Chloe Parkin

New analysis of NHS data on mental health waiting times People are eight times more likely to wait over 18 months for mental health treatment than physical health treatment, NHS data reveals

New analysis of NHS data on mental health waiting times

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This wk I did meds reviews, EMDR, consulted@ MDTm, published in BJMHN, submitted paper for peer rv, co-authored another w a person w lived exp, taught on ACP MSc module, clinically supervised, & planned strategic steps for crisis MH services. Love my job! #mentalhealthnursesday #consultantpractice

Beyond banding: recognising the true value of nurses | British Journal of Mental Health Nursing In this comment, Chloe Parkin discusses the detriments of referring to nurses by their agenda for change bands, and calls for change to the traditional hierarchical structures in the nursing profession.

Great to see my comment piece about recognising the value of mental health nurses in the British Journal of Mental Health Nursing #advancingpractice #mentalhealthnursing

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I'm looking forward to contributing to this free webinar on working with risk for people diagnosed with 'personality disorder' 29th January 10-12. I'll be discussing the action/consequences model, to aid critical thinking around risk.
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‘The key to maintaining a proficient and productive workforce is retention of experienced staff. However, most healthcare policy focuses on supply and training more new people to fill the leaky workforce bucket’

I haven’t come across this before, it is an excellent piece and really resonates. Thank you for sharing, and @jopainter1.bsky.social for writing it! I can see why you would frequently refer to it Jo, and feel I will be too!

I frequently use this article in clinical supervision. I love it, it gives me the tingles and see it as a call to arms. “We are mental health nurses, and we are truly biopsychosocial interventionists”

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