"What I love about being a mental health nurse is using my professional curiosity to really get to the bottom of people's problems." 💙

Today marks #MentalHealthNursesDay. Watch our video as RCN Mental Health Forum members share why this profession is so special. ⬇️ (1/2)

Mental health nurses make a real difference every day, offering compassion, expertise and support when it’s needed most. 💙

Read RCN Mental Health Forum Chair Laura Daukintis' blog, as we celebrate a day that continues to grow into a much wider movement ➡️ buff.ly/3EYm9Ma (2/2)

Mental health nurses play such an important role in delivering care in our communities. Thank you for all the work you do! #MHNursesDay

If you're interested in mental health nursing, have a look at our Mental Health Nursing Subject Guide: https://buff.ly/40oX5Fj for all the latest key resources.

Great evening at the Irish Embassy to celebrate Irish history through nursing.

Celebrating #NursingSupportWorkersDay at RCN HQ today.

Shining a spotlight on nursing support workers across the UK and the vital care they deliver day in, day out. Get involved.

www.rcn.org.uk/Get-Involved...

Successfully engaging #LearningDisabilities #Nursing UK Workforce Summit yesterday afternoon.

‘A workforce in crisis’

Leaders and grassroots nurses, students, carers and those with a learning disability all in one room.

Together we have heard and together we will act. #WatchThisSpace.

“As nurses in different fields, we need to know what core education will enable us to meet the collective mental and physical health, social and spiritual needs of those in our care.”

My editorial: Why is #MentalHealth #Nursing often challenging to define?

Access free: rcni.com/mental-healt...

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Join us to celebrate #NursingSupportWorkersDay on 23 November and help us celebrate these vital members of the nursing team.

Find out more and download our materials 👉 bit.ly/3O5ia13

Almost all mental health problems and mental illnesses are more common in autistic people than in the general population. This new publication by R . C . Psychiatry is an excellent resource for information and practical matters surrounding autism and mental health www.rcpsych.ac.uk/mental-healt...

The One King’s Impact Fund is open again for applications! Supporting new initiatives & scaling existing projects across research, education & service that align with King's Impact Priorities. Closing date: Mon 3 March 2025. Find out more here ➡ www.kcl.ac.uk/impact/fund

Can we get this save our NHS starter pack followed by all?

Please share like mad!

We MUST save our NHS 💙

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Extremely concerning ongoing #PublicHealth #SEND #MentalHealth issue yet to be addressed.

Dealing with the screening and assessment backlog also requires investment in support and treatment options.

#NHS #VoluntarySector #Charities

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This is brilliant. As a SEND parent & nurse I really welcome this! I also urge we consider how digital transformation can affect the services neurodivergent people access. The movement to remote support needs to ensure that staff have the skills to understand the communication needs of autistic ppl

This is also great!

The RCN are in a fantastic position to champion education for nurses in remote clinical decision making and digital inclusion!

Something for us to discuss @lukeintohealth.bsky.social

🙏 Stephen. @f0ns.bsky.social is facilitating a MHLDA in-pt ward manager leadership and culture change prg across England. 1st of its kind. We are working with partners to ensure it is #AutismInformed & #TraumaInformed www.fons.org/programmes-d... We have 2 Lived Experience Leads too. V.exciting 🦋

Righto, let's see if this place can connect like the other place.

Nurses, mental health workers, lefties, academics, trade unionists, environmentalists and neurospicy folks where can I find you?

The pilots of @thercn.bsky.social Psychosocial Interventions Programme are well underway and practice-impact is looking strong!

Hats off to the PSI Team, all delegates and their organisational leaders.

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A helpful read: RCN position on the health inequalities autistic people face in accessing health and social care services and the potential role of the nursing workforce in addressing these

www.rcn.org.uk/About-us/Our...

I have just moved over to @bsky.app today. Keen to connect with existing and new networks.

Follow me and I’ll follow you back.

Interested in all things: #Health&Care #Workforce #MentalHealth #PublicHealth #LearningDisabilities #Nursing #Prevention #Strategy