Welcome to episode 50 [originally broadcast on Wednesday 19 May 2021] of #mhTV. This week we were due to speak to Emma Wadey about the Professional Nurse Advocate programme, which she is leading on. We had to postpone that session and in the space left, Nicky Lambert took the opportunity to interview Dave Munday about politics and nursing.
Dave is lead professional officer (mental health) with Unite the union. He leads the professional support to the Mental Health Nurses Association and its members alongside a number of other professional groupings in the Unite health sector. He is a member of the Mental Health Nursing journal editorial board, and alongside Vanessa Gilmartin Garrity and Nicky Lambert, is a founder and producer of #mhTV.
Dave qualified as a registered nurse in 2001 and as a registered specialist community public health nurse (health visitor) in 2002 having studied at Manchester University where he won the John Owens Award in his graduation year. He worked as an auxiliary nurse and then staff nurse at Tameside Hospital and a health visitor in Salford (the birthplace of health visiting) and Tameside (the birthplace of Dave). He also worked as a Sure Start health coordinator and in the local authority leading on the Every Child Matters 'be healthy' pathway. In his spare time he used to run and cycle although this has now been replaced with vaccinating people against COVID-19.
Some Twitter links to follow are:
NL - https://twitter.com/niadla
DM - https://twitter.com/davidamunday
Credits:
Presenters: Nicky Lambert & Dave Munday
Guest: Dave Munday
Theme music: Tony Gillam
Production & Editing: Dave Munday
