Dave Munday, Unite in Health. Twitter: @davidamunday

Dave Munday

MHNA UPDATE

This year is the 70th anniversary of the founding of the NHS. To celebrate, each month Unite in Health is celebrating one or more of the professions that make up our organisation. The MHNA OPC has chosen October as mental health nursing month. This makes perfect sense for at least two reasons: it coincides with World Mental Health Day on 10 October and it gives us more time to put plans in place. We’re hoping to hold conferences in London (at the beginning of the month) and Edinburgh (possibly on 31 October, so save the date).

While you’ve got your diaries out, I’m also really pleased to announce that we are continuing our partnership with Nursing In Practice to deliver mental health streams at three of their events in 2018. These start with their Scottish event in Glasgow on 6 March, followed by returning to their London and Birmingham events later in the year. Nursing in Practice offers a great way to get some free CPD, and not just in these locations, and I recommend that you take a look at their website to look at where they will be visiting.