The Mental Health Podcast

In this weeks episode [originally broadcast on Thursday 20 August 2020] regular presenters Vanessa Garrity and Nicky Lambert were joined by guests, Rachel Dios, Amanda Godley and Kate Lorrimer to talk about sexual safety in inpatient settings. - Rachel is a ward manager on Hazel Ward (a treatment and recovery ward for women) at The Chichester Centre, Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. Rachel...

Welcome to episode ten of our second season of the Mental Health Podcast from Unite/Mental Health Nurses Association. Between 23 March and 4 July, 200,000 babies were born when lockdown was at its most restrictive. Unite in Health lead professional officer Dave Munday is joined by Sally Hogg (Head of Policy and Campaigning at the Parent Infant Foundation and Coordinator of the First 1001 Days Move...

In this weeks episode [originally broadcast on Thursday 6 August 2020] regular presenter Nicky Lambert was joined by substitute presenter, Dave Munday and guest, John Walsh to discuss reducing mental health inequalities. John worked in homeless services for 23 years - a year in a hostel then 22 years in the primary care health team working with homeless people and people in the asylum system in Le...

In this weeks episode [originally broadcast on Thursday 30 July 2020] our presenters Nicky Lambert and Vanessa Garrity were joined by Bertha Matunge (mental health nurse and lead Nurse for quality & practice), Shanaz Pottinger (digital curriculum support officer, staff sponsor for the Health Sciences BME Network and part of the team working on decolonising the curricula at University of Nottingham...

In this weeks episode [originally broadcast on Thursday 16 July 2020] our presenters Nicky Lambert and Vanessa Garrity are joined by Prof. Liz Hughes (Professor of mental health, School of Healthcare, University of Leeds) to discuss co-occurring mental health and substance use (dual diagnosis) in the time of #COVID19. Some Twitter links to follow presenters and guests are: NL - https://twitter.com...

In this weeks episode [originally broadcast on Thursday 16 July 2020] our presenters Nicky Lambert and Vanessa Garrity are joined by Ian Hamilton, a mental health nurse and senior lecturer on substance use and mental health at The University of York. Some Twitter links to follow presenters and guests are: NL - https://twitter.com/niadla VG - https://twitter.com/VanessaRNMH IH - https://twitter.com...

In this weeks episode [originally broadcast on #mhTV on Thursday 9 July 2020] our presenters Vanessa Garrity and Nicky Lambert were joined by: - Dr Khadj Rouf, consultant clinical psychologist and chair of the Unite Applied Psychology Organising Professional Committee - Dr. Natalie Kemp, Founder & chair, in2gr8mentalhealth (https://twitter.com/in2gr8mh) & clinical psychologist with lived experienc...

In our seventh episode of #mhTV [originally released on 2 July 2020], presenters Vanessa Garrity & Nicky Lambert were joined by guests; - Mark Brown (he does mental health and digital stuff), - Dr Sarah-Jane Fenton (lecturer in mental health policy at the Institute for Mental Health, University of Birmingham), - Dr James Munro (chief executive at Care Opinion) & - Prof. Scott Weich (professor of m...

The HCPC and NMC have had to make a number of operational changes as they prioritised core regulatory functions to ensure they continued to protect the public and regulate effectively during the COVID-19 pandemic. During this Facebook Live session, originally broadcast on Thursday 25 June 2020, Unite in Health lead professional officer (regulation) Jane Beach interviewed a panel of experts from th...

In our sixth episode of #mhTV [originally released on 23 June 2020], presenters Nicky Lambert & Vanessa Garrity were joined by guests; Dr Sarah Carr and Alfonso Pezzella to talk about LGBTIQ+ and mental wellbeing #Pride2020. You can follow Sarah, Alfonso, Nicky and Vanessa on Twitter at: https://twitter.com/SchrebersSister, https://twitter.com/AlfPezzella, https://twitter.com/niadla & https://twit...

