#mhTV episode 64 - Nurses and research

Welcome to episode 64 [originally broadcast on Wednesday 29 September 2021] of #mhTV​​​​​​​​​​​​​. This week Vanessa Gilmartin-Garrity and Nicky Lambert spoke with guests Dr Robert Griffiths and Tim McDougall about nurses and research. RG - Robert is a Clinical Research Fellow in Mental Health Nursing at Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust (GMMH), Director of the GMMH Mental Health Nursing Research Unit, and Honorary Teaching Fellow at the University of Manchester. He has a clinical background in Assertive Outreach and Early Intervention in Psychosis mental health services, where he has held a variety of roles that have mainly focused on the delivery of psychological interventions. Robert is a former HEE/NIHR Clinical Doctoral Research Fellow (2016-2019). His current research interests include applying a theory of human behaviour, Perceptual Control Theory, to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of mental health services, and finding alternatives to restrictive practices for children in inpatient settings. TMcD - Tim McDougall is Director of Nursing and Quality at Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust. He is also the National Professional Advisor (Children and Young People’s Mental Health) for the Care Quality Commission. Tim spent 15 years as a CAMHS Nurse Consultant and was formerly Nurse Advisor for CAMHS at the Department of Health in England. He is interested in quality improvement, service transformation and nurse led research. Tim led on the initiation of the Mental Health Nursing Research Unit at Greater Manchester Mental Heath. Some Twitter links to follow are: NL - https://twitter.com/niadla​​​​​​​​​​​​​ VG - https://twitter.com/VanessaRNMH RG - https://twitter.com/_RobGriffiths TMc - https://twitter.com/timmcdougall69 Credits: Presenter: Vanessa Gilmartin-Garrity & Nicky Lambert Guests: Dr Robert Griffiths & Tim McDougall Theme music: Tony Gillam Production & Editing: Dave Munday (https://twitter.com/davidamunday)