Welcome to episode five of our second season of the Mental Health Podcast from Unite/Mental Health Nurses Association.
Over the last few weeks, care homes have been a constant item on news reports in respect of COVID-19. In the April/May 2020 Mental Health Nursing journal, we featured an article by MHNA Organising Professional Committee member George Coxon; 'Coronavirus pandemic shows the need to protect vulnerable people'. Dave Munday took the chance to talk to George about some of this issues care homes are currently facing and to talk about the issue of kindness, the theme of this weeks Mental Health Awareness Week.
Links:
You can follow Dave and George on Twitter: www.twitter.com/davidamunday
www.twitter.com/CoxonGeorge
You can read George's recent #MHNjournal article; 'Coronavirus pandemic shows the need to protect vulnerable people' here: https://twitter.com/VanessaRNMH/status/1263117490089005067?s=20.
Dave mentioned Matt Hancocks 'protective ring' around care homes. You can watch him say this, and read what The Independent's Tom Peck thinks about this here: https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/coronavirus-uk-care-home-crisis-ring-matt-hancock-commons-a9522561.html.
Dave also mentioned the situation in Hong Kong's care homes. You can read more about this in The Guardian in Robert Booth's article: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/19/mps-hear-why-hong-kong-had-no-covid-19-care-home-deaths.
You can see more information about Mental Health Awareness Week, with it's theme of kindness, on the Mental Health Foundation website: https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/campaigns/mental-health-awareness-week.
Credits:
Theme music: Tony Gillam
Image: #MHpod logo typeface: Gilbert colour (www.typewithpride.com)
Editing: Dave Munday
