2023] of #mhTV​​​​​​​​. This week Nicky Lambert, Vanessa Gilmartin and David Munday spoke with guest Hazel Cheeseman about smoking and mental health.

HC: Hazel has worked across health and social care policy in the UK and abroad. She currently manages ASH’s policy development work. With a background in health and housing policy Hazel has particular expertise in local government and the delivery of policy at a local level. Hazel also co-ordinates two coalitions dedicated to addressing the health inequalities caused by smoking; The Smoking in Pregnancy Challenge Group and the Mental Health and Smoking Partnership.

Some Twitter links to follow are:
VG - www.twitter.com/VanessaRNMH
NL - www.twitter.com/niadla​​​​​​​​
DM - www.twitter.com/davidamunday
HC - www.twitter.com/HazelCheeseman

Credits:
#mhTV Presenters: Vanessa Gilmartin, Nicky Lambert & David Munday
Guest: Hazel Cheeseman
Theme music: Tony Gillam
Production & Editing: David Munday

#mhTV episode 132 - Smoking and mental health

TW // Suicide / self-harm / If this subject is difficult for you please consider giving this episode a miss. Please get help and support if you need it, or if you're worried about a friend/colleague/relative. There are a number of places to go including 
https://www.nurselifeline.org.uk/, https://www.samaritans.org/ & https://www.papyrus-uk.org/. 

Welcome to episode 133 [originally broadcast on Wednesday 2 August 2023] of #mhTV​​​​​​​​. This week Nicky Lambert and David Munday spoke with guests Samantha Groves & Karen Lascelles about Suicide, self-harm, and suicide ideation in nurses and midwives: A systematic review of prevalence, contributory factors, and interventions.

SG: Samantha Groves is a research assistant working at Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust on projects related to suicide and self-harm. This work is conducted in collaboration with the Centre for Suicide Research at The University of Oxford. Samantha joined Oxford Health after completing a Masters in Clinical and Health Psychology, and working as a research assistant at The University of Manchester. Current research conducted by Samantha includes exploration of suicide and self-harm among nurses and midwives or associated students, alongside exploring the experiences of staff working within inpatient mental health services who work with patients who self-harm. Samantha will be beginning a DPhil at The University of Oxford in October 2023 to continue this work.

KL: Karen Lascelles is a mental health nurse consultant at Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust. Her specialism is suicide prevention, where she works across adult and older adult age groups delivering training, supporting individuals and teams with complex cases involving suicide risk, and conducting research and quality improvement work. Karen also leads Oxford Health’s suicide prevention strategy and is a Professional Doctorate in Nursing student at Oxford Brookes University. Karen’s research includes exploring the experiences and support needs of adults who care for an adult family member or friend they consider to be at risk of suicide, suicide and self-harm among nurses and midwives, the impact of patient suicide on mental health staff, and the experiences of staff working within inpatient mental health services who work with patients who self-harm.

Some links to follow: 
SoundCloud has a limit on the number of characters we can use in our episode notes. To get a full list of links please visit: https://youtu.be/S_XMio9U8qk. 

Some X links to follow are:
VG - www.twitter.com/VanessaRNMH
NL - www.twitter.com/niadla​​​​​​​​
DM - www.twitter.com/davidamunday
SG - www.twitter.com/SamNGroves
KL - www.twitter.com/karen_lascelles

Credits:
#mhTV Presenters: Vanessa Gilmartin, Nicky Lambert & David Munday
Guests: Samantha Groves & Karen Lascelles
Theme music: Tony Gillam
Production & Editing: David Munday

#mhTV episode 133 - Suicide, self-harm, and suicide ideation in nurses and midwives

Welcome to episode 136 [originally broadcast on Wednesday 23 August 2023] of #mhTV​​​​​​​​. This week Nicky Lambert and Vanessa Gilmartin spoke with guest Steve Trenchard about trauma and compassion as a framework for mental health nursing.

ST: Steve is an experienced values-driven leader. He has 33-years experience as a Registered Nurse (Mental Health) including working at Board level as a Chief Nurse, Operations Director, and Chief Executive in the private, not for profit and public sectors. Steve has held visiting professorships in Mental Health at three UK Universities. 
 
He is qualified executive coach and is just about to return to academia to teach at Keele University, Staffordshire. Steve is a strong supporter of recovery, trauma informed approaches to understand mental health conditions and psychological distress and the need for compassionate leadership to create cultures that support recovery.

