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Everybody’s going surfing with the Trust
South West Yorkshire Partnership Teaching NHS Foundation Trust has launched its new user-friendly website to help keep local people in touch with services and events as well as understand more about looking after their mental wellbeing. The address remains the same- www.southwestyorkshire.nhs.uk -but over the …
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Calling all Kate Moss’s or Brad Pitts- Are you ready for your close up!
Staff at the South West Yorkshire Partnership Teaching NHS Foundation Trust are being asked to come forward for their chance to become the face of NHS jobs. To celebrate the launch of the new-look NHS jobs website it is searching for 15 poster stars to …
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Local people invited to NHS Trust’s annual general meeting
People across Calderdale, Kirklees and Wakefield are being invited to South West Yorkshire Partnership Teaching NHS Foundation Trust’s AGM. The meeting will be a chance for people to find out more about the Trust, to hear a review of the past year, including the Trust’s …
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Trust staff getting active for charity
This month Trust staff have been taking part in different events to raise money for charity. Glenda Hartshorne, who is the team manager at the Horizons Centre, has taken to the skies to do a parachute jump in support of the Prince of Wales Hospice. …
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Specialist NHS intensive care unit shortlisted for national award
A specialist mental health service provided by South West Yorkshire Partnership Teaching NHS Foundation Trust has been shortlisted for a national award. The Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) cares for people from Calderdale, Kirklees and Wakefield and is in with a chance of winning the …
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NHS Trust helps people live healthier lifestyles
The local provider of mental health and learning disability services is supporting the NHS Change4Life campaign by making it easier for staff and people who use its services to live healthier lifestyles. The Change4Life campaign is the NHS’s way of tackling the rise of obesity …
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Dementia services in Wakefield shortlisted for prestigious awards
Services for older people with dementia living in Wakefield, provided by South West Yorkshire Partnership Teaching NHS Foundation Trust, have been shortlisted for the Dementia UK Awards 2009. The Dementia UK awards are sponsored by the University of Stirling (a recognised lead in research on …
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Local hospital in search of pianist and gardener!
Staff and service users on the Mary Wilkinson Ward at Dewsbury & District Hospital, which is run by South West Yorkshire Partnership Teaching NHS Foundation Trust, are searching for two volunteers to visit the ward on a regular basis and make a positive difference to …
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Local nurse takes a trip to Downing Street!
Wakefield mental health nurse Alan Stanley, 50, from Snydale has attended an exclusive garden party at Downing Street to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Open University. Wakefield mental health nurse Alan Stanley, 50, from Snydale has attended an exclusive garden party at Downing Street …
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Trust director is runner up in HR Director of the Year Awards
The director of human resources and workforce development at South West Yorkshire Partnership Teaching NHS Foundation Trust has been awarded runner up in the national Healthcare People Management Association (HPMA) HR director of the year award. 160 people were nominated for the award. Alan Davis, …
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