NHS mental health nurses have been based permanently at Cardiff University to help tackle the student mental health crisis, made worse by Covid. The ground breaking Mental Health University Liaison Service is available for all the 50,000+ students living in the Cardiff, including those at Cardiff University, Cardiff Metropolitan University, the University of South Wales and the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama.
Students are seen by one of the NHS nurses within 10 days of being referred either by student services. their GP or , NHS adult psychiatry. Appointments are held at Cardiff university’s Centre for Student Life.
The Mental Health University Liaison Service (MHULS), which has been running since April 2022, was publicly launched in the Senedd last night (JUNE 21). An average 30 students a month are already being seen under the pilot scheme which is a first for Wales .
