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Trust’s caring garden at Fieldhead awarded gold by Yorkshire Wildlife Trust
The caring garden at Fieldhead, a cherished community space developed through the Creative Minds initiative, has proudly received the prestigious gold award from the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust. This recognition highlights the garden’s exceptional contribution to local wildlife and its positive impact on the community. One …
Trust celebrates excellence on day of staff recognition
On Thursday 1 May, the Trust celebrated the care and commitment of its staff on a special day of recognition. The afternoon’s long service and learner event was dedicated to members of staff who have completed a formal learning qualification, or who have given 25 …
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Ward smoking screening success in Barnsley
Screening for tobacco use on admission across our inpatient wards is an important initiative aimed at identifying patients who smoke as part of routine NHS care. This is the first step in treating tobacco dependency and supporting patients to stop smoking. Barnsley has achieved great …
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Trust colleagues celebrate international health and care workers
Leaders from across West Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership came together to celebrate the contribution of internationally educated (diaspora) health and care workers at the Diaspora Healthcare Champion Awards on Tuesday 18 March 2025. Three colleagues from our Trust attended the event in recognition of …
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Raising awareness for Greener AHP Week 2025
The third annual Greener Allied Health Professionals (AHPs) week took place from Monday 31 March to Friday 4 April. There is strong support from AHP staff to tackle the climate change crisis, with a focus on promoting the week and raising awareness of the links …
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Changes to telephone access for West Yorkshire Mental Health Helpline
Urgent mental health support in South and West Yorkshire is now available by calling NHS 111 and selecting the mental health option or by visiting NHS 111 online. From 1 April 2025, the easy to remember three-digit number is replacing the old 0800 telephone line …
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Trust hosts second successful suicide prevention conference
On 7 March 2025 we held our second annual suicide prevention conference. We were joined by staff and colleagues from across the Trust and partner organisations to share knowledge and good practice in suicide prevention. The conference, held at Fieldhead Hospital in Wakefield, covered a …
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Making our pledge for Nutrition & Hydration Week 2025
This week the Trust marked Nutrition & Hydration Week, focusing on nutrition and hydration as an important part of quality and safety in health and social care. With this year’s theme ‘Reinforce, Focus and Energise’ the purpose of the week is to bring people together to create …
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Celebrating Social Prescribing Day 2025
Today (19 March 2025) is Social Prescribing Day: an annual celebration of the people, organisations and communities who make social prescribing happen. Social prescribing is an approach that connects people to activities, groups and services in their community to meet the practical, social and emotional …
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Road works at Kendray Hospital
Work will start at Kendray Hospital on Saturday 22 March, from 8:00am. Repairs will be made to the speed humps along the main drive as you enter the site, and a manhole will also be repaired on the left side just before the Burston Suite. …