Some X links to follow are:
VG - www.x.com/VanessaRNMH
NL - www.x.com/niadla​​​​​​​​
DM - www.x.com/davidamunday
ST - www.x.com/Steve_Trenchard

Credits:
#mhTV Presenters: Vanessa Gilmartin, Nicky Lambert & David Munday
Guest: Steve Trenchard
Theme music: Tony Gillam
Production & Editing: David Munday

#mhTV episode 136 - Trauma and compassion as a framework for mental health nursing

Welcome to episode 139 [originally broadcast on Wednesday 19 October 2023] of #mhTV​​​​​​​​. This week Nicky Lambert and Vanessa Gilmartin spoke with guest Paul Sweeney MSP, the spokesperson for mental health for Scottish Labour. Dr Mike Ramsay also joined the episode as a guest presenter.

PS: Paul Sweeney is an MSP for the Glasgow region and is the spokesperson for mental health for Scottish Labour. Formerly the MP for Glasgow North East, he served as Shadow Minister for Scotland from 2017-2019. Paul is a proud trade unionist and a member of both Unite and GMB trade unions, and worked closely with Unite to try and save 200 jobs at St Rollox Caley Railway Works in 2019 and in attempts to avert the closure of the McVitie’s factory in Tollcross in 2021. More recently, Paul continues to work with trade union colleagues on issues such as social care pay and conditions and to protect the roles of community link workers in Glasgow.

MR: Dr Mike Ramsay is a senior  lecturer in mental health nursing, part-time practitioner, researcher and writer. He is professional lead for mental health nursing at University of Dundee. Mike's NHS career spanned 20 years prior to academic life as both RGN and RMN across various roles and specialties before 8 years as a senior nurse in hospital and community settings. An active member of the Mental Health Nurses’ Association, he has served on the editorial board of Mental Health Nursing since 2006, including over 6 years as Chair. Mike's academic interests centre upon therapeutic communication, sociology of mental health and mental health in later life and research interests include carers for those with dementia, MHN identity and nursing education. His doctoral thesis explored graduateness in nursing and educational influences in compassion in nursing and social work. The latter extends from long-standing interests in the nature of empathy and compassion in the therapeutic relationships nurses craft.

Some X links to follow are:
VG - www.x.com/VanessaRNMH
NL - www.x.com/niadla​​​​​​​​
DM - www.x.com/davidamunday
MR - www.x.com/DrEmmZedRamsay
PS - www.x.com/PaulJSweeney

Credits:
#mhTV Presenters: Vanessa Gilmartin, Nicky Lambert & David Munday
Guest presenter: Dr Mike Ramsay
Guest: Paul Sweeney MSP
Theme music: Tony Gillam
Production & Editing: David Munday

#mhTV episode 139 - An evening with Paul Sweeney MSP

TW // Suicide / self-harm / If this subject is difficult for you please consider giving this episode a miss. Please get help and support if you need it, or if you're worried about a friend/colleague/relative. There are a number of places to go including https://www.nurselifeline.org.uk/, https://www.samaritans.org/ & https://www.papyrus-uk.org/. 

Welcome to episode 143 [originally broadcast on Wednesday 22 November 2023] of #mhTV​​​​​​​​. This week Nicky Lambert and Vanessa Gilmartin spoke with guests Leanne Patrick and Dr Ruth Riley about 'Why are dominant suicidology approaches failing nurses: A call for a feminist critical suicidology perspective'.

LP: Leanne Patrick is a Queen's Nurse and she leads a Gender Based Violence and inequalities service in NHS Scotland. She is currently writing a book about "Feminism in Nursing", exploring the history of nursing and the current political issues facing our profession through a feminist lens.

RR: Dr. Ruth Riley, Senior Lecturer, University of Surrey, is a sociologist and qualitative researcher and holder of a Wellcome Trust Discovery Award for a project titled: ‘Revisioning distress and nurse suicidality through a feminist, critical suicidology lens’, to explore contexts contributing to the higher rates of suicide in female nurses.

