Mick is Professor of Democratic Mental Health, University of Central Lancashire and trade union activist with Unison and UCU. He has taken a lead in arguing the case for union organising to extend to alliance formation with service user/survivor groupings. Mick is interested in connections between workplace and community democracy and coproduction of services. He has published widely in the mental health field including co-editing the recent books: Essentials of Mental Health Nursing and Coproduction: towards equality in mental healthcare.