By Jennifer Springham, @jlspringham2 Joint Appointment: Lecturer in Mental Health and Practice Development Lead, My Care Academy.  I was really inspired reading Mandy Steven’s blog addressing the stigma of mental illness for those working in mental health services. We all have our own narratives and life experiences, and being a mental health professional doesn’t make us exempt… Read More

By Helen Kehoe  @Helsbels88 Joint Appointment lecturer in Mental Health and Practice Development lead, My Care Academy. We are halfway through this year’s Stoptober. This effective campaign is in its 7th year and the success has been huge. It’s not too late to join in, don’t let starting later in the month put you off! According… Read More

By Suzanne Traynor @Traynors Associate Professor Mental Health (Practice) at Middlesex University & My Care Academy. Supporting mental health staff to develop their skills and confidence in the assessment of risk is a core requirement for all Trusts. My Care Academy (MyCA) in partnership with Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust have developed a bespoke training… Read More

Susan Cummins Community Matron for Physical Health  at Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust. @SusanMHMatron ‏ My workday starts around 8.15am On a typical day My morning clinics begin at 9 am so I prepare the clinical room ensuring I have all the required equipment – blood taking sets, set up the ECG machine and charge… Read More

By Jennifer Springham, @jlspringham2 Joint Appointment: Lecturer in Mental Health and Practice Development Lead, My Care Academy.  This week the Mental Health Nurses Association took place, organised by David Munday and the MHNA team. The day included a bill of excellent talks by key people representing their organisations, highlighting the great work being done to improve practice… Read More

By Helen Kehoe  @Helsbels88 Joint Appointment lecturer in Mental Health and Practice Development lead, My Care Academy. This blog intends to give a brief introduction of emotional dysregulation and to share my experience of my own learning and the positive effects of relevant training and experience. I hope that this small piece will interest anyone in… Read More

By Jennifer Springham @jlspringham2 Joint Appointment: Lecturer in Mental Health and Practice Development Lead, My Care Academy. Recently Middlesex University held the annual Learning and Teaching conference, this year’s theme being ‘Pedagogies fit for 21st-century learning’, with the focus on innovation in learning and teaching. The conference was organised by the university CAPE team (Centre for Academic Practice… Read More

A new study between the NIHR and King’s College London is seeking 40,000 people diagnosed with anxiety or depression to take part in an exciting piece of new research. The Genetic links to Anxiety and Depression (GLAD) study hopes to create the biggest ever database of volunteers in the UK to help explore genetic factors between… Read More

The Children’s Society is a national charity that works with the country’s most vulnerable children and young people. They have partnered with the University of York and produced the 7th Edition of The Good Childhood report which covers England and Wales. As part of the report’s research, it has included new evidence on Trends in… Read More

By Anne Onille-ere, Staff Nurse at Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust Next up in our NQN series, we have a reflective blog written by Anne, who qualified from Middlesex University last year and has kindly shared her preceptorship experience. I’m a 27-year-old newly qualified nurse, well not as new anymore as I’m coming up to a… Read More