In this episode, Dr Jess spends some time with Dr Melinda Rees, a consultant clinical psychologist with more than three decades of experience across clinical, leadership, and commercial roles in mental health.
Melinda is now CEO of the mental health technology company Psyomics.
She opens up about her own journey: from her first day as a newly qualified psychologist arriving at a struggling GP practice in East London in 2000, to the culture war that erupted within psychology services when outcomes monitoring was introduced.
She reflects on the changes NHS mental health services have been through in just the last decade, and what that shift means for quality, for staff, and for patients.
And Melinda reflects candidly on what she sees as the biggest misconception the public still holds about the National Health Service.
This is part one of a two-part conversation. Subscribe to the Wired for Hope podcast to make sure you don’t miss the second part when it is released.
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Written and hosted by Dr. Jessica Barton
Produced by Anthony Zahra
Music Credit: SigmaMusicArt
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