You can see some of the links shared during the episode on this X Thread: https://x.com/Unite_MHNA/status/1727401324109877370?s=20

Some X links to follow are:
VG - www.x.com/VanessaRNMH
NL - www.x.com/niadla​​​​​​​​
DM - www.x.com/davidamunday
LP - www.x.com/LeanneHPatrick

Credits:
#mhTV Presenters: Vanessa Gilmartin, Nicky Lambert & David Munday
Guests: Leanne Patrick and Dr Ruth Riley
Theme music: Tony Gillam
Production & Editing: David Munday

#mhTV episode 143 - Why are dominant suicidology approaches failing nurses

Welcome to episode 148 [originally broadcast on Wednesday 17 January 2024] of #mhTV​​​​​​​​. This week Nicky Lambert and David Munday spoke with guest Shannon Murray about LGBTQ+ substance use and treatment experiences.

SM - Shannon is a PhD student researching Gay and Bisexual men’s experiences of Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) in England and Wales. The focus of which is understanding how Gay and Bisexual men experience relationship abuse and their experiences in engaging with support services in Wales.
Alongside her PhD, she works as a research assistant at the University of South Wales' Substance Use Research Group on projects including evaluating a heroin and crack action area, lessons from COVID-19 on substance use services, the impact of minimum alcohol pricing, and substance use among university students. 
In line with her interests in LGBTQ+ relationship abuse Shannon received funding to undertake a study that focused on substance use among LGBTQ+ communities.
The research focused on understanding why some LGBTQ+ people use drugs/alcohol and why they are underrepresented in services. A staff toolkit was co-created for substance use services in the UK using participant responses. 

Extra Reading:
- https://bylines.cymru/politics-and-society/lgbtq-substance-use-support/
- https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09687637.2023.2238118 

Some X links to follow are:
VG - www.x.com/VanessaRNMH
NL - www.x.com/niadla​​​​​​​​
DM - www.x.com/davidamunday
SM - www.x.com/ShanMur94

Credits:
#mhTV Presenters: Vanessa Gilmartin, Nicky Lambert & David Munday
Guest: Shannon Murray
Theme music: Tony Gillam
Production & Editing: David Munday

#mhTV episode 148 - LGBTQ+ substance use and treatment experiences

Welcome to episode 153 [originally broadcast on Wednesday 28 February 2024] of #mhTV​​​​​​​​. This week Nicky Lambert and Vanessa Gilmartin spoke with guests Cielito Caneja, Dennis Singson & Oliver Soriano about the Philippine Nurses Association UK.

Some X links to follow are:
VG - www.x.com/VanessaRNMH
NL - www.x.com/niadla​​​​​​​​
DM - www.x.com/davidamunday
CC - www.x.com/CielitoCaneja
DS - www.x.com/dence10
OS - www.x.com/GoalsOlivers

Credits:
#mhTV Presenters: Vanessa Gilmartin, Nicky Lambert & David Munday
Guests: Cielito Caneja, Dennis Singson & Oliver Soriano
Theme music: Tony Gillam
Production & Editing: David Munday

#mhTV episode 153 - An evening with the Philippine Nurses Association UK

Welcome to episode 161 [originally broadcast on Wednesday 1 May 2024] of #mhTV​​​​​​​​. This week Nicky Lambert and David Munday spoke with guest Tegan Blackhurst about the Journey into academia - transferring skills.

TB: Senior Lecturer in Mental Health Nursing at De Montfort University, Leicester since November 2023. Qualified as an RMN in 2018 and specialised in Perinatal Mental Health Nursing (inpatient and community.) Trained in EMDR and CBT skills.

Some X links to follow are:
VG - https://www.x.com/VanessaRNMH
NL - https://www.x.com/niadla​​​​​​​​
DM - https://www.x.com/davidamunday
TB - https://www.x.com/BlackhurstTegan

Credits:
#mhTV Presenters: Vanessa Gilmartin, Nicky Lambert & David Munday
Guest: Tegan Blackhurst
Theme music: Tony Gillam
Production & Editing: David Munday

#mhTV episode 161  - Journey into academia - transferring skills

Welcome to episode 165 [originally broadcast on Wednesday 12 June 2024] of #mhTV​​​​​​​​. This week Nicky Lambert and David Munday spoke with guest Kris Deering about 'How risk management practices can impact on patient recovery'.

KD - Kris Deering: Senior lecturer in Mental Health Nursing and Evidence Based Practice lead at the university of Exeter. 12-year experience in acute mental health care including senior practitioner in a crisis team. Currently researching ways to improve the quality of service user care within inpatient settings with a focus on making risk management more focused on a personalised recovery. 

A link to follow:
- Ontological insecurity of inattentiveness: Conceptualizing how risk management practices impact on patient recovery when admitted to an acute psychiatric hospital - https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/1...

