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Raising awareness of osteoporosis
On Friday 26th October the falls and bone health service in Barnsley hosted a special information day at Mount Vernon hospital to raise awareness about osteoporosis. Osteoporosis is a disease that causes bones to become fragile, which can increase the likelihood of fractures (broken bones) …
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Acting to reduce stigma amongst young people
Year 10 students from Darton College performed ‘Outside In’, a play about a young girl’s experience of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), to more than 1,500 people over four days. Kath Cooper, Project Lead and Health Improvement Practitioner for South West Yorkshire Partnership Teaching NHS …
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Creative Minds Live – express your creativity
Local people in Barnsley are invited to Creative Minds Live – a celebration of creative approaches used by NHS teams throughout the district on Monday 12th November 2012. Creative Minds Live will be taking place at the Civic, Hanson Street, Barnsley, from 11am to 3pm …
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Knottingley knit-a-thon – could you knit the longest scarf?
To encourage older people in Wakefield to keep warm and well this winter, the Trust’s health and wellbeing development team have been holding knitting sessions in Knottingley and Ferrybridge throughout October and November, and challenging people to see if they can knit the longest scarf! …
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NHS Trust fights flu amongst staff this season
South West Yorkshire Partnership Teaching NHS Foundation Trust has joined the largest ever NHS staff vaccination campaign with a programme of local activity to protect staff from flu – and to reduce the chances of people who use Trust services catching the virus. The Trust …
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Insightful ways of getting people engaged in Calderdale
Calderdale Insight have been looking for new ways to engage with service users who are experiencing their first episode of psychosis and have been supported by the Trust’s innovations fund and charitable funds. Both the innovation fund and the charitable fund give out money to …
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Silk painting boosting wellbeing in Knottingley
Local people over 50 have been taking part in a silk painting workshop as part of a health and wellbeing coffee morning in Knottingley. The health and wellbeing coffee mornings take place each year and are run by the Wakefield health and wellbeing team, which …
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Lights, camera, positive action in Barnsley
Students at Darton College are taking to the stage to encourage discussion and openness around mental health. South West Yorkshire Partnership Teaching NHS Foundation Trust, Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council and Darton College in Barnsley have collaborated to produce a thought-provoking piece of theatre designed to …
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Opportunity for Calderdale to help NHS Trust develop its vision and values
People who use services in Calderdale provided by South West Yorkshire Partnership Teaching NHS Foundation Trust, their carers and local partners are invited to get involved in a unique opportunity to help the Trust create a new vision and set of values. South West Yorkshire …
Local people invited to get creative with South Asian arts
People in Kirklees with a physical and/ or learning disability are invited to get involved with creative activities including visual art, dance and music at two celebratory events in November. The events are