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Picture shows Cygnet Health Care nursing apprenticeship programme students at the University of Wolverhampton. More funding is needed to solve staffing shortages in mental health nursing, but it must be shared across a number of areas, says David Wilmott.

More funding is needed to solve staffing shortages in mental health nur

28 Feb 2020
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Healthcare professionals can help challenge the stigma around eating di

29 Nov 2019
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Picture shows a stressed young woman being interviewed by another woman. The ‘place and train’ approach of individual placement and support has proved effective in keeping people with mental health conditions in jobs.

The ‘place and train’ approach of individual placement and support (IPS

20 Nov 2019
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Picture shows a woman talking to a counsellor about anxiety and depression. A five-year initiative by the WHO seeks to ensure access to high quality and affordable mental health care for an additional 100 million people in 12 countries.

Nurses are strangely absent from the World Health Organisation’s five-y

05 Nov 2019
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Picture shows a young man in a hospital room being reassured by a nurse, who has a hand on his shoulder. This article stresses the importance of investing in mental health nursing leadership on acute medical and surgical wards.

A leading mental health researcher underlines the importance of investm

04 Nov 2019
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Picture shows a scene from the movie Joker in which the star, Joaquin Phoenix, wearing clown makeup, is looking at a mirror on which has been written, ‘Put on a happy face.’ The article argues that Joker’s portrayal of mental illness is worrying. 

The critically acclaimed film Joker is playing to packed cinemas,

25 Oct 2019
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Illustration of female mental health service user who has been sexually abused

Sexual Safety Collaborative to have new standards to improve sexual safety on mental

23 Oct 2019
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Image shows adult service users in a group support meeting

NHS England's framework ties in with ten-year plan to develop greater integ

03 Oct 2019
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Nurse with bodycam

Two leading mental health nurses discuss whether body camera 

26 Sep 2019
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Illustration shows figure of woman standing on a signpost holding a telescope. 

Ambitious NHS plan fails to acknowledge 'workforce hill we all must cli

16 Aug 2019
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Remote access

Helen Oatham says roving clinics can help provide care in remote places  

17 Jun 2019
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Nitrous oxide

This fast-acting anaesthetic gas enjoys a reputation of being harmless, but could be

03 May 2019

Two-part TV series fronted by Line of Duty star helps to addre

01 May 2019

How to give conflict a voice so that challenges and difference

30 Apr 2019

Nursing needs to acknowledge it’s okay not to be okay

29 Apr 2019

Why RCN congress 2019 is debating clinical supervision of registered nurses by other profes

09 Apr 2019

Systemic reluctance to talk about sexuality ignores the therapeutic valu

03 Apr 2019

We need to be more open to children and young people’s views rather than dismissing opportu

03 Apr 2019

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