Some X links to follow are:
VG - https://www.x.com/VanessaRNMH
NL - https://www.x.com/niadla​​​​​​​​
DM - https://www.x.com/davidamunday
KD - https://www.x.com/kris_deering

Credits:
#mhTV Presenters: Vanessa Gilmartin, Nicky Lambert & David Munday
Guest: Kris Deering
Theme music: Tony Gillam
Production & Editing: David Munday

#mhTV episode 165 - How risk management practices can impact on patient recovery

Welcome to episode 166 [originally broadcast on Wednesday 19 June 2024] of #mhTV​​​​​​​​. This week Nicky Lambert and David Munday spoke with guest  Dr Michaela James about 'Children's wellbeing through their own voices'.

MJ - Dr Michaela James is a research officer at Swansea University’s Medical School. Her main research areas include the health and wellbeing of young people, in particular physical activity. She manages HAPPEN Wales, a national network aimed at improving the health, wellbeing and education outcomes of primary school children across Wales. A lot of her research involves advocating for the wants and needs of young people in their local communities to improve physical activity using citizen science, self-report surveys and data linkage.

Some X links to follow are:
VG - https://www.x.com/VanessaRNMH
NL - https://www.x.com/niadla​​​​​​​​
DM - https://www.x.com/davidamunday
MJ - https://www.x.com/MickeyLJ

Credits:
#mhTV Presenters: Vanessa Gilmartin, Nicky Lambert & David Munday
Guest: Dr Michaela James
Theme music: Tony Gillam
Production & Editing: David Munday

#mhTV episode 166 - Children's wellbeing though their own voices

The Northern Mental Health Nursing Qualitative Research Forum meets three times a year to connect Mental Health Nurse researchers interested in, and conducting, qualitative research, methodologies and innovations. If you wish to be added to the mailing list, please contact james.turner@shu.ac.uk.

The following session was recorded at their fifth event on Friday 3 May 2024. With thanks to Prof Karen Wright and Dr James Turner for organising the event and the invitation to support with recording the sessions.

Author: Jesse Ussman

Title: The Online Health Information Seeking Behaviour of People of African Descent in the UK

Abstract: The current digital transformation has had a significant impact on how people seek health information, including mental health support. This is especially relevant for People of African Descent (PoAD) in the United Kingdom (UK), who face unique barriers to accessing mental health services. This presentation is based on a recent qualitative study that explored the online health information-seeking behaviour (HISB) of PoAD in the UK. The study used reflexive thematic analysis of semi-structured interviews with 21 PoAD aged 20 to 70 years and a mean age of 42.8 (SD ±11.4). Five overarching themes were revealed: internet literacy, attitudes towards social media, obstacles to online health information, trust in professional sources, and cultural influences on HISB.
For mental health nurses, it is crucial to provide culturally sensitive mental health support that recognises the unique needs, beliefs, and online behaviours of PoAD. This presentation covers methods for overcoming obstacles to accessing mental health information online, such as addressing concerns about privacy, information overload, and mistrust in online sources. It will also highlight the potential of social media and online platforms in spreading reliable mental health information, improving digital health literacy, and promoting a community-based approach to mental health support.
Mental health nurses can help bridge the gap between PoAD and mental health support by understanding and leveraging online HISB. This includes providing reliable and culturally appropriate mental health information and implementing strategies to enhance access to mental health services. The insights from this study offer a valuable framework for mental health nurses to develop inclusive, effective, and accessible mental health care services for PoAD, contributing to improved mental health outcomes and equity in healthcare provision.

#mhTV episode 167 - Jesse Ussman at #NorQual

The Northern Mental Health Nursing Qualitative Research Forum meets three times a year to connect Mental Health Nurse researchers interested in, and conducting, qualitative research, methodologies and innovations. If you wish to be added to the mailing list, please contact james.turner@shu.ac.uk.

The following session was recorded at their fifth event on Friday 3 May 2024. With thanks to Prof Karen Wright and Dr James Turner for organising the event and the invitation to support with recording the sessions.
Author: Comensus service user and carer involvement group

Title: Comensus service user and carer involvement group, University of Central Lancashire

Abstract: Comensus service users and carers have been an integral part of professional health and social care education and development at the University of Central Lancashire for 20 years (Garner et al., 2022; Gordon et al., 2020; Mckeown et al., 2011). Throughout this period, they have also been invited to be part of research opportunities, with colleagues internal to the University and with external partners from practice and academia. A panel of service users and carers have agreed to share their experiences of being involved in qualitative research, both as research participants and more recently, as participant researchers themselves. 
They will provide a short presentation introducing themselves and their involvement in research activity to date, followed by a Q&A to explore their individual perspectives of being researched, or involved in conducting research.

