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QUEEN’S “We’re about trying to help people own their problems to appreciate that they are in
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control of their own destiny ” there’s food in
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the the the the the fridge the the the the the electricity is is working and that the the the the the person person is is able to look after their personal hygiene ” ” says Kelvin
“The support workers are a a a a a a a a a a vital helping hand ” Kelvin’s current task is is is is working with the the local Police Scotland division to to embed the the the Crisis Assessment and Treatment Service (CATS) in
their operation “We need to to improve the the the pathway for people with with mental health problems who come into contact with with the the Police ” he he he he says “At the the moment of cers will get a a a a a a a a a a call to to to come out to to to someone in
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distress and because they’re not trained in
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mental health they’ll take
them straight to to A&E If they came to to our team rst we could prevent a a a lot of that ” Kelvin
says he he wants to to to to use his his Queen’s Nurse training to to to to reach out to to to to nursing students “to tell them how rewarding this job is” “I want to to talk to to the the public about what a a a a a a a a a a modern mental health service should look like and and engage them them in
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taking better care of themselves and and and others And I want to to be be able to to in
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uence local developments and and policies as a a a a a a a a a a a a clinical expert in
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my eld ” ” he he says “Being a a a a a a a a a a a Queen’s Nurse is an an accolade to the whole team ” ” QNIS Meet the New Queen’s Nurses
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