Jane Wray, Research Fellow, Department of Nursing
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| Jane Wray |
It was a packed two days of keynotes, posters and
concurrent sessions at the NPNR conference this year which took place at the
Manchester Conference Centre. There were some great workshops too and I
especially enjoyed the session by Dr Elizabeth Collier and Dr Russell Ashmore
on ‘The Mental Health Needs of Transgendered People’. I was also introduced to
the National Elf Service (@NatElfService)
a resource for keeping up to date with research and a number of different
specialist elves including the Mental Elf (@Mental_Elf).
I presented a paper as part of a symposium on ‘Working with
Carers in an acute inpatient mental health settings’, co-presenting with
colleagues from Humber Foundation Trust. The papers were on ‘Carer Involvement
in Risk Assessment: A review of the literature’ (myself and Laura Stone), ‘An
evaluation of carer involvement in inpatient services’ (Anne Parry and Victoria
Richards) and ‘Developing a training package to increase carer involvement in
risk assessment (Haley Jackson and Samantha Haigh). Chaired by Tracy Flanagan,
Group Director of Humber Foundation Trust (and previously lecturer in mental
health in the faculty) the papers represent several years of collaborative work
in this area and on-going project examining the impact of carer involvement in
assessing risk in MH settings.
See what was discussed at the conference #NPNR2015 or for
more information about the research on carer involvement email me.
Penny Grubb, a well published local author and faculty 
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