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NHS Trust celebrates double shortlisting success at national awards
South West Yorkshire Partnership Teaching NHS Foundation Trust is congratulating its staff who have been shortlisted at this year’s Health Service Journal (HSJ) awards. The annual HSJ awards recognise projects and initiatives that deliver healthcare excellence and innovation. Over 1,300 entries were submitted to the …
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Free cooking lessons on the menu for local families
Cooking lessons aimed at making healthy food fun for young children and parents are being offered for free by a local NHS trust. The Big Cook, Little Cook course is aimed at families with children aged three to four living in the Calderdale area and …
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MP to open new stop smoking shop in Doncaster
Doncaster MP Rosie Winterton will open a new Yorkshire Smokefree NHS quit shop in Doncaster town centre on 1 October 2014. The shop at 40 Scot Lane will house specialist NHS experts offering face to face advice on quitting smoking. The opening coincides with the …
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Nominate Calderdale teams for NHS Trust awards!
South West Yorkshire Partnership Teaching NHS Foundation Trust, which provides a range of mental health, health improvement and learning disability services in Calderdale, is encouraging people to nominate teams for the Values into Excellence awards – the Trust’s new staff recognition scheme. Values into Excellence …
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Event to mark ‘allot’ of success for NHS gardening project
South West Yorkshire Partnership Teaching NHS Foundation Trust’s health improvement service in Calderdale is recognising the success of its allotment programme by holding an event to showcase its achievements. ‘Gardening for health’ is part of the service’s wider ‘get active outdoors’ programme, which offers free …
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Stop smoking services merge to create larger and more innovative offer for Yorkshire
Smokers in Yorkshire now have a new way to quit thanks to the launch of Yorkshire Smokefree, run by South West Yorkshire Partnership Teaching NHS Foundation Trust. Yorkshire Smokefree brings together existing services already provided by the Trust in Barnsley, Calderdale, Sheffield and Wakefield as …
Click to quit with Yorkshire Smokefree
Smokers in Yorkshire now have a new way to quit with an innovative online support programme which allows quitters to create personal plans, receive motivational emails, and chat online with qualified advisors. Yorkshire Smokefree is run by South West Yorkshire Partnership Teaching NHS Foundation Trust, …
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Recovery College opening in Wakefield and the 5 Towns
South West Yorkshire Partnership Teaching NHS Foundation Trust is opening an innovative recovery college in the Wakefield district– to support local people in their recovery from mental and physical ill-health. Wakefield and 5 Towns Recovery College – which opens at a special event on 29th …
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Positive results for NHS Trust in community mental health survey
The results from the Care Quality Commission (CQC) national community mental health survey 2014 were published this week, and revealed positive feedback for mental health, community and learning disability service provider South West Yorkshire Partnership Teaching NHS Foundation Trust. The Trust received responses from almost …
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Local NHS Trust recognised for excellent care environment
South West Yorkshire Partnership Teaching NHS Foundation Trust has been ranked among the best performing NHS organisations in the country in this year’s Patient-led Assessments of the Care Environment (PLACE) assessment. The PLACE assessment – which is carried out nationally every year – looks at …
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