Our Mission
The mission of this forum is to provide a space where mental health nurses can learn more about each other, our profession and what we contribute to patient care.
It will showcase what it means to be a mental health nurse, hearing direct from mental health nurses about what it means to them at all points in their career.
This is also a space where we will encourage and inform those who wish to join our profession, providing them with source of information and support about this amazing career.
This resource has been developed by and for mental health nurses as the one stop shop for all the latest information and updates about mental health nursing.
Real Nurses, Real Lives
Alison Jones, Liaison and Diversion Practitioner, Health and Justice Service, Integrated Offender Management
Operational Manager for Crisis Café, Homebased Treatment Team & Mental Health Liaison Team
Dr Matt Bowen, Deputy Head of Mental Health and Learning Disability Department at the University of Chester describes his experience as a MECC for Mental Health Lead Trainer.
‘The arc of change is long’ – it may feel like you are not making any progress and the steps to get there are so small you hardly notice but it will happen.
Seek out guidance and support from the wide range of available networks out there to get you up and running with your ideas…
My inspiration comes from colleagues who work under immense pressure, show endless compassion and dedication to the most vulnerable people in society.
My patients relate to me saying: “We should try and do the right thing, not the easy thing”. Keep going is something I relate to.
No day is the same. Each day we work alongside different patients with different diagnoses, as well as working with a wide variety of colleagues.
Kennedy is a mental health nurse working as an academic at the University of Huddersfield
Our Focus
Networking with colleagues across the country
National practice most relevant to Mental Health roles
Mutual support and interaction to enable us to work more efficiently thus improving nursing care and practice in Mental Health Nursing
Improving the patient experience and peer support
Development of all nurses in Mental Health
Opportunities to share best practice and support other Mental Health nurses nationwide
An interactive website and Internet communication facility dedicated to the work of nurses in Mental Health