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John tait

01 September 2006

Mental Health Practice

Interact

Dear Editor, John Tait, the former deputy chief nursing officer for England (MHP, 9, 10, 4) made an outstanding contribution to mental health. He did so, not only...

Wards to be proud of

01 November 2013

Mental Health Practice

Letter

I wish to pay tribute to Len Bowers (pictured) and the team behind the Safewards initiative, highlighted in the October edition. They deserve the highest praise for...

Obituary Peter David Mellor

24 January 2001

Nursing Standard

Letter

I was sorry to learn of the death of Peter Mellor, former mental health and learning disability adviser to the RCN, on January 8.

The perplexing desire to hear Claire Rayner’s views

03 July 2002

Nursing Standard

Letter

I read with interest the report of Claire Rayner’s regrettable remarks about the absence of caring attributes in present day student nurses and the rebuttal by the...

Alcohol misuse is a major health and social concern

16 June 2009

Nursing Standard

Letter

Well done for highlighting the alcohol crisis so comprehensively in an editorial, news story, clinical digest piece and Carolyn Mason’s Art & Science article (May...

Do not assume that nurses have not self-harmed

25 April 2006

Nursing Standard

Letter

Phil Barker and Poppy Buchanan- Barker’s article about the upcoming self-harm debate at RCN congress (reflections April 5) warrants a response. A major fringe event...

Student pinpoints need for new approach to violence

30 May 2006

Nursing Standard

Letter

Well done to nursing student Joanne Blyth for highlighting how seclusion and inadequate staffing levels can adversely affect the disturbed service user (Starting out...

Many benefited from john tait’s skills and leadership

01 July 2006

Nursing Standard

Letter

John Tait, the former deputy chief nursing officer for England (obituary June 28), made an outstanding contribution to mental health. He did so, not only through his...

Train nurses to be part of a suicide prevention strategy

09 July 2014

Nursing Standard

Letter

I welcomed the discussion at last month’s RCN congress on suicide prevention being included in nurse training programmes (Reflections June 11).

Sponsored long walk to raise awareness of mental health

14 May 2014

Nursing Standard

Letter

Mental health nurse consultant Phil Cooper is testing his state of mind and mental fitness with a walk from Land’s End to John O’Groats to coincide with...