Thursday June 13th 2024 5.30-9pm, Jubilee Campus, Lecture Theatre 1 Exchange Building
This event is free.
Breaking the Cycles of Injustice and Servitude
Skellern Lecture, Dr Ada Hui
Throughout history, nursing has encountered numerous challenges relating to equality, identity and career progression (Hinkley et al., 2023; WRES, 2023). More recently, challenges have been recognised for nursing research, despite research having the capacity to save lives (NHSE, 2021). This has grave implications for patients, communities and society. People with protected characteristics, such as gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation and religious beliefs, are disproportionately affected by health and social inequalities (NHS RHO, 2021; 2022). Multiple socioeconomic deprivations are likely to be experienced concurrently, such as education, housing employment and finances (NHS RHO, 2021; 2022). People with protected characteristics include nurses as well as patients. Nurses’ capacity to care are called into question when working in challenging environments and in spaces where rates of burnout are particularly high (Hui, 2016; 2017). Patients are labelled ‘difficult’, ‘disengaged’ and ‘difficult to reach’ when choosing not to engage with services that do not (positively) serve them (Hui et al., 2020; Hui et al., 2021). Research, education, policies and practices are each informed by evidence. However, ‘evidence’ becomes questionable when nurses and patients, and more specifically, nurses and patients with protected characteristics, are excluded or lack the opportunities to participate in meaningful ways. This lecture will explore contemporary challenges focusing on the implications, effects and outcomes for nurses and patients experiencing injustice and servitude within the very institutions that seek to employ and support them. An intra-disciplinary approach will be used to investigate how institutional injustice manifests; how cycles of injustice and servitude are created and maintained, and how these might be disrupted to enable system transformation. Using critical socio-political theories, this lecture will examine institutions, identities and practices in attempts to rebalance and address contemporary shortcomings and future directions for nursing research, education, policy and practice.
Brief bio
Dr Ada Hui is a mental health nurse, sociologist and coach. Ada’s career has spanned clinical practice, research and higher education. Most recently, she joined the Royal College of Nursing, as the UK Professional Lead for Research, where she is leading the development and implementation of the RCN’s research strategy. Ada is a renowned researcher with a drive for tackling institutional injustice in research, health, education, policy and society. She has spent her career working with disadvantaged communities to address health and social inequalities. Her work uses narratives and interdisciplinary approaches to challenge and disrupt the status quo; to raise awareness of seldom heard voices; working towards greater inclusion and representation for people who are under-served.
SCHEDULE
5.30 Guests arrive
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6.00pm Evening Chair: Catherine Gamble
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Welcome address: Dr Sue Elcock, Executive Medical Director, Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
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6.15pm Special Award: Dr Joy Bray
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6.20pm Introduction to Skellern Lecture:
Dr Anne Aiyegbusi
6.30pm SKELLERN LECTURE: Dr Ada Hui
7.15 Plaque presentation:
Diane Hull – Executive Director of Nursing, AHPs & Quality, Notts Healthcare Foundation Trust
7.20 Refreshment Break
8.00 Introduction to Lifetime achievement Award:
Professor Mary Chambers
8.10pm JPHMN LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT: Sean Duggan, OBE
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8.50pm Plaque presentation:
Dr Julie Repper
8.55pm Vote of Thanks: TBC
9.00 Close
Sean Duggan - Lifetime Achievement Award 2024
Sean’s lifetime work focuses on raising standards of care and treatment of mental health services and improving lives of those who use services and their carers. His focus is on influencing politicians, policy makers and heads of public sector organisations and other key stakeholders to deliver evidence-based intervention with a sound economic basis. Training as a registered mental health nurse in 1979 set the scene for a career motivated by passion for the profession and for the professionals within it. Sean ensures that mental health nursing is promoted at all opportunities, with the Mental Health Network and Nurse Directors Network’s Aspiring Nurse Director Programme being his most recent project. To ensure the continued improvement of mental health services, Sean has influenced health policy on a national level; through his membership of the Five Year Forward View oversight group, chairing of the Mental Health Act Review’s Addressing Rising Detention Rates Topic Group and NHS Long Term Plan Steering Group. Whilst at the Sainsbury’s Centre for Mental Health, Sean led on several health economic studies, many of which were eventually included in the NHS Long Term Plan and widely accepted by the Treasury. Criminal justice and prison mental health have been priorities for Sean over the past 30 years; in 2006 he joined the Sainsbury’s Centre for Mental Health as director of Criminal Justice Programme, before becoming Chief Executive. Immediately before this, Sean was Director of Health and Social Care for Criminal Justice at the London Development Centre and offender health consultant for the Department of Health. Sean is a Professorial Fellow at the Institute of Mental Health and in 2013 was awarded the President’s Medal by the Royal College of Psychiatrists.
Dr Joy Bray Special Contribution Award 2024
Mary Chambers, "I am delighted to have the pleasure and honour to present this special award to Dr. Joy Bray. She has been a stalwart in many aspects of mental health nursing including the resurrection of ES memorial lecture award. Joy was and continues to be an inspiration to me. Joy and I are both prodigies of Prof Isaac Marks’ behaviour nurse therapist programme from back in the day. I have fond memories of Joy at conferences articulating her role as a nurse therapist with clarity and enthusiasm, an excellent role model and inspiration. -e.g. on one occasion she sat so composed when challenged by a leading psychiatrist about a behavioural intervention she had used, without hesitation she quoted the evidence and justification for her choice, I remember thinking I wish I could do that as well as Joy just did. Other of Joy’s qualities that makes her a great role-model are her positivity, humility, empathy, and professionalism. Over the years as Joy progressed in her career, I was always impressed with Joy’s commitment to promoting good clinical practice and her endeavours to make sure the voice of mental health service users was heard. Joy has continued to engage with clinical practice as is evident in her more recent work with the Royal College of Nursing to include brief encounter skills into caring for vulnerable people in an on-line module for general nurses. On a more personal note, Joy has always been ‘by my side’ in a variety of ways over the years, to me her friendship is very important and highly valued, in other words a true friend. Joy, It gives me great pleasure to present you with this award.
Gary Winship, "In 2005 Joy Bray, Sally Hardy and I set about re-establishing the Skellern Lecture after it had been dormant for a decade or so. Joy was right at the heart of the development. Joy’s seniority, experience and pedigree gave the revival of the Skellern Lecture an inspiring and important anchor for continuity. I have no doubt that Joy brought a prestige steer to the Skellern Lecture and the Lifetime achievement Award and the event wouldn’t have been revived and sustained without her presence. I know Sally joins me in saying it has been a pleasure and an honour to work so closely with you Joy over the last 15 years, and we are delighted that panel wanted to honour you with this special award”.
