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NHS trust supporting Government campaign to tackle dementia
The local provider of specialist NHS mental health services is supporting a national campaign, launched today, that aims to raise awareness of the early signs and symptoms of dementia. The South West Yorkshire Partnership Teaching NHS Foundation Trust, which provides services to the people of …
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Support World Book Night and share the joys of reading
South West Yorkshire Partnership Teaching NHS Foundation Trust, which provides mental health and learning disability services to people in Calderdale, Kirklees and Wakefield, is supporting World Book Night and giving away books to local people who use mental health services. World Book Night aims to …
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Circus rolls up at NHS unit
Staff and service users at Newhaven, Fieldhead, have been trying their hand at a variety of circus skills thanks to the Urban Circus Arts. Provided by the South West Yorkshire Partnership Teaching NHS Foundation Trust Newhaven is a low secure rehabilitation service for adults with …
Football fun day
Local people with learning disabilities have taken part in a special football fun day at the Zone in Huddersfield on Tuesday 29th March. The football fun day event was organised by the Trust and included lots of different activities and fun competitions from five aside …
Fresh take on 17th century painting
Keen artist Terry O’Shea has donated his version of a 17th century painting to Oakwell Hall Country Park. The painting is Terry’s first copy of the Fishing Scene, which hangs above the fireplace in the Great Hall. Senior museum officer Eric Brown said the painting …
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‘Health hero’ retiring after 44 years service
A Trust nurse, who was named the Health Service Hero at the 2009 Wakefield Express Your Hero Awards, is retiring after more than four decades service with the NHS. Senior clinical practitioner Ann Lindley works on the psychiatric intensive care unit (PICU) at Fieldhead in …
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Befriending service
The misunderstanding and stigma surrounding mental health problems can often lead to people with mental health difficulties feeling isolated and alone. The Fieldhead Befriending Project aims to help service users in the Wakefield locality develop long-term friendships and wider support in their communities. The service …
Campaign to tackle dementia
The Trust is supporting a national campaign that aims to raise awareness of the early signs and symptoms of dementia. The Government’s campaign aims to raise awareness about dementia and the importance of early diagnosis by targeting the family and friends of people at risk …
No more age discrimination on the NHS
The care services minister Paul Burstow has said the NHS must never discriminate based on age and that the Department of Health will not be seeking any exceptions to the planned implementation of the Equality Act 2010. Government departments are being given the opportunity to …
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Emmerdale star returning to Pathways day service
Following on from the huge success of her last visit actress Ursula Holden-Gill, who played Alice Dingle in Emmerdale, is set to return to Pathways day service in Mirfield to hold a follow-up drama workshop on Friday 4th March. Pathways, which is jointly run by …
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