#mhTV episode 168 - Comensus at #NorQual

The Northern Mental Health Nursing Qualitative Research Forum meets three times a year to connect Mental Health Nurse researchers interested in, and conducting, qualitative research, methodologies and innovations. If you wish to be added to the mailing list, please contact james.turner@shu.ac.uk.

The following session was recorded at their fifth event on Friday 3 May 2024. With thanks to Prof Karen Wright and Dr James Turner for organising the event and the invitation to support with recording the sessions.

Author: Dr Gary Lamph

Title: A World Café Approach that explored perspectives of people with lived experience and occupational experience

Background - The diagnosis personality disorder is one which continues to split opinions.  Negative connotations, stigma and negativity surrounds the diagnostic category.  In recent years a movement to challenge the label and terminology of personality disorder has emerged. 

 Aim – To explore the perspectives of the diagnostic label personality disorder with people with lived and occupational experience in a live conference world café based format. 

Methods – Adopting a World café participatory method provided a flexible and effective approach to capturing the qualitative views of people in a large group format.  Table discussions were hosted using a co-facilitated model to capture the table discussions.  Each table had different discussion points pertaining to the diagnostic label.  The event ensured that necessary dialogue is developed, delivered and analysed in co-production. The unique methods and delivery will be discussed. 

Results - This study identified contrasting opinions towards the label of Personality Disorder and provides insight into the concerns described for both keeping and losing the label. Although many felt the words ‘‘personality’’ and ‘‘disorder’’ are not in themselves helpful, certain positive views were also revealed. Perspectives towards the label were influenced by the way in which diagnosis was explained and understood by patients and practitioners, alongside the extent to which service provision and evidence-based interventions were offered.

X Links:
VG - https://x.com/VanessaRNMH
NL - https://x.com/niadla​​​​​​​​
DM - https://x.com/davidamunday
GL - https://x.com/gazlamph

#mhTV episode 169 - Dr Gary Lamph at #NorQual

Welcome to episode 170 [originally broadcast on Wednesday 16 October 2024] of #mhTV​​​​​​​​. This week Nicky Lambert and Vanessa Gilmartin spoke with guest Alexis Quinn to talk about the Restraint Reduction Network.

AQ - Alexis Quinn is a former schoolteacher, professional athlete and author of two books: her ground-breaking memoir, Unbroken, and Autistic & Expecting, a guide for autistic parents to be. Alexis speaks on neurodivergence, trauma, restraint, solitary confinement and mental well-being. She is a psychotherapist and works as Manager of the Restraint Reduction Network. 

Some X links to follow are:
VG - https://x.com/VanessaRNMH
NL - https://x./com/niadla​​​​​​​​
DM - https://x.com/davidamunday
AQ - https://x.com/AQuinnUnbroken

Credits:
#mhTV Presenters: Vanessa Gilmartin, Nicky Lambert & David Munday
Guest: Alexis Quinn
Theme music: Tony Gillam
Production & Editing: David Munday

#mhTV episode 170 - Restraint Reduction Network

Welcome to episode 171 [originally broadcast on Wednesday 23 October 2024] of #mhTV​​​​​​​​. This week Nicky Lambert and Vanessa Gilmartin spoke with guest Linda Pert about Physical and mental health - Nutrition, sleep and hydration

LP - I qualified as a mental health nurse in 1994 in Plymouth. From 1997 I spent over 20 years working in high secure forensic services at Rampton Hospital, I moved to the community setting in 2018 and worked in Bed Management, Crisis Team, Street Triage and a Community Mental Health Team within Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust. I have just reached the end of my training to be an Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) with Sheffield Hallam University, whilst working in a Community Mental Health Team for Notts Healthcare. I have a new challenge ahead as I am about to return to the ward environment with a new role as an ACP on a psychiatric intensive care unit with Solent NHS Trust.
I have a passion for research and sit as Vice Chair on the Chief Nursing Officers Shared Professional Decision Making Council for Research. My specific interest is identifying service gaps and developing ways to address them in my work and that of my team. I have recently written and delivered a training package for my masters dissertation with the aim to improve the physical health of those under our care. My idea is for a bottom-up approach where mental health practitioners engage with patients in such a way as to start to address the real fact that SMI patients die an average of 20 years too soon. Mental and physical health are inextricably linked and I believe we need to have this holistic view in all our patient interactions. It doesn’t require much of a change in our approach, just a little extra knowledge and confidence and a curiosity about all aspects of our patients life and lifestyle.

