Thursday 21 February marked the first ever Mental Health Nurses' Day - a day led by the Royal College of Nursing to celebrate the work of mental health nurses all across the country.
On a special visit to mark Time to Talk Day 2019, Minister for Defence People and Veterans, Tobias Ellwood, MP, heard about the work staff including psychologists are doing to help servicemen and women, many of whom are still suffering trauma - often years after they have left the armed forces.
Hundreds of people braved the cold and snowy weather on Friday 1 February to help celebrate the 10 year anniversary of ‘Loudest Whispers’ at St Pancras Hospital – part of Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust.
Camden and Islington’s vibrant LGBT+ community will be out in force next month for the 10th anniversary celebration of one of the UK’s most colourful art exhibitions.
Dr Quentin Huys is an Honorary Consultant Psychiatrist with C&I’s Complex Depression, Anxiety and Trauma service, and a Senior Clinical Lecturer at the Max Planck UCL Centre for Computational Psychiatry and Ageing Research.
Here he explains the neurobiology of alcohol, and why it is so dangerous in the context of mental health.
“I’m speechless! Thank you from the bottom of my heart,” were the words shared by Joy Anamuehan when she was surprised on Thursday 17 January with the Star of the Month award.
Read this positive perspective from a service user on how they have been supported on the road to recovery by our Substance Misuse Services after two decades marked by addiction to cocaine and dangerous experimentation with "chemsex" drugs.
The Government has recently shared news of its NHS Long Term Plan - a plan which sets out the key areas to improve patient care over the next ten years.
February 2019 Star
28 February 2019
The sun shone through the grey clouds on Thursday 28 February for the latest Star of the Month surprise presentation.