Tag Archives: happiness

NHS Citizen Gather

Posted on September 14, 2014 by Rod

The NHS Citizen project recently ran a test of what it calls Gather, the middle part of the three-part system that’s being built to provide a way for citizens to bring issues directly to the attention of the NHS England … Continue reading →

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Recovery College

Posted on April 22, 2014 by Rod

On April 22nd I attended a short introduction to the work of the Severn and Wye Recovery College in Gloucestershire and Herefordshire. Recovery colleges are said to be a new approach to recovery in mental illness, based on an educational … Continue reading →

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5 steps

Posted on April 8, 2012 by Rod

I’ve heard mixed reports about the work Gloucestershire’s mental health trust, 2gether, does to promote what it calls “emotional wellbeing”. Its Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) service, codenamed “Let’s Talk”, produces a self-help booklet, 5 steps to emotional wellbeing. … Continue reading →

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Measuring Wellbeing

Posted on April 8, 2011 by Rod

An event at Warwick University Medical School on April 8th solved a little mystery. At the same time it exposed three unresolved questions about wellbeing and how it might be measured.

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BT

Posted on March 17, 2011 by Rod

Paul Litchfield, OBE, Chief Medical Officer at BT, gave a lecture entitled Mental Health at Work, at Warwick Medical School on March 17th. Largely self-congratulatory, the lecture outlined a collection of programmes with few clues to how they fit together, … Continue reading →

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Wellbeing

Posted on February 28, 2011 by Rod

Warkwickshire LINk invited members to a lecture about wellbeing on February 28th. Around sixty attended, though perhaps not all of us, and perhaps very few, were LINk members. The speaker was Gregor Henderson, who was billed as leading the Wellbeing … Continue reading →

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What is Good Mental Health?

Posted on October 21, 2010 by Rod

The Worcestershire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust provided a rare and very welcome opportunity for members to hear about the work of some of its senior clinicians in a meeting on October 21. Two consultant clinical psychologists had prepared interesting … Continue reading →

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