Psychiatric nurse Bodmin to Broadmoor talks about her 1 experience dealing with the most dangerous offenders in the UK.

Psychiatric nurse Bodmin to Broadmoor talks about her experience dealing with the most dangerous offenders in the UK.

One might think of kicking back and enjoying retirement after working at the infamous Broadmoor Hospital for years, treating some of the most dangerous offenders in Britain. Not for Paul Deacon, who has gained some notoriety of his own.

In 2019, we had our first conversation with Paul on his employment as a nurse who cares for some of the most notoriously criminally ill people in Britain. Although he never disclosed which murders, deadly gangsters, and serial killers he treated while working at Broadmoor, East End mobster Ronnie Kray resided in the maximum security Berkshire hospital for the criminally insane.

During his last years, he resided there. Charles Bronson, a deadly armed robber, and Peter Sutcliffe, a serial killer best known as the Yorkshire Ripper, both lived there.

Paul, a 66-year-old Bodmin resident, worked in mental health for 42 years. When we initially spoke with him about his career decision, he informed us that his time spent in the mental wards at Broadmoor and the former St. Lawrence’s Hospital in Bodmin was cause for optimism, not for fear. This is a viewpoint he still maintains to this day.

In addition to selling well, the book he published about his career, Walls & Bridges, Bodmin to Broadmoor, A Journey Working in Mental Health, has drawn interest from documentary filmmakers who are eager to see what it’s like to work with the criminally ill.

 

“It’s been a busy time over the last few years,” Paul stated. However, I must admit that’s how I prefer it. I’ve participated in a few podcasts and stayed up to date on mental health issues.

“When I received a call from Channel 5 announcing that they were producing a four-part documentary featuring employees who had worked at Broadmoor over the years and that they would like me to be included, I was shocked. I leaped at the chance to register.

It was an interesting experience, and I had a great time doing it. I was videotaped for five hours. When it was all over, I was exhausted. I’ve been told that every edit has been completed. I should be notified as soon as it’s available for viewing. I have not yet received the title, but it will be “Broadmoor something.”

In addition to talking about his experiences with TV documentarians, Paul gained notoriety online after being featured in a podcast interview with Ladbible. “Once more, this was interesting,” he remarked. They desired to learn about my experience.

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“I was under the impression that I would get a few hundred views. It received thousands of comments, 50,000 likes, and 2.5 million views. As of right now, the YouTube video has received over 2.8 million views.

Paul said in the Ladbible interview how, during his first week of work as a trainee mental health nurse, he was requested to see a patient, and when he did, the patient attempted to strangle him. “To be honest, it was pretty terrifying,” he said to the interviewer. I recall my charge nurse asking me to go up to the restrooms there and see how the patient was doing during the first week.

“As soon as I got up, he grabbed me by the neck and attempted to choke me. It was either run or fight. I was genuinely shaken by that. After leaving, I had the notion, “One thing here: don’t get complacent.”

He added that the patients at St Laurence’s in Bodmin and Broadmoor had mental diseases like schizophrenia, manic depression, sadness, OCD, anxiety, or thoughts of suicide. Paul claimed that although there wasn’t constant violence, it was frequent, particularly when a large number of mentally ill people shared a single roof and their conditions interfered with one another.

“One patient with whom I had a good therapeutic relationship was staring at me,” he recounted. I believed that something was happening. ‘Are you OK?’ I questioned him. and he told me that “the voices are telling me to kill you,” and he believed it to be true. A specific type of individual must pursue a career in nursing.”

Paul described in the eighteen-minute interview how, while employed at Broadmoor, he received instruction in restraint, shielding, and even hostage situations. He claimed that seeing patients sever their own necks was among the worst things he had ever seen. “That’s quite something,” he remarked. You manage it, but it’s still something, particularly in their early years. When you end a shift, it helps you realize how fortunate you are.”

“What I learned from my career with hangings,” he continued. Is it the case if they proceed? They’ll carry it out. They genuinely will. You do experience some remorse. Every time, every suggestion we’ve made to that individual. You believe that you have disappointed them.

 

 

Paul felt it was time to move on from his lengthy career. During his retirement, he has written about his experiences, supported mental health initiatives, and worked to increase public awareness of mental health issues. He admitted that he occasionally still misses his work since “being on the unit takes you all back” when he visits units to assist coworkers.

He said that on several occasions, patients he had never met before had approached him for a conversation. “You never lose those skills,” he remarked. You can establish that rapport immediately. You have the ability to communicate, which is the most important nursing skill. I always consider it an honor to work somewhere such as that. An unquestionable honor.”

“It’s satisfactory to me if you can transform someone even somewhat every day. I had the position for that reason.

According to Paul, there may be more possibilities to discuss mental health and nursing at Broadmoor when he participates in another documentary. He told CornwallLive that the Ladbible interview is not the end of the problem.

“Last month, the founder of True Crime contacted me,” he stated. We scheduled a Skype meeting for an hour to talk about their needs. This ended up being an hour and a half of discussion regarding UK high-security hospitals. Additionally,

they want to develop a national documentary on safe environments for mental health, followed by a New York documentary so that the two may be contrasted. Filming will begin at the end of April, and I have been requested to participate.”

Paul’s book is available here.