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Great to support Worktree this evening with their quiz night to help raise awareness and funding. Spending time and having fun with friends was also good for boosting the mental health, whilst coming joint first in the quiz was just the cherry on the cake! Image courtesy of Worktree.

Today is Time to Change‘s Time to Talk Day, which is designed to encourage people to talk about mental health and help change lives. In reality, people should be able to find time to talk about mental health and mental health issues every day, but not everyone has the confidence to do so. Mental Health

Dr A.J. Yates recorded a radio interview today – on the topic of having conversations around mental health – ahead of Time to Change‘s Time to Talk day on the 6th February. The conversation with Lia Christodoulou from MKFM and Jon Manning from Arthur Ellis Mental Health Support will be broadcast on MKFM on Sunday

A busy start to the year for Dr AJ teaching both Schools First Aid and Mental Health First Aid courses. Great day today running a half-day mental health awareness course for some of the fantastic team at local company WSA. Image courtesy of WSA.

This is advance notice that we will be taking a well deserved break over the festive period in order to recharge the batteries and take care of our mental health.  Voicemail messages and emails will still be checked periodically, but it may take a little longer than usual to get a reply – thank you

Having done physical first aid training for so many years, AJ has been persuaded (it didn’t take much arm twisting) to provide training for a local charity from next month. Hazard Alley provide health & safety courses at their centre in Kiln Farm, Milton Keynes. Please feel free to contact them directly for a list

It was a privilege to be asked to write a blog for Jacky Sherman outlining some of the simple steps that businesses can take to support the mental health and wellbeing of their staff. To read the blog, please click here. If you would like to find out some more information, Dr Yates offers free

An updated list of Mental Health First Aid courses for 2020 have now been released by AJMH Limited, including the new MHFA Refresher course which is designed for Mental Health First Aiders and Mental Health First Aid Champions who want to renew their skills, but don’t feel the need to attend the full two or

For Stress Awareness Day, please read Dr AJ’s latest blog on LinkedIn discussing stress and the workplace by clicking here.

It was a privilege for Dr AJ to help organise the College of Medicine‘s Food on Prescription conference last week, and lovely to receive recognition from the Chair, Dr Michael Dixon.