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Anson is passionate about people receiving the highest possible standard of care. Anson was previously a mental health service user, and also studied Mental Health Nursing where he was based in Derby for a year. Because of these experiences he understands a range of perspectives regarding mental health and can relate to a wide variety of people. He also worked in Japan as an English teacher in a multicultural environment where fellow language teachers were from a wide variety of countries. As a result, Anson is culturally sensitive and can understand that different communities can have different issues. Anson enjoys writing poems and short stories (some of which have a mental health theme) and obtained a Distinction in Creative Writing from Oxford University and have had poems and short stories published in many university publications. As a result of this he is very passionate about mental health and the arts, and feels that the creative arts can contribute to some people mentally healing. Whilst at university he won a national radio playwriting competition, and has recently had two plays performed. Anson is looking forward to his role as governor.