Oonagh McPherson Community Mental Health Nurse (Children and Adolescents) NHS Tayside I work with children and young people with mental health problems. The overall difference I want to make is for them to feel happy and healthy – enabling belonging, and purpose in their own way. I want to ensure that the children and young people…
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Karen Drummond
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James Hill
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Claire Adamson
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Karen Ritchie
Karen Ritchie Rapid Response Team, Senior Charge Nurse Lothian I always wanted to be a nurse; both my parents are mental health nurses and they inspired me. When I applied, I knew I wanted to work with older people. I did my General Nursing in Dundee initially and then specialised in Mental Health in Edinburgh.…
Lindsey Griffin
Lindsey Griffin Community Mental Health Nurse Perth I moved into a new post last year and now work as a Clinical and Professional Team Manager for Perth and Kinross Health and Social Care Partnership. I am based at Murray Royal Hospital in Perth but I travel between sites managing a range of staff that collectively are an integrated care team. Perth and Kinross covers a large area combining rural,…
Jeanie Gallacher
Jeanie Gallacher Community Mental Health Nurse Annandale and Eskdale I work in the Community Mental Health Service in Annandale and Eskdale, a scenic rural area in Dumfries and Galloway. We are based in the town of Annan but cover small towns and villages across a wide and remote landscape. There is a lot of travel across the locality where I oversee mental health services. We…
A fair kick o’ the ba’ – #MHNursesday
21 Feb 2019 marks the first ever UK Mental Health Nurses day. The focus of the day is to gather together voices and experiences from across the UK to celebrate, describe and promote Mental Health Nursing. To mark this Mental Health Nurses Day, we asked a number of our friends, Fellows and Queen’s Nurses to write…
What it means to be a mental health nurse in 2019 – #MHNursesday
21st Feb 2019 marks the first ever UK Mental Health Nurses day. The focus of the day is to to gather together voices and experiences from across the UK to celebrate, describe and promote Mental Health Nursing. To mark this Mental Health Nurses Day, we asked a number of our friends, Fellows and Queen’s Nurses…
Reflection on 30 years as a Mental Health Nurse – #mhnursesday
21st Feb 2019 marks the first ever UK Mental Health Nurses day. The point of the day is to to gather together voices and experiences from across the UK to celebrate, describe and promote Mental Health Nursing. To mark this Mental Health Nurses Day, we asked a number of our friends, Fellows and Queen’s Nurses…