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NHS Trust advises Calderdale to ‘ask for IAPT’ in support of Mental Health Awareness Week
In support of Mental Health Awareness Week, South West Yorkshire Partnership Teaching NHS Foundation Trust is encouraging people in Calderdale experiencing anxiety or depression to seek support from specialist IAPT services. IAPT (Improving Access to Psychological Therapies) provides psychological treatments, sometimes called ‘talking treatments’, to …
NHS Trust advises Barnsley to ‘ask for IAPT’ in support of Mental Health Awareness Week
In support of Mental Health Awareness Week, South West Yorkshire Partnership Teaching NHS Foundation Trust is encouraging people in Barnsley experiencing anxiety or depression to seek support from specialist IAPT services. IAPT (Improving Access to Psychological Therapies) provides psychological treatments, sometimes called ‘talking treatments’, to …
Innovative Recovery College to open in Kirklees
A series of events have been organised to give people in Kirklees the chance to shape a new Recovery College that aims to aid recovery from mental and physical ill-health. Members of the public are invited to have their say at two events: On Tuesday …
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Museum opening to mark Mental Health Awareness week
The Mental Health Museum at Fieldhead will re-open its doors on Tuesday 13 May to coincide with Mental Health Awareness Week (12-18 May) and everyone is invited to come and explore the unique objects it houses and find out more about mental health. Mental Health …
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NHS Trust on the hunt for Practice Health Champions in Calderdale
South West Yorkshire Partnership Teaching NHS Foundation Trust is on the lookout for Practice Health Champions to help improve health and wellbeing in Calderdale. Practice Health Champions will work voluntarily with their local GP practice or surgery to support the local community and GP practice …
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Men in Wakefield invited to tackle their health
Men in Wakefield aged 35 – 65 are being invited to ‘tackle their health’ and come along to a series of sessions led by South West Yorkshire Partnership Teaching NHS Foundation Trust’s health and wellbeing team and the Castleford Tigers. The sessions are free and …
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Trust awarded Rainbow Tick
In recognition of the Trust’s ongoing commitment to equality and diversity, we have received a prestigious award. The Trust received the highest level of recognition from the Barnsley LGBT Forum for the work we have done in recent years to provide an equal and inclusive …
Barnsley information event to mark Deaf Awareness Week
In support of Deaf Awareness Week 2014 the Barnsley sensory impairment service, in partnership with Barnsley Council and other specialist services are organising a hearing loss awareness event in Barnsley town centre on Wednesday 7 May. Deaf Awareness Week runs from 19 – 25 May …
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New dates announced for Wakefield self-management course
A local NHS Trust has announced new dates for its Expert Patients Programme – a course which helps to put people with a long-term condition back in control of their lives. The Wakefield based programme, provided by South West Yorkshire Partnership Teaching NHS Foundation Trust …
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First football fun day of the year is a game changer!
Over 65 people from across South West Yorkshire Partnership Teaching NHS Foundation Trust put on their sports kit to get involved with the first learning disability football fun day of the year at The Zone in Huddersfield. The first session of 2014 took place on …
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