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In the last of our series of blogs about the Mental Health Implementation Plan launched earlier this week, nurse consultant Kate Chartres discusses how the model of liaison at Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust supports patients through specialist clinics for people with co-morbid physical and mental health conditions
Rob Allison considers a recent review that explores the physical and psychological harm inherent in using restraint in mental health inpatient settings.
Led by the University of York’s Mental Health and Addiction Research Group, SCIMITAR+ is the largest ever trial to support smoking cessation among people who use mental health services.
Smoking rates among people with mental health conditions are among the highest of any group having changed little over the last 20 years, while other smokers have quit. This new study demonstrates that with the right support this inequality could be a thing of the past.
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This article reports the findings from a stakeholder consultation to explore the future scope and design of nutrition education for mental health practitioners. The project aimed to consult a range of stakeholders about the scope and design of a nutrition education module in mental health.
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Innovative “Physical Health Skills Passports” document the specific training the Trust’s nurses now undergo in assessing and treating physical health conditions such as diabetes and lung disease, which are significantly more prevalent in serious mental health conditions.
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Registered nurses working in the area of mental health complete either a psychiatric/mental health or comprehensive/generalist nursing program, and their education preparation influences their physical health care nursing practices. The differences in educational preparation may be a contributory factor to nurses’ delivery of physical health care to young people experiencing first episode psychosis. This paper addresses an identified gap in nursing practices related to physical health care of young mental health service users.. To read the full article, log in using your MPFT NHS OpenAthens details. SSOTP (legacy account) - You can request a copy of this article by replying to this email. Please ensure you are clear which article you are requesting.
These registered mental health nurses are working as wellbeing practitioners in teams with social workers, pharmacists, physiotherapists, care support workers, voluntary services and GPs.
Our practitioners will see people in their own homes or residential care homes, to help reduce referrals into secondary care or hospital for people with mental ill health including dementia, delirium and depression.
As well as providing mental health care, they’ll also carry out some standard wound care and physical health care checks, and support people with long term conditions. The practitioners will also help to educate other health staff in the community care teams, such as district nurses and healthcare support workers, about mental health issues.