Welcome to episode nine of our second season of the Mental Health Podcast from Unite/Mental Health Nurses Association. Today (22 June 2020) it's International Father’s Mental Health Day 2020. Lead professional officer Dave Munday spoke to Mark Williams, dad, keynote speaker, activist, author, visiting lecturer, consultant, trainer, volunteer and #HowAreYouDad & #IFMHD founder. You can find out mor...

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 #C...

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 profession...

In our fourth episode of #mhTV [originally released on 11 June 2020], presenters Nicky Lambert and Vanessa Garrity are joined by Emma Wadey (head of mental health nursing at NHS England & NHS Improvement), Raza Griffiths (mental health service user, member of the Lived Experience Working Group, University College London and lecturer at the University of Kent) and Prof. Alan Simpson to talk about #...

Welcome to episode seven of our second season of the Mental Health Podcast from Unite/Mental Health Nurses Association. This week (7-12 June 2020) it's Infant Mental Health Awareness Week 2020 #IMHAW2020. Unite in Health lead professional officer Dave Munday took the opportunity to speak with Jenny Harmer, one half of the podcast duo 'I am a Health Visitor', a health visitor who works in South Lon...

Welcome to episode six of our second season of the Mental Health Podcast from Unite/Mental Health Nurses Association. This week (7-12 June 2020) it's Infant Mental Health Awareness Week 2020 #IMHAW2020. Unite in Health lead professional officer Dave Munday took the opportunity to speak with Sally Hogg, the Parent Infant Foundation's head of policy and campaigning, about the week, it's purpose and...

In our third episode of #mhTV [originally released on 4 June 2020], presenters Nicky Lambert and Vanessa Garrity talk to Rachel Bowes, the head of crisis services and quality, at Lifeline (Australia). You can follow Rachel, Vanessa and Nicky on Twitter at: https://twitter.com/rachelbMHN, twitter.com/VanessaRNMH & twitter.com/niadla. Credits: Presenters: Nicky Lambert & Vanessa Garrity Guests: Rach...

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. Y...

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...

Welcome to episode five of our second season of the Mental Health Podcast from Unite/Mental Health Nurses Association. Over the last few weeks, care homes have been a constant item on news reports in respect of COVID-19. In the April/May 2020 Mental Health Nursing journal, we featured an article by MHNA Organising Professional Committee member George Coxon; 'Coronavirus pandemic shows the need to...

Welcome to episode four of our second season of the Mental Health Podcast from Unite/Mental Health Nurses Association. This week the Centre for Mental Health published a new report; Trauma, mental health and coronavirus - Supporting healing and recovery. Lead professional officer Dave Munday took the opportunity to talk to Andy Bell, the Centre's deputy chief executive, about what the report says....

Welcome to episode three of our second season of the Mental Health Podcast from Unite/Mental Health Nurses Association. This episode looks at money and mental health and includes interviews with Nikki Bond (Senior Research Officer at the Money & Mental Health Policy Institute) and Sarah Murphy (Associate Director for Advice, Information & Training at Mental Health UK) following an introduction fro...

Welcome to episode two of our second season of the Mental Health Podcast from Unite/Mental Health Nurses Association. In this episode lead professional officer Dave Munday, is joined by Mental Health Nursing journal Editorial Board members Vanessa Garrity and Dr. Mike Ramsay where they discuss the Coronavirus/COVID19 pandemic and it's effect on our mental health. Links: 
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Welcome to episode one of our new season of the Mental Health Podcast from Unite/Mental Health Nurses Association. In this episode lead professional officer Dave Munday, is joined by fellow Unite in Health lead professional officer Jane Beach. Jane has been heavily involved with the regulator responses to the current Coronavirus/COVID19 pandemic. In the episode, Jane updates us on the work done by...

Welcome to episode four of the Mental Health Podcast from Unite/Mental Health Nurses Association. In this episode lead professional officer Dave Munday, is joined by the Mental Health Nurses Association organising professional committee chair, and Mental Health Nursing journal Editorial Board member, Evri Anagnostara, to talk about Equally Well UK. The episode includes an interview with Marsha McA...