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People in the Wakefield district encouraged to consider a career in nursing
On International Nurses Day, 12th May, South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, which provides specialist mental health and learning disability services to people in Calderdale, Kirklees and Wakefield, is encouraging local people to consider a career in nursing. International Nurses Day is run by …
People in the Kirklees district encouraged to consider a career in nursing
On International Nurses Day, 12th May, South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, which provides specialist mental health and learning disability services to people in Calderdale, Kirklees and Wakefield, is encouraging local people to consider a career in nursing. International Nurses Day is run by …
NHS staff encouraged to learn and develop
To celebrate Adult Learner’s Week, which is running from 9th-15th May, South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is encouraging staff to fulfil their potential by holding drop in sessions to encourage further learning. The Trust, which provides specialist mental health and learning disability services …
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Trust gets behind Mind Week 2009 and urges men to get talking
South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, which provides specialist mental health and learning disability services to people in Calderdale, Kirklees and Wakefield, is backing mental health charity, Mind in its bid to get men talking about their mental health during Mind Week 2009. Mind …
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Young carers urged to enter photography competition
The organisers of Carers Week 2009 have announced their annual young carers photography competition, ‘Zoom’ and South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is encouraging local young carers to enter. Carers Week is an annual event that celebrates the contribution carers make to those they …
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Serving up success
Since the highly successful partnership of Catering Plus running the restaurant at Castleford and Normanton District Hospital (CNDH), the Trust was delighted to welcome Catering Plus to the Fieldhead site in Wakefield too. Offering a wide range of hot and cold, freshly made food from …
A more sociable service
People with mental health problems in Calderdale have been getting sociable thanks to Calderdale day service making changes. The new approach encourages people to engage more in their local communities. The service has moved on from a traditional ‘drop in’ service and now operates in …
Time to celebrate!
The Trust has real reason to celebrate because on the 1st May we officially became a Foundation Trust! Our authorisation as a Foundation Trust marks a new era for our organisation and means that people who use services, their carers and the general public will …
Trust football league kicks off!
A five-a-side football league for people who use mental health services provided by South West Yorkshire Mental Health NHS Trust kicked off today with a special tournament at The Zone in Huddersfield. The Good Mood football league was set up last year to encourage people …
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NHS Trust now accountable to local people
It’s a new era for mental health and learning disability services as the local specialist provider, South West Yorkshire Mental Health Trust, has today been authorised as a Foundation Trust. This means local people will now have more say in how the organisation is run. …
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