Some X links to follow are:
VG - https://x.com/VanessaRNMH
NL - https://x.com/niadla​​​​​​​​
DM - https://x.com/davidamunday

Credits:
#mhTV Presenters: Vanessa Gilmartin, Nicky Lambert & David Munday
Guest: Linda Pert
Theme music: Tony Gillam
Production & Editing: David Munday

#mhTV episode 171 - Physical and mental health - Nutrition, sleep and hydration

Welcome to episode 171 [originally broadcast on Wednesday 11 December 2024] of #mhTV​​​​​​​​. This week Nicky Lambert and David Munday spoke with guest Andy Bell. Andy is the chief executive of the Centre for Mental Health. 

AB: Andy has been with Centre for Mental Health since 2002 and became Chief Executive in January 2023. He has worked for more than 25 years in the voluntary sector, striving for equality and social justice through research, communicating evidence, influencing policy, and informing debate.
Andy was the driving force behind the Commission for Equality in Mental Health, funded by the Elliott Simmons Charitable Trust, established to investigate inequalities in mental health. The Commission's work culminated in a final report, Mental Health for All , which set out what a system for equality could look like across communities, local and national government.
He is at the forefront of Equally Well UK, a collaborative to support the physical health of people with a mental illness.
He plays a pivotal role in facilitating the Local Authority Mental Health Challenge which engages elected members across the country.

Some X links to follow are:
VG - https://x.com/VanessaRNMH
NL - https://x.com/niadla​​​​​​​​
DM - https://x.com/davidamunday
AB - https://x.com/Andy__Bell__

Credits:
#mhTV Presenters: Vanessa Gilmartin, Nicky Lambert & David Munday
Guest: Andy Bell
Theme music: Tony Gillam
Production & Editing: David Munday


#mhTV episode 172 - An evening with Andy Bell

Welcome to episode 173 [originally broadcast on Wednesday 12 February 2025] of #mhTV​​​​​​​​. This week Nicky Lambert and David Munday spoke with guest Dr Natalie Finch about substance use in nurse education.

We're sorry to say the audio of this recording is of a lesser quality than we'd like due to internet problems during the livestream. Apologies for this and to Natalie!

NF: Natalie is a registered mental health nurse. Her clinical background is in co-occurring mental health and addiction disorders. Natalie currently works as an Assistant Professor at the University of Bradford and is the field lead for undergraduate mental health nursing. Natalie has a special interest in embedding substance use into nurse education. Her masters degree focused on substance use, and her related research on supporting students to care for people with mental illness who use drugs was awarded an impact prize by the Society for the Study of Addiction. Natalie is passionate about partnership working in education to enhance learning opportunities and ultimately improve patient care.

Some X links to follow are:
VG - https://x.com/VanessaRNMH
NL - https://x.com/niadla​​​​​​​​
DM - https://x.com/davidamunday
NF - https://x.com/Natfinchleeds

Credits:
#mhTV Presenters: Vanessa Gilmartin, Nicky Lambert & David Munday
Guest: Dr Natalie Finch
Theme music: Tony Gillam
Production & Editing: David Munday

#mhTV episode 173 - Substance use in nurse education

Welcome to episode 174 [originally broadcast on Wednesday 30 April 2025] of #mhTV​​​​​​​​. This week Nicky Lambert and David Munday spoke with guest Sam Chapman about the Good mental health, children and schools.

SC: Sam is a mental health nurse and Specialist Practitioner in mental health having worked in mental health services since 2003. 
Sam has had the privilege of working with adults and young people who have experienced mental health difficulties. She currently works at Aston University as a Teaching Fellow and is the programme lead for the pre-registration mental health nursing programme. Sam is currently undertaking her Doctoral studies including co-production workshops with young people in one UK secondary school as part of her Doctoral research. Sam is passionate about enabling young people to influence and shape research, and generally passionate about understanding the world that young people live in, creating research outcomes underpinned by young peoples lived experiences and knowledge.

