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Beat the holiday boredom with the oral health improvement team
Parents and children in Barnsley are invited to join activities at a special half term holiday event provided by local health services. The event in Wombwell is being organised by the Barnsley Oral Health Promotion Team, which works with community services provided by South West …
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Raising awareness on Dignity Action Day
Dignity Action Day, which was held on Friday 1st February, is an opportunity for staff working in care services to highlight the importance of dignity in care and inspire people to take action to ensure it. To raise awareness about Dignity Action Day staff and …
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NHS Trust signs a national pledge to tackle mental health stigma with Time to Change
Time to Change, run by the charities Mind and Rethink Mental Illness, is England’s biggest programme to end the discrimination faced by people with mental health problems. As an organisation, pledging to support Time to Change is a statement of commitment to tackling mental health …
Trust on the ball with Castleford Tigers
South West Yorkshire Partnership Teaching NHS Foundation Trust has teamed up with rugby league club Castleford Tigers to help boost the health and wellbeing of service users at two of its low secure inpatient units at Fieldhead, Wakefield. Newhaven is a low secure rehabilitation service …
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Helping families get a Healthy Start
Health visitors in Barnsley are reminding pregnant women and families with young children to claim their entitlement to free essential vitamins. Healthy Start provides free milk, fruit, vegetables and infant formula to eligible groups, together with vitamin supplements for children up to four years old …
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Caring Trust pioneers innovative tool to improve standards for patients
South West Yorkshire Partnership Teaching NHS Foundation Trust has developed a new way of assessing and improving quality for people who use its community clinics. The nationally-recognised Essence of Care is used extensively throughout the NHS to improve the most basic and essential aspects of …
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As ‘Blue Monday’ approaches, Kirklees people encouraged to seek help for common mental health issues
Monday 21st January 2013 is claimed to be the most depressing day of the year, known as ‘Blue Monday’. With this in mind, South West Yorkshire Partnership Teaching NHS Foundation Trust is reminding Kirklees people that 1 in 4 of us may experience a mental …
5 minutes with…Sarah Booth
5 minutes with… Sarah Booth, Paediatric Liaison Health Visitor and Care of Next Infant (CONI) Co-ordinator How would you describe what you do? The central purpose of the PLHV service is to safeguard the health and wellbeing of children who attend Barnsley Hospital. I do …
Winning streak continues at Newhaven
Service users at Newhaven in Wakefield are celebrating after winning Koestler Awards for the second year running. The Koestler Awards are an opportunity for offenders, secure patients and detainees to get their creative work seen or heard. The awards aim to give participants a positive …
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Wakefield health trainers host New Year New You event
NHS health trainers in Wakefield are inviting local people to come along to a special New Year New You promotion event on 22nd January at the Library in South Elmsall to find out how easy it is to make simple changes that can improve their …
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