September 2009
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Staying cool...
Today I’m re-blogging Eddy & Mind Your Head - Student Led Mental Health work from Leeds.
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Freshers’ Week is over and as usual campus was absolutely buzzing. Free pizza, medieval swordsmen, a game called ’spot the gay’, someone to throw wet sponges at (sorry mate..), cheerleaders, token sweets and pens, a not so token hypnotising dog, it was all happening! The girls...
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De-Mystifying the NHS
Ah,this would be a neat trick! Like uncorking the genie and having the answers to any conundrum that crosses another’s lips.
But I did attend Yorkshire and Northern’s ASSIST event of the same name.
My intention was to develop my understanding of the NHS infrastructure and connection channels as much to understand the fundamental role that Information plays in developing that...
Speaking at Boots Subject Focused Conference on Dementia - Person Centred Care I’ve spent a little time considering whether Dementia is actually mental health or disability.
When I say that I mean where it sits on funding streams as well as approach.
The issue IMH have been raising at the conference during our address is the The Culture Shift in Information and Dementia in the context of...
Living Well, Living Longer....
There’s no way to help but notice the change in climate, economically, politically and strategically.
Lately all those active in mental health will have become aware of the commissioning processes now evident in implementation in Leeds. We’re all involved in consolidation, cost cutting, quality driving and are now surveying the scene. Noticing the impact on ourselves and others. Not...