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Take part in mental health knowledge exchange events across Wales

Throughout March 2025, a series of knowledge exchanges are taking place across the country as part of the Wales Mental Health Leadership Exchange event. Over the course of the event, leaders will come together from across the health and care system as part of a series of activity that supports information sharing and innovation.

Hosted by teams and organisations across Wales, each knowledge exchange will be a structured and immersive experience where experts by occupation and experience come together to share best practice and build on their collective knowledge, stimulating improvement. There will be mutual benefit for knowledge exchange hosts and participants with lots of opportunities for learning and expanding networks.

Recovery-based system approaches adopted by mental health services in other countries have successfully supported a shift from traditional tiered models. All of the knowledge exchanges have been designed around recovery-based system approaches, with themes including:

  • Transforming the community mental health system
  • Redefining the mental health workforce
  • The systematic implementation of PROMs/PREMs in mental health services to support and demonstrate person-centred care

Ciara Rogers, National Director of Mental Health, Learning Disability and Neurodiversity, NHS Wales Executive, said: “Having been fortunate enough to attend the Global Leadership Exchange in 2024, a group of colleagues and I experienced first-hand how events like this can offer rich opportunities to connect mental health leaders and showcase best practice in a way that creates a lasting impact. I’m really excited that the NHS Wales Executive will be hosting its first ever Wales Mental Health Leadership Exchange this year. The event will be key in fostering greater collaboration to enhance services in a needs led way that is underpinned by a dynamic and sustainable workforce.”

Nineteen unique knowledge exchange events will be taking place throughout March, at various locations across Wales, as well as some online options. The Wales Mental Health Leadership Exchange and knowledge exchanges are designed for leaders across a variety of roles in mental health services that have the ability to inspire, influence and action change at a local level

Find out more about the knowledge exchange opportunities available and sign up by 26 February 2025. There are a limited number of places available on each knowledge exchange and once all places are booked the knowledge exchange opportunity will close.