News: November 2020

More psychiatric nurses needed to deal with Covid mental health crisis

A World Health Organisation warning about an explosion in cases of depression caused by the pandemic has led to a call for more people to apply to become mental health nurses by one of Wales’s leading training providers.

Publication date: 13 November 2020

Assessing the effectiveness of new support resources for carers of people living with a dementia

An online training and support resource developed by the World Health Organisation (WHO) for family and friends supporting people living with dementia is to be assessed for use in the UK for the first time. This new research project is led by Bangor University and funded by the National Institute of Health Research (NIHR).

Publication date: 4 November 2020