Welcome to episode 53 [originally broadcast on Wednesday 23 June 2021] of #mhTV. This week Vanessa Gilmartin Garrity and Nicky Lambert spoke with guests Jemma Mulryan and Emma Wadey about the Professional Nurse Advocate Programme.
Jemma was a late booking so we’ve not been able to get her biography at this time. She is a mental health nurse and one of the new professional nurse advocates.
Emma is Head of Mental Health Nursing at NHSE/I and a member of the Technical Advisory group on mental health impact of COVID-19 across the European region for the World Health Organisation.
She is a mental health nurse with over 20 years of experience across a wide range of health, emergency care and criminal justice settings. Emma continues to work as a consultant Nurse in a local Psychiatric liaison service. More recently she has been the clinical lead for the National Mental health, learning Disability and Autism COVID-19 response cell, providing expert clinical oversight during the pandemic.
She is leading the national program of work on reducing suicides in Nursing and Midwifery and is a member of the expert advisory group and Nurse representative on the design and implementation of an enhanced mental health and wellbeing offer for healthcare staff. She has worked with the National Midwifery team building on the success of the Professional Midwifery Advocate program to develop a Professional Nurse Advocate program. By the end of March 2022, over 5000 nurses across all fields of practice and in all healthcare settings will have been trained.
Emma maintains her own health and mental well-being through trail running, reading and spending as much time as possible with her family and two cats.
You can find out more details about the Professional Nurse Advocate program on the NHS England & NHS Improvement website: https://www.england.nhs.uk/nursingmidwifery/delivering-the-nhs-ltp/professional-nurse-advocate/.
Some Twitter links to follow are:
NL - https://twitter.com/niadla
VG - https://twitter.com/VanessaRNMH
JM - https://twitter.com/jemmamulryan
EW - https://twitter.com/NursingEmma
Credits:
Presenters: Vanessa Gilmartin-Garrity & Nicky Lambert
Guests: Jemma Mulryan & Emma Wadey
Theme music: Tony Gillam
Production & Editing: Dave Munday (https://twitter.com/davidamunday)
