title: Valuing mental health staff.
abstract: Ben Thomas is the mental health, learning disabilities and dementia care professional officer at the Department of Health (DH). He has held senior clinical, academic and management posts in England and Australia, and was a director of nursing. Before working at the DH, Ben was head of mental health and learning disabilities at the National Patient Safety Agency. He is a member of the RCNi editorial board.
mesh_terms: D003704:Dementia; D006076:Government; D006291:Health Policy; D006801:Humans; D007857:Leadership; D007859:Learning Disabilities; D008297:Male; D061214:Patient Safety; D011568:Psychiatric Nursing; D011634:Public Health; D006113:United Kingdom