Mindfulness-based interventions have been shown to reduce stress, anxiety and burnout among healthcare professionals. This article details a project undertaken to evaluate the effects of an eight-week online mindfulness stress reduction (MSR) course for staff at an NHS mental health trust. The course was run five times between September 2020 and May 2022 and 59 members of staff took part....
In 2020, a clinical nurse specialist (CNS) role dedicated to older people experiencing voices, visions and unshared beliefs (VVUBs) – often termed ‘psychosis’ – was created in the Mental Health Services for Older People at Cardiff and Vale University Health Board. One of the drivers for this new role was the wish to shift from a biomedical approach to a trauma-informed, human rights-focused...