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Royal College of Psychiatrists accredits Trust’s serious incident review process
The Trust’s serious incident review process has been accredited by the Royal College of Psychiatrists. Receiving the accreditation from the Serious Incident Review Accreditation Network demonstrates the quality of the Trust’s procedures following a serious incident. The accreditation was awarded following a significant amount of …
Trust receives accreditation for high standard of restraint reduction training
The Trust’s reducing restrictive physical intervention team has received accreditation for “putting the service user at the centre of everything” when dealing with incidents of violence and aggression through offering advice, support and training to staff. Being certified by the Bild Association of Certified Training …
Connect with nature this Mental Health Awareness Week (10 – 16 May 2021)
This year’s theme for Mental Health Awareness Week is nature. We’re supporting the Mental Health Foundation’s (MHF) campaign to help raise awareness about the benefits that nature can have on our mental health and wellbeing. During the pandemic, millions of us turned to nature. MHF’s …
Trust recruits new nursing director to join Board
The Trust has appointed a new director of nursing, quality and professions. Darryl Thompson will take up the position from Tim Breedon, who is retiring at the end of July. Darryl started his mental health nurse training in Sheffield in 1988, then worked in York …
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NHS community mental health survey 2021
The Trust will be carrying out a survey to find out what people who use our community mental health services think about their care. This is part of a national programme, working with Care Quality Commission, to improve the quality of care and service users’ …
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Online play portrays life with Covid-19 for South Asian family
An innovative online play performed by NHS staff is set to take a look at the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on a South Asian family when one of its members contracts Covid-19. The performance of ‘Corona? Umeed naa khona!’ (Corona? Don’t lose hope!) has …
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Welcome to Spring
We recently organised an online funday for local adults with learning disabilities. The event was a partnership between our learning disability staff, Trust linked charity Creative Minds and The Huddersfield Giants Community Trust. Normally, the popular fundays take place face to face, but due to …
Supporting young people’s mental health through the ‘Home Goals’ project
South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is working with Wakefield Trinity Community Foundation to support young people’s mental health and wellbeing in the district. The new ‘Homes Goals’ initiative supports people aged 11 to 18 who use our Child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) …
Trust CEO Rob Webster celebrated as chief executive of the year
Trust chief executive Rob Webster CBE has been announced as the Health Service Journal’s (HSJ) chief executive of the year at the 2020 HSJ Awards. Rob was also placed first in the HSJ’s annual ranking of the top 50 chief executives. He is the first …
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Discover 2020: Pandemic Stories
March 23 sees the launch of Pandemic Stories, a series of audio stories collected by volunteers from Calderdale and Kirklees Recovery College. 2020 will be a year forever remembered for a Pandemic that changed the world, that challenged the mental health and wellbeing of us …
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