Campaign will focus on work of Tayside mental-health nurses

A campaign to raise awareness of mental-health nursing in Tayside has been launched to coincide with World Mental Health Day 2018 today.

Mental Health Nursing – One Profession, Many Stories is a joint campaign by NHS Tayside and Dundee University.

It aims to raise awareness of the work and experiences of mental-health nurses in the region.

The campaign will see a series of videos shared on NHS Tayside and Dundee University’s social-media sites, with the hashtag #OneProfessionManyStories.

The videos will feature mental-health nursing students, newly-qualified nurses at the start of their careers, professionals with wellestablished careers and service users, as well as the history of mental-health services and visions for the future.

The campaign aims to attract new students to the profession and recruit and retain staff in Tayside by showcasing the positive impact mental-health nurses make every day.

NHS Tayside’s associate nurse director for mental health and learning disabilities Keith Russell said: “We are delighted to be working in partnership with our colleagues at Dundee University to tell the story of mental-health nursing.

“Mental-health nurses work alongside people with mentalhealth problems in their homes, communities and hospitals.

“Our video campaign aims to tell the stories and experiences of our mental-health nurses and the impact they have on people’s lives every day.”

Dundee University mentalhealth nursing lecturer Jacqui Eccles said: “It is vital that we recruit the best and brightest people to this profession.”