Some Bluesky links to follow are:
VG - https://bsky.app/profile/vanessamhn.bsky.social 
NL - https://bsky.app/profile/niadla.bsky.social 
DM - https://bsky.app/profile/davidamunday.bsky.social 
SC - https://bsky.app/profile/sam--chapman.bsky.social 

Credits:
#mhTV Presenters: Vanessa Gilmartin, Nicky Lambert & David Munday
Guest: Sam Chapman
Theme music: Tony Gillam
Production & Editing: David Munday

#mhTV episode 174 - Good mental health, children and schools

On 21 May we launched #mhTV with our friends at Mental Health Nursing Academics UK, We Mental Health Nurses and the Centre for Coproduction in Mental Health & Social Care. 

In our first episode, presenters Nicky Lambert and Vanessa Garrity spoke with Mark Brown and Ben Hannigan about our new initiative and discussed kindness, to coincide with this years Mental Health Awareness Week theme.

If you'd rather watch this episode you can do this on our Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/UniteMHNA/videos/2292143264426285) or YouTube (https://youtu.be/yZyuvljf_oE). 

You can follow presenters Nicky and Vanessa on Twitter via: https://twitter.com/niadla & https://twitter.com/VanessaRNMH.

You can follow todays guests Mark and Ben via: https://twitter.com/MarkOneinFour & https://twitter.com/benhannigan.

Credits:
Presenters: Nicky Lambert & Vanessa Garrity
Guests: Mark Brown & Ben Hannigan
 Theme music: Tony Gillam 
 Production & Editing: Dave Munday

#mhTV episode 1 - An introduction to #mhTV and a discussion on kindness

In our second episode of #mhTV [originally released on 28 May 2020], presenters Nicky Lambert and Vanessa Garrity interviewed Rebecca Thomas, senior correspondent responsible for reporting on mental health, learning disability, autism and the West Midlands at the Health Service Journal. She is normally an important source for news and updates, but even more so during the current #COVID19 crisis. 

You can follow Rebecca, Nicky and Vanessa on Twitter at: https://twitter.com/niadla, https://twitter.com/VanessaRNMH & https://twitter.com/Rebeccasmt.

Credits:
Presenters: Nicky Lambert & Vanessa Garrity
Guests: Rebecca Thomas
 Theme music: Tony Gillam 
 Production & Editing: Dave Munday

#mhTV episode 2 - In conversation with the Health Service Journal's Rebecca Thomas

Welcome to episode eight of our second season of the Mental Health Podcast from Unite/Mental Health Nurses Association.

This week (15-19 June 2020) it's Loneliness Awareness Week 2020. The week is coordinated by the charity, The Marmalade Trust. You can find out more about the week via: https://marmaladetrust.org/law/ and follow them on Twitter (https://twitter.com/marmaladetrust).

Lead professional officer Dave Munday spoke to Prof. Sonia Johnson, a consultant psychiatrist and researcher who has an interest in loneliness and social connections in mental health, including her leading the UKRI cross-disciplinary network on Loneliness and Social Isolation in Mental Health (https://www.ucl.ac.uk/psychiatry/research/epidemiology-and-applied-clinical-research-department/loneliness-and-social-isolation) and being involved in several studies in this area.

Following the interview, #MHNjournal Editorial Board member, #mhTV presenter, @WeMHNurses leader and mental health nurse Vanessa Garrity joined Dave to reflect on Sonia's interview and give her own thoughts on loneliness and mental health.

You can follow Sonia, Vanessa and Dave on Twitter via: https://twitter.com/soniajohnson, https://twitter.com/VanessaRNMH & https://twitter.com/davidamunday. 

Sonia mentioned the loneliness data from the Office for National Statistics. These were published on 8 June 2020 (https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/wellbeing/datasets/coronavirusandloneliness).

Dave mentioned the Mental Elf, André Tomlin. You can follow him on Twitter via: https://twitter.com/Mental_Elf. You can see loneliness information on his website (https://www.nationalelfservice.net/populations-and-settings/loneliness/), loneliness and mental health webinars on YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSKM2Zm6MngIH8BkMSemG4SLhn1KQLNml) and the Loneliness Mental Health Question Time #MHQT (https://youtu.be/QwT1EHGy2dM).

Credits:
 Theme music: Tony Gillam 
Image: #MHpod logo typeface: Gilbert colour (www.typewithpride.com)
 Editing: Dave Munday

s02e08 - #LetsTalkLoneliness

In our fifth episode of #mhTV [originally released on 18 June 2020], presenters Nicky Lambert & Vanessa Garrity were joined by guests; Jade Elizabeth, Trivolee Gabriel, Laura McAdam & Sean Prendergast. 

