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Wakefield people asked to have their say on future of NHS
People from across the Wakefield area are being invited to influence the future of mental health and learning disability services in the area at a unique event. South West Yorkshire Mental Health Trust is applying to become an NHS Foundation Trust and is holding a …
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Huddersfield people asked to have their say on future of NHS
People from across the Huddersfield area are being invited to influence the future of mental health and learning disability services in the area at a unique event. South West Yorkshire Mental Health Trust is applying to become an NHS Foundation Trust and is holding a …
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Dewsbury people asked to have their say on future of local NHS
People from across the Dewsbury area are being invited to influence the future of mental health and learning disability services in the area at a unique event. South West Yorkshire Mental Health Trust is applying to become an NHS Foundation Trust and is holding a …
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Calderdale people asked to have their say on future of local NHS
People from across the Calderdale area are being invited to influence the future of mental health and learning disability services in the area at a unique event. South West Yorkshire Mental Health Trust is applying to become an NHS Foundation Trust and is holding a …
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Emotional wellbeing stall at Ridings shopping centre
Shoppers at Wakefield’s Ridings shopping centre were being offered help and advice on how to stay emotionally well at a unique mental health stall. South West Yorkshire Mental Health Trust – which runs Fieldhead hospital – ran the stall ahead of Mental Health Action Week …
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Survey shows local NHS staff have good work life balance
For the second year running, staff who work for the South West Yorkshire Mental Health NHS Trust in Calderdale, Kirklees and Wakefield have said they have a better work life balance than colleagues in similar organisations across the country. As part of the National 2006 …
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Book prescription scheme to benefit people with mental health problems
A brand new scheme is set to help local people with mild to moderate mental health problems recover using books rather than pills. GPs in Pontefract and the surrounding area will now be able prescribe self-help books to people with problems such as depression, anxiety, …
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Local NHS Trust to make links between Kirklees and India
An associate director at South West Yorkshire Mental Health Trust is to visit Gujarat, India to learn about their culture and develop links with hospitals and health services there. Mike Young, who is based at Ravensleigh Cottage, Dewsbury will spend three weeks in India during …
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Wakefield nurse wins top nursing award
A nurse from the South West Yorkshire Mental Health Trust has won a prestigious Nursing Standard ‘Nurse 2007’ award. Continence nurse Jane Spencer, based at Fieldhead hospital, won the mental health category of the national awards for her pioneering work with people with dementia. The …
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Over £1000 donated to local disabled people’s unit
A combined total of £1155 was today donated to Lindley Special Care Unit – a day care service for people with multiple learning and physical disabilities, run by the South West Yorkshire Mental Health NHS Trust. £930 of the money was donated by Charlotte Newburn …
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