John is a senior staff nurse working in a low secure mental health unit within St Andrews Healthcare in Essex. John has 14 years’ experience working in mental health, 12 as a HCA and 2 years as a qualified nurse. John is also the host of the award winning “on the ward” podcast. The podcast aims to shine a light on the experience of patients and staff living and working in mental health hospital. The podcast has proved popular with the 12 episodes and having had 20000 downloads so far. It was also the winner of the “innovation in practice” at the 2020 student nursing times awards.