They’re all student mental health nurses, with Jade and Trivolee based in England and Laura and Sean based in Scotland. They talked about being student mental health nurses both before and during #COVID19.

You can follow Jade, Trivalee, Laura, Sean, Nicky and Vanessa on Twitter at: https://twitter.com/jadeMDXNursing, https://twitter.com/TBze18, https://twitter.com/Lauraw82, https://twitter.com/SeanPrenMhn, https://twitter.com/niadla & https://twitter.com/VanessaRNMH.

Credits:
Presenters: Nicky Lambert & Vanessa Garrity
Guests: Jade Elizabeth, Trivolee Gabriel, Laura McAdam & Sean Prendergast
 Theme music: Tony Gillam 
 Production & Editing: Dave Munday

#mhTV episode 5 - Mental health student nurse voices

Welcome to the International Mental Health Nursing Research Conference 2020, which in the International Year of the Nurse and Midwife is happening online as part of #mhTV through a collaboration between Unite/Mental Health Nurses Association, WeMHNurses, Mental Health Nurse Academics UK, and the Centre for Coproduction in Mental Health and Social Care in the Middlesex University School of Health and Education.

Between Tuesday 15th September and Friday 25th September we will be running episodes that will feature evening panel discussions supplemented by presentations from each contributor that will be available to watch beforehand. You can see all the #MHNR2020 presentation on Facebook via: https://www.facebook.com/watch/UniteMHNA/1020046081766825/ or YouTube via: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsbbbGYObfkpQTWUFz_UkMl-ivCtoV-8s.

Episode 1 [originally broadcast on Tuesday 15 September 2020] was on the theme of 'community mental health care' and featured three panellists:

Sarah Amani is a Senior Programme Manager for the South of England Early Intervention in Psychosis Programme which is commissioned by NHS England and hosted by University of Oxford. She is a mental health nurse by background and has previously worked in a range of healthcare settings including acute and community mental health teams. More recently, Sarah has worked in strategic roles as Regional Lead for Youth Mental Health for the then South East Strategic Health Authority and as Chief Clinical Information Officer. Sarah’s work has previously won several HSJ awards and a fellowship with the Winston Churchill Memorial Trust.

Elissa Thompson works part time as a community mental health nurse and part time as a research nurse at Sheffield Health and Social Care NHS FT. She has previously been involved in the development of the Personality Disorder clinical pathways in the trust and has recently completed a MSc in Psychological Research Methods with Advanced Statistics. She is passionate about patient involvement in research and designing services and peer work. Her research interests lie in the development and implementation of better evidence based care for people receiving a service for difficulties associated with a personality disorder diagnosis.

Dr. Nick Weaver recently completed his PhD under the supervision of Prof Michael Coffey, and is a lecturer in mental health nursing at the School of Healthcare Sciences in Cardiff University. His clinical experience is in acute psychiatry, psychotherapeutic approaches and treatment of substance abuse and addiction issues. Research interests include recovery, care continuity and coordination, applied social theory, critical psychiatry, discourse theory and complex systems theory. His most recent publication, in the Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, is 'Concepts, models and measurement of continuity of care in mental health services: A systematic appraisal of the literature'.

The #MHNR2020 presenters are:

Nicky Lambert, Vanessa Garrity, Ben Hannigan and Mick McKeown

Some Twitter links to follow presenters and guests are:
SA - https://twitter.com/S_Amani
ET - https://twitter.com/rosina_anne
NL - https://twitter.com/niadla
VG - https://twitter.com/VanessaRNMH
BH - https://twitter.com/benhannigan
MM - https://twitter.com/mickmckeown2016

Credits:
Theme music: Tony Gillam
Production & Editing: Dave Munday (https://twitter.com/davidamunday)

#MHNR2020 episode 01 - Community mental health care

#MHpod is a podcast from the Mental Health Nurses Association, a professional association in Unite the union. We hope our podcasts will be of interest to everyone that's interested in mental health. 

Get in touch to share your thoughts and suggestions: On Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/Unite_MHNA or via email: mhna@unitetheunion.org.

Credits - Theme music: Tony Gillam / Editing: Dave Munday / #MHpod logo typeface: Gilbert colour (https://www.typewithpride.com)

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