e-learning

Included in the programme for nurses, healthcare assistants and allied healthcare professionals are seven e-learning units. Anyone with an NHS email can access these by registering with Health Education England’s e-learning for Healthcare (e-LfH).

Go to the e-Learning for Healthcare website

After logging in, select ‘Mental Health Awareness Programme (MHP)’ then select ‘Practice Nurses’.

The units are:

• Managing alcohol in primary care
• Managing drug misuse in primary care
• Medication for mental health problems in primary care – part one
• Medication for mental health problems in primary care – part two
• Your patient’s journey
• Care planning
• Specific mental health conditions

Also available on the e-LfH website:

Mental health in primary care

After logging on, search ‘MSK in primary care’, then click on ‘MSK Primary Care (MSK)’, then click on the third option: ‘Mental health in primary care’.

Physical health in severe mental illness

The Royal College of Nursing’s Mental Health forum steering group collaborated with the Charlie Waller Trust to create this resource for nurses.

Our toolkits and guides

A Toolkit for GPs: The Mental Health Consultation (With a Young Person)

Taking care of your mental health: Looking after your own wellbeing as a health professional

Looking after your mental wellbeing: A guide for occupational health practitioners

Mental health problems in children and young people: guidance for parents and carers