Mental Health and You NSFT Communications

Today we're joined by Kelly and Bernie who talk about the Lotus Unit, in particular the pathways in it, how Bernie as a peer support worker supports you, support groups and additional support the team provide, partnership working with local organisations, the teams referral process, the importance of reaching out and talking to people and more. 
 
Learn more about the service here: Service details | Norfolk and Suffolk NHS (nsft.nhs.uk)

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This week we're joined by Hope, our Recovery College (RC) tutor, who shares some information on their upcoming summer timetable, what the Recovery College is and what inspired it, a bit about Hope's role in the RC, some of the new courses that are now available, including the living your best life course, and more. 
Listen to the previous episode, focused on how to joining the Recovery College here https://open.spotify.com/episode/21HSofmWKJRmA4boNr5iUJ?si=1TRL8ftjS4a3erchlcAqUw
Discovery College | Norfolk and Suffolk NHS (nsft.nhs.uk)

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Today, Wayne and experts by experience come together to discuss lessons learnt from previous events the group have attended, past experiences, the growth of the veteran support services and what they've learnt since its beginning. They discuss the next steps for the group, the importance of involving everyone, connecting to veterans and their families and more.
Learn more about the national Op COURAGE service here Mental health support for veterans, service leavers and reservists - NHS (www.nhs.uk)

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In this episode we’re joined by a range of staff from NSFT and service users who are sharing their lived experience to help our Safewards project.
The episode focuses on the Safewards Quality Improvement (QI) project, in particular: what it is, the model of care and what it means, how it fits into safewards, Safewards intervention measures, why we’re implement safewards, the collaboratives approach and more. 
Get involved with QI by emailing: QIteam@nsft.nhs.uk 
Learn more about Model of Care by emailing: moc@nsft.nhs.uk 
Learn more about the national Safewards project here: safewards-len-bowers.pdf (england.nhs.uk) 
See how NSFT is implementing Safewards here: Safewards | Norfolk and Suffolk NHS (nsft.nhs.uk) 


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This week we're joined by Gemma and Steph who are both Peer Support Workers with Lived Experience of eating disorders.
 
The pair discuss: eating disorder services provided at NSFT, their own personal experiences of eating disorders, their recovery, the importance of recognising progress in recovery, how they apply their lived experience to their role and more.
 
Additional resources mentioned are:
 
BEAT eating disorders - https://www.beateatingdisorders.org.uk/get-information-and-support/get-help-for-myself/i-need-support-now/helplines/
Eating Matters - https://eatingmatters.org.uk/

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 This week we've been joined by Andrea and Liv who talk about what's involved in participation, how Liv got involved in participation, how it helped build her confidence and the benefits she's experienced. 
 
Liv shares her journey from service user to participation to a Peer Support Worker at NSFT as well as more information about participation.
 
Quoted links are below:
 
Participation webpage - https://www.nsft.nhs.uk/participation
Young People's Participation webpage - https://www.nsft.nhs.uk/young-peoples-participation
Current opportunities to get involved - https://www.nsft.nhs.uk/currentopportunitiestogetinvolved

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