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Good Mood Football League kicks off for 2025!
The Good Mood Football League is back for 2025 with the first fixture of the year. The exciting initiative, in partnership with Creative Minds and West Riding County Football Association, was launched in 2023 with the aim to tackle health inequalities and provide physical activity for …
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National NHS deputy chief nursing officer visits Trust
We welcomed national director of education and long-term workforce plan delivery and deputy chief nursing officer of England Mark Radford to our Trust in February to find out more about our work. Mark was joined by University of Huddersfield’s Professor Warren Gillibrand, who is also …
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LGBT+ History Month: Michaela Kenworthy’s blog
February is LGBT+ History month, a time to highlight and celebrate our LGBT+ colleagues for all their contributions. This year’s theme is ‘Activism and Social Change’ with a focus on the efforts throughout history from LGBT+ people, who have been activists and helped shape and create …
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National Apprenticeship Week 2025
National Apprenticeship Week (NAW) 2025 takes place from 10 – 16 February with the theme ‘skills for life’. The week-long celebration, now in it’s 18th year, shines a light on the positive impact that apprenticeships make and the value, benefit and opportunity they bring. At …
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“When we all take action, change can happen” – Mohinder’s Race Equality Week blog
Dr Mohinder Kapoor, consultant in old age psychiatry and associate medical director for research and development, shares some key facts about Race Equality Week (REW), and what organisations and employers could do to address the barriers to race equality in the workplace. Race Equality Week …
Becoming an anti-racist organisation
At South West Yorkshire Partnership Teaching NHS Foundation Trust we acknowledge the impact of racism on our staff, service users and our communities. It is our ambition to become an anti-racist organisation that will proactively challenge behaviours and known prejudice, work with our communities to …
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Tree of life ‘leaves’ Barnsley ward feeling inspired
A piece of arboreal artwork is helping people with neurological conditions to find hope for the future. Inspired by a suggestion from the Trust’s deputy director of nursing, quality and professions Amy Hartley, staff on our neurological rehabilitation unit in Barnsley have created a ‘tree …
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Free specialist stop smoking service Yorkshire Smokefree Wakefield launches next stop to better health
Yorkshire Smokefree Wakefield, in partnership with Wakefield Council, has launched an innovative new quit bus that will provide specialist stop smoking support across the Wakefield district. The mobile service will visit local communities, offering free stop smoking support, specialist advice, guidance on prescription products and …
Win for Wakefield CAMHS at national awards
Our Wakefield CAMHS eating disorder team has been named as the ‘Psychiatric team of the year 2024 – children and adolescents’ at a prestigious national awards ceremony. The team were chosen as winners at the 2024 Royal College of Psychiatrists’ RCPsych awards, held on 7 …
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Decision reached on changes to older people’s mental health inpatient services in Calderdale, Kirklees and Wakefield
A dedicated inpatient dementia service will be based in Dewsbury, with inpatient wards for other mental health needs in Calderdale and Wakefield. Earlier this year the local NHS asked the public to give their views on where specialist older people’s mental health inpatient wards in …