Great that Dr AJ had the opportunity to share insights into suicide prevention yesterday, to mark World Suicide Prevention Day. The groups from Collaborate MK (at their Gold Workshop in the morning) and Milton Keynes University Hospital (at their dedicated event in the afternoon) were fully engaged for this vital topic.
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As today is St John’s Day, and as Dr AJ has an undergraduate degree in Phytotherapy, we’ve decided to explode a few myths when it comes to St Joh’s Wort, which was traditionally said to flower on the 24th June. Click to read the article.
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Dr AJ spent an enjoyable day yesterday at the Your Business Expo, which was held at The Ridgeway Centre in Milton Keynes. Lots of interesting people to speak to, and lots of businesses to connect with who share our passion to support wellbeing in the workplace from both a physical and mental health perspective. And
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On the Mental Health First Aid courses, we always discuss your stress container (the place where you dump your stress). Whilst there is no one-size-fits-all when it comes to mental health, it IS vital to regularly open the tap on your stress container in order to stay mentally resilient. After a busy week of teaching
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Great couple of days this week has seen Dr AJ teach another Supervising First Aid for Mental Health course at the wonderful Willen Hospice. This very engaged group threw themselves into all the discussions/activities and all are now better equipped to support someone who is starting to struggle with their mental health.
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Dr AJ spent an enjoyable morning yesterday at MK:U for the latest of SEMLEP’s Growth Hub Network and Learn. Particularly interested to hear Sarah James talk more about the Healthy Workplace Standards.
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DR AJ often talks about the value of dogs in general, and assistance dogs in particular, during his training. It was great to have the opportunity to visit Medical Detection Dogs earlier today with Collaborate MK to hear more about the vital work that the team are carrying out there.
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It was great that Dr AJ had the opportunity to be part of the UK’s first eating disorder conference for medical students on Saturday. Congratulations to all the organisers/contributors/attendees for such an interesting day on such an important topic.
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