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NHS News
- One year on: The latest on our Secure Data Environment November 28, 2024Liz Gaffney, Head of NHS England's Secure Data Environment, reflects on the developments of the service one year on. In January, Michael Chapman blogged about our ambitious plans for the NHS England Secure Data Environment (SDE), starting with migrating customers to the service, testing its capabilities and processes, and then scaling up the service to handle […]
- How to stay one step ahead of a cyber attack October 16, 2024Ryan Lee explains how our Threat Operations team use a unique network of intelligence and techniques to detect advanced cyber threats before they can cause harm – and what everyone working in the NHS should do to help. If you worked for the NHS 10 years ago, you would have heard cyber security spoken about […]
- Behind the scenes publishing the new NHS website homepage October 7, 2024Alice Eastwood and Molly Lee explain how As healthcare becomes increasingly digital, the role of the NHS website (www.nhs.uk) has never been more crucial. With 50 million visits each month, it’s the UK’s most trusted health platform.
- Tracing NHS data back to the source October 1, 2024Professor Matt Sydes explains how we’re semi-automating the data provenance process to ease the admin burden on researchers and speed up clinical trials. A hard truth is that we need to improve the delivery of clinical trials. They are often large and time consuming for good reason. We need reliable findings and must protect against […]
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
- Imagine a Different Holiday Season This Year November 22, 2024Dear Readers, The holiday season is approaching, and I know this time of year can stir up complex emotions, especially when you’re carrying grief. If you’re feeling stuck or overwhelmed, know that you’re not alone—and there is a way forward. A Gentle Approach to Moving Forward As your grief coach, I want to help you […]
- Health Talks in 2025 November 21, 2024Informative, fun, talks with practical demonstrations and tips for your wholehealth (bookings & Gift Vouchers) ‘Lets talk about Energy- and Your Energy Medicine!’ 6.30pm Friday 17th January 2025 1.5hrs £15 [Covering a wide range of topics including; Your Biofield, Earthing, Bioresonance Healing, Sound Healing, Quantum Biology, How you health is affected by EMFs and light, Your […]
- Create Your Own Movie November 21, 2024Our resident Life Coach Brian Tregunna explains about a fun way to deal with anxiety. Anxiety is definitely the most common issue that people ask me to help them address, which is to be expected because anxiety is something we all experience. After all, it’s our in-built self-defence mechanism which is designed to keep […]
- Balancing Acts ~ Geranium Essential Oil, Irene Griffin September 4, 2024The iconic geranium essential oil is favoured by many because of its beautiful memorable scent, often used to comfort and soothe the mind. Yet there’s a little confusion around the real source of this aromatherapy treasure… Image: Allgau This popular essential oil is actually derived from the Pelargonium genus and not from the Geranium […]