#mhTV episode 78 - Body worn cameras

Welcome to episode 78 [originally broadcast on Wednesday 26 January 2022] of #mhTV​​​​​​​​​​​​​. This week Nicky Lambert and David Munday spoke with guests Jenny Allen-Lynn, Jude Allen-Lynn, Lindsay Bennett & Prof. Alan Simpson to talk about body worn cameras. JeAL - I’m Jenny Allen-Lynn and I am a mental health service user. I work predominantly with Northampton Healthcare Foundation Trust as an expert by experience advisor, a peer trainer for the NHFT recovery college, the Progression and Management of Violence and Aggression team and the Acute Liaison Mental Health team. I am also the chair of the crisis pathway co-production group. Regionally and Nationally I am a member of the ImROC Peer Support Worker training team, a service user member East Midlands Patient Safety Collaborative on restrictive practice and part of the social work team for Northampton and Birmingham University. I was an advisor on body worn cameras for the Body worn cameras LEAP research group. I also have a special interest in LGBTQ+ and deliver training around this subject for newly qualified social workers. JuAL - I am a mental health service user in Northampton. As an expert by experience I support Northampton Health Care Foundation Trust as an advisor and a trainer. I develop and deliver training as part of the Progression and Management of Violence and Aggression Team around keeping physical intervention emotionally safe, the Recovery College, the Acute Liaison Mental Health Team delivering mental health training to general nurses. I am also chair of the inpatient co-production group at NHFT. Regionally, I am part of the East Midlands Safety Collaborative sexual safety group and I am part of the social work programme at Northampton and Birmingham Universities. I was also member of the Lived Experience Advisory Panel on body Worn Cameras Research with Alan Simpson. I also deliver training on LGBTQ+ issues nationally. LB - I began my mental health nurse training in 1986 and qualified as an RMN in 1989. I worked on Adult Acute wards