Ruth Atkinson and Jessica Allen, members of DHSC Global Health Security team, recently completed a connecting placement at East London NHS Foundation Trust. Ruth and Jess have kindly shared their experience here. We work in the Global Health Security team …
Towards the end of last year, a group of DH staff spent a day connecting at Evolve Housing + Support. Find out more about the day through the eyes of Harriette Cradock……. Having only ever been to Croydon once before, …
Lara Sonola and Shamim Rahman, members of DH System Oversight, Planning and Legislation team, recently completed a connecting placement at East London NHS Foundation Trust. Lara and Shamim have kindly shared their experience here. During our two day visit, I …
Melinda Johnson – new DH Commercial Director, recently spent some time Connecting as part of her Induction to DH life, Melinda has shared her experiences Stepping out on the NHS Front-Line here: What an amazing experience the DH Connecting Programme …
Emily Antcliffe, Deputy Director in Mental Health Policy recently completed a visit with a homeless and mental health service in Sydney. Emily has kindly shared her experience here. It’s 6.30am on a damp summer’s morning, and the inhabitants of 25 …
Recently, I was lucky enough to be involved in Department of Health’s latest policy school. We were tasked with answering the question ‘How can the government ensure that people with mental health problems are discharged from hospital at the right …
A few months ago, two of our Connecting partners came along to one of our DG updates and spoke about their experiences of being part of the Connecting programme. One of the issues raised was that Connecting is usually arranged with one …
Mental health has never commanded the same public attention and media interest as physical health, the reasons for this we can debate at length. But this lack of profile means that we who work in the sector, and consequently those …
Several members of the Legislation and Policy Unit in the NHS Group recently went connecting at South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (SLAM). SLAM provides the widest range of NHS mental health services in the UK, has about 4800 …
Connecting has been a fantastic opportunity to remind me why I joined the Department of Health, having recently come back after several years working in other parts of Government. It’s also given me a very useful snapshot of the reality …