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NHS News
- One design system is better than 2 April 15, 2026Frankie and Ananda explain why the NHS design system is not just for public-facing services, with an overview of recent changes to meet the needs of staff-facing services. There’s also more change coming, and you can get involved too. The NHS design system was set up to meet the needs of teams building public services. […]
- How we're using Proxygen to transform API development April 8, 2026Jonathan Eagle explains how the NHS England API Management team tackled some of the biggest pain points in API development in the NHS – and how a new tool called Proxygen is cutting integration time with the NHS API Platform from weeks to days.
- Co-creating the digital front door to the NHS December 1, 2025The NHS App enables millions of people to access essential healthcare services, but some struggle to use it. Tanja Galloway, Lisa Collins and Simon Davis explore the challenges and share practical insights for making user research inclusive and accessible so no one is left behind. The NHS App enables millions of people to access essential healthcare […]
- Cyber first responders: Strengthening NHS defences in the digital age November 17, 2025Martin Jarvis, Incident Management Lead in our Cyber Security Operations Centre (CSOC), explains how the preparedness of individual NHS organisations, working alongside central response capabilities, forms a protective partnership to keep the NHS safe. Driving forward the NHS 10 Year Health Plan’s commitment to move 'from analogue to digital' means cyber security is more critical […]
Blog – SEMH
- Principles of Trauma Informed Practice March 26, 2025There are 6 main principles of trauma informed practice. How can we apply these to schools? Safety How we make our young people feel safe is a very unique challenge for schools. Understanding a young person and their frame of reference is the first step in trauma informed practice. To understand a young person is […]
- Safety Signals – Trauma Informed Practice February 3, 2025Safety comes before everything in education. We know this to be true, yet it can be increasingly hard to know when it is felt by those accessing our provisions. We can take great steps to broadcast safety, to reassure, to try to empathise...but often when we try to walk in their shoes, it's still us in […]
- Scary snakes and fear ladders – helping young people with anxiety December 18, 2024Anxiety is a common problem for young people in the UK, and is one of the biggest causes of emotionally based school non-attendance. 3.3% of children and young people in the UK, about 290,000, have an anxiety disorder (Mental health of children and young people in Great Britain; Green, McGinnity, Meltzer, Ford and Goodman, 2005). […]
- Consequences and Boundaries with SEMH needs August 14, 2024One of the biggest areas of misunderstanding when working with children who have SEMH needs or have experienced trauma is around the topic of boundaries and consequences. To be clear - all children require safe boundaries and there are consequences for all actions. I am using the term consequences here in place of punishment quite […]
#8211; National Elf Service – National Elf Service
- The future of The Mental Elf May 17, 2024An update from our Founders on the future of The Mental Elf. The post The future of The Mental Elf appeared first on National Elf Service.
- The Mental Elf is hiring! Join our team of Elf Coordinators May 2, 2024The National Elf Service needs 2 part-time Elf Coordinators to join our team and support us in the commissioning and editing of Mental Elf blogs. This opportunity will suit a PhD student working in a mental health setting, but may also be of interest to people with lived experience, practitioners or trainees working in mental […]
- Please help save The Mental Elf November 13, 2023A message from our Founder: If you like what we do and you want it to continue, please read this and help save The Mental Elf. The post Please help save The Mental Elf appeared first on National Elf Service.
- #EquallyWellAU23 live blog: National Equally Well Symposium – Sydney, Australia, 25-27 July 2023 July 23, 2023Justin Chapman and Laura Hemming are in Sydney this week, live tweeting and blogging from the National Equally Well Symposium 2023. They're going to be learning about the best ways to support the physical health needs of people with serious mental ill-health. The post #EquallyWellAU23 live blog: National Equally Well Symposium – Sydney, Australia, 25-27 […]
The Wellness Hub Falmouth
- Positive Self-Talk March 27, 2026Life Coach Brian Tregunna explains the importance of positive self-talk and shares some advice on how to achieve it, regardless of circumstances. We all have conversations with ourselves. Sometimes we externalise our thoughts when talking with other people but most of our self-talk is internalised as inner dialogue and not heard by other people. So […]
- Homeopathy for Hayfever in Cornwall and Devon: Natural Relief for Spring Allergies March 26, 2026Spring in Cornwall and Devon is beautiful! It means longer days, coastal walks, blooming hedgerows and fields coming back to life. But for many people it also marks the start of hayfever season, which can leave them dreading the start of spring. Tree pollen in early spring followed by grass pollen in late spring and […]
- The Resilient Spring March 26, 2026A piece on EMDR, Counselling, and Emotional Renewal by Perdita Heasman 🌸 Moving into the Light: As the days lengthen and the frost begins to thaw, we find ourselves at the threshold of Spring. In the world of counselling psychology, we often view the change of seasons as more than just a meteorological shift; it […]
- Slow down, it’s not spring yet. February 19, 2026The Taoist concept of Wu Wei means doing without doing. It’s about going with the flow, not pushing against it or speeding things up. It’s about being comfortable without an agenda or desired outcome. In Chinese Medicine, winter embodies Wu Wei. It’s a time of stillness, gestation, incubation, restoration, and rest. It’s quiet and slow, […]