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Motorbiking, wood-chopping and accidental running; what makes mental health nurse Ed Freshwater tick

Community mental health nurse Ed Freshwater has the medical profession in his blood. After training as a healthcare assistant, he now chairs 14,000 members of the RCN Mental Health Forum. He also has an unhealthy attachment to a log-splitting axe.
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Posted 28 March 2017 - 12:02
 
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