Day 2 training is underway first on the agenda - Emotional Regulation with #DBTtraining

We've got a great mental health nurse Unite: MHNA chair in Evri Anagnostara (Evri 🌻☀️). She's a brilliant advocate for mental health nurses across the UK. #MHnursesDay Mental Health Nurses' Day MHnursingFuture #MHnursingFuture

Breakfast cooked by one of our lovely ladies. Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. Yummmmmmmmm 🥓🥞

What lovely words from one of our ladies. Makes being a nurse so worth it!

Cohort 12 pocket QI Ready to start thinking of service changes 😊

What a lovely gift from one of our ladies on this hot sunny day ☀️😎

Pocket QI session 😊

"95% of the incidents of challenging behaviour or violence are caused by things you or I would find frustrating...confined to a place where they may not necessarily want to be" - how could these frustrations be minimised to prevent restrictive practices from being needed?

QI ready!

#QualityConf East London NHS Foundation Trust (ELFT) Myself and Richard Harwin 🏳️‍🌈❤️🏳️‍⚧️ are ready to present our project #WorkingWithPolicetoImproveSafetyforAll Come and see us in the world cafe group C table number 13 😊

Q&A: "A patient heaved a chair at her (operations supervisor), charged at her, starts pummeling her, bites her, pulls out her hair... He got six months in jail. He’s out. She’s still a wreck emotionally." Chris Van Gorder CEO Scripps Health bit.ly/2HoQmmc

Lovely feedback from one of our lovely ladies.

The best ‘Hot Weather Alert’ 🌞

The team is finally confirmed! We now have the support of two fantastic ladies, working with PPS, we have @bedfordshirepolice involved and another ward introduced. Watch this space Richard Harwin 🏳️‍🌈❤️🏳️‍⚧️ Ola Hill QI @ ELFT @hozadolly Amar Shah

It’s great to see some discussions around observations. Band 4 development training #observations

Risk assessment and therapeutic engagement training in our band 4 development training! A great session with some great questions. #safety #careplanning #riskassessments

Our band 6 nurse protecting our matron against the flu. If you haven’t had yours yet, see either Hamida or Catherine on crystal ward.

Another great meeting on Jade ward! Some great discussion around how to increase the number of reported incidents to the police. Watch this space!!!! #natalie_trosh #richard_harwin

Very humbled to receive these lovely flowers and card from a patient. When a patient gives validation of the work we provide makes it so worth it! It’s great when we see people move on.