Please find here the April 2025 edition of the East of England Psychological Professions Network Regional Update. 

Interview with Honor Reeves, senior CWP

Watch this short video (24 minutes) to find out about the difference CAPs are making to child services and the excellent support provided by our university courses for CAPs during training.

This video contains a compilation of some of the material pertaining to child services discussed during our recent online event; the growing impact of Clinical Associates in Psychology across the East of England.

For further information, please visit the PPN website at www.ppn.nhs.uk or contact us at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Watch this short video (31 minutes) to find out about the difference CAPs are making to older adult services and the excellent support provided by our university courses for CAPs during training.

This video contains a compilation of some of the material pertaining to child services discussed during our recent online event; the growing impact of Clinical Associates in Psychology across the East of England.

For further information, please visit the PPN website at www.ppn.nhs.uk or contact us at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Watch this short video (29 minutes) to find out about the difference CAPs are making to adult services and the excellent support provided by our university courses for CAPs during training.

This video contains a compilation of some of the material pertaining to child services discussed during our recent online event; the growing impact of Clinical Associates in Psychology across the East of England.

For further information, please visit the PPN website at www.ppn.nhs.uk or contact us at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

This document contains a compilation of presentation slides following our recent online event; the growing impact of Clinical Associates in Psychology across the East of England.

For further information or to register as a member of the Psychological Professions Network, please visit the PPN website at www.ppn.nhs.uk or contact us at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

This document contains a compilation of resources pertaining to Clinical Associates in Psychology following our recent online event; the growing impact of Clinical Associates in Psychology across the East of England.

For further information or to register as a member of the Psychological Professions Network, please visit the PPN website at www.ppn.nhs.uk or contact us at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

PPN Midlands, in collaboration with the University of Birmingham and the British Psychological Society, has published an important discussion paper, Ethnic Representation and the Practitioner Psychology Workforce in the West Midlands. This paper offers a snapshot analysis of workforce ethnicity within two Midlands Integrated Care Systems (ICS), comparing it to local population demographics and NHS mental health service users. It highlights key areas for improvement, including better data collection and alignment, targeted outreach to diverse communities, and initiatives to attract a more representative workforce. This foundational work calls for action to address disparities and provides a framework for further exploration across other psychological professions.

PPN-SE Event for PP Week 2024

Date: Tuesday 12th November 2024

Time: 10:am - 12:00pm

This PPN-SE session will focuses on Psychologically Informed Crisis Care and was the launch of the guidance developed by our PPN SE Crisis Care Leadership Fellows.

Crisis Resolution Home Treatment Teams (CRHTTs) sit in a pivotal place in the urgent care pathway. They act as gatekeepers for acute inpatient beds, facilitate early hospital discharge and provide person centred interventions in a home environment. Many people accessing these services have experienced trauma and are dealing with current distress. It is crucial that CRHTTs are set up to offer compassionate evidence-based care and avoid traumatisation. 

At the beginning of the year the PPN-SE secured funding to look into how these teams could work in a psychologically informed way, and the outcomes which may follow from this. The remit of the work was to produce a paper and set up a community of practice in the South East of England around crisis team work. 

The paper is now complete, and recommends a psychologically informed model which is focussed on these teams, but is also generalisable to other mental health teams. The paper also acts as a toolkit for a variety of mental health professionals who want to think about teams in a psychologically informed way, and how to change cultures. The voice of the service user was key in this work, and aligns with the principles and factors proposed.

A Psychologically Informed Crisis Care Best Practice Guidance report is available on the PPN-SE Website in Resources-Publications. 

We will upload the recorded session which discusses this document on 6/01/2025. 

Date: Tuesday 14th November 2023

Time: 09:30 - 11:00

An insightful online session as part of Psychological Professions Week 2023 which features people with lived experience, and insight from psychological professionals. We will begin by hearing from people from the LGBTQIA+ communities and their experiences of healthcare, positive and negative.

During the session there will also be a recorded interview with Dr Jamie Willo. Dr Jamie Willo is the LGBTQ+ gender identity awareness and inclusion training lead for Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. They will discuss their journey to developing and facilitating LGBTQ+ and Gender Identity awareness training and their views on how to foster an environment of positive and safe healthcare for people from the LGBTQIA+ communities.

Lastly, Professor Allàn Laville, Dean for Diversity, and Inclusion at the University of Reading, will, in his session, explore what Psychological Professions can do to support the healthcare of LGBTQIA+ communities. Professor Allàn Laville has been the author of several publications including exploring the importance of awareness and understanding for the LGBT+ communities in clinical practice and exploring LGBT mental health and recommendations in clinical practice. He also won the 2019 Reading Student Union Award for Diverse and Inclusive Teaching Excellence.

Chair:

• Dr Bill Tiplady (PPN-SE Co-chair)

Speakers:

• Dr Jamie Willo
• Dr Allàn Laville

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This session will look at the context of psychological professions careers and showcase the career map and animations.

Watch this session to hear from Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners, Education Mental Health Practitioners and Mental Health and Wellbeing Practitioners who tell their stories and their different entry routes including non-degree backgrounds. Also hear from supervisors and workplaces about impact and value of these roles.

Chair:

• Dr Bill Tiplady, Co-Chair, PPN South East

Speakers:

• Millie Boon, Trainee Mental Health and Wellbeing Practitioner, Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
• Sam Henson, Trainee Mental Health and Wellbeing Practitioner, Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
• Karen Veri, Mental Health and Wellbeing Practitioner Programme Learning and Development Lead, Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust
• Freya Waller, Education Mental Health Practitioner, Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust
• Lauren Easson, Senior Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner, Dorset HealthCare University NHS Foundation Trust
• Sabahat Malik, Educational Mental Health Practitioner, Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust"