2024 Highlights: EHU won Urology Nurse of the Year category of British Journal Nursing Awards 2024.

“The delicate balance of mentoring someone is not creating them in your own image, but giving them the opportunity to create themselves.” ~ Steven Spielberg #MentoringAmplifies #MentoringMonth

Celebrating IV Nurses and all the work they do this National IV Nurse Day! #NationalIVNurseDay

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Students work alongside schools and colleagues to support children and young people with mental health problems and wellbeing. Read more:

The role of an EMHP is an innovative and important role in the government’s Health Support Teams (MHSTs) – part of the National Children and Young People’s Improving Access to Psychological Therapies initiative.

The Education Mental Health Practitioner (EMHP) programme was confirmed Wednesday 27 November. The team were commended on their knowledge and experience, their approach to Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) with very positive feedback from the regional commissioner.

Students learn alongside other adult service practitioners and therapists and will be part of a local mental health service, playing a core part of an existing team in the community. Read more:

MHWP course prepares students for a rewarding career in a new role that forms part of the transformation of mental health services.

The Mental Health & Wellbeing Practitioner (MHWP) course was confirmed Tuesday 29 October. The endorsement affirms our commitment to providing high quality, professionally recognised training.

Their mission is to create greater public awareness of psychology – sparking new interests and engagement, while increasing knowledge and passion that exists for the discipline across a variety of settings.

BPS is a charitable organisation and representative body for psychology and psychologists in the UK.

We are thrilled to announce that two of our School of Allied Health, Social Work & Wellbeing (AHSWW) programmes are now confirmed accredited courses with the British Psychological Society (BPS).

Allen met with Mo Ghoorun (Senior Lecturer in Nurse Education) and Elizabeth Jarratt (Senior Lecturer in Learning Disabilities Nursing) recently and is hoping to commence the project in the new year.

Allen’s plan is to use what he has learnt to lead on his own systematic review of student nurse perspectives of the role of a mental health nurse (specifically capturing the cohort trained under the revised Nursing Midwifery Council (NMC) proficiencies).

After spending 14 years in clinical practice, Allen joined Edge Hill University in October 2023. He has enjoyed participating in research as a new academic and is keen to lead on his own projects in the future.

Through Allen’s involvement with these pieces of research, he has been invited to contribute towards a systematic review of palliative care within mental health settings, and another systematic review looking at the effects of migration on mental health and wellbeing.

The manuscript was submitted last week commencing Monday 11 November and was about mental health problems experienced by academic staff. The team are due to submit another systematic review relating to patient perspective of safety during admission to mental health services.

Allen collaborated with academics from Anglia Ruskin University and London South Bank through the MHNAUK network to submit a systematic review manuscript to the Journal of Further and Higher Education.

MHNAUK is a professional interest group established in 2003 and serves as a forum for discussion, collaboration and raising awareness around issues relating to mental health, in particular education, research and policy development.

Allen O’Connor (Lecturer in Mental Health Nursing) has been involved in various research collaborations through the Mental Health Nurse Academic Network UK (MHNAUK).