Mental Health and Learning Disabilities staff

Pam Morley

Senior Lecturer

Pam is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Mental Health, School of Nursing, and part of the module team for NUR 4032 – Assessing Needs and Planning Care, which runs on the BSc Future Nurse Curriculum and MSc Dual Integrated Award. She is part of the team for Operation Simulation in the second year of nursing...

Helen Needham

Senior Lecturer

Helen worked for 25 years as a Community Nurse for people with Learning Disabilities. She became a full time member of the Learning Disability Nursing team at Birmingham City University in 2016. Helen is a qualified counsellor with a particular interest in the psychological wellbeing of people with Learning disabilities....

Dr Andrea Page

Associate Professor

Andrea is a registered nurse for people with learning disabilities, with 30 years plus experience in this field. Prior to joining Birmingham City University in 2000, she was a community nurse for people with learning disabilities. Throughout her career she has always had an interest in how challenging behaviours are managed...

Samantha Salmon

Lecturer

Prior to lecturing Samantha worked at a short breaks service for adults with learning disabilities, ranging from profound and multiple learning disabilities (PMLD) to mild learning disabilities, focusing on increasing independence. The service comprised of two units, one adapted to accommodate people with complex physical...

Cara Todd

Lecturer

Cara's most recent clinical role involved managing a community team of mental health nurses and allied professionals who worked with clients with a primary diagnosis of psychosis. This role involved initiating interventions within a shared care model. Cara specialised in the care and management of complex clients and also...

Dr Andrew Walsh

Senior Lecturer

Andrew qualified as a mental health nurse in 1982. Before coming to BCU he worked in a range of mental health care settings such as acute mental health care and the mental health of older people. He was a ward manager, a Community Psychiatric Nurse and he also worked in primary care within South Birmingham. Andrew studied...

Robin Wilkinson

Assistant Lecturer in Learning Disabilities

Robin’s initial involvement with people with Learning Disabilities was through working with voluntary therapy services as a level 3 technician, after being on a Fine Art Degree program in Exeter. Robin has a Diploma in Learning Disabilities as well as a Mental Health nursing degree. He has worked within Acute Mental...