Adrian Jugdoyal, Director of Programmes for Mental Health at Middlesex University, Advanced Nurse Practitioner, Care Quality Commission Inspector, NICE Reviewer and project manager

In this episodes Laura meets with Adrian Jugdoyal who is a Director of Programmes for Mental Health at Middlesex University. They discuss why he decided to train as a nurse and his interest in both Adult and Mental health nursing. They talk about his career as an Advanced Nurse Practitioner, a Care Quality Commission Inspector, NICE Reviewer and project manager. He gives advice for anyone with an interest in Mental health and adult nursing and outlines the impact being a researcher and prescriber has had on his career. Laura and Adrian debate the impact Covid-19 has had on students studying adult nursing and the challenges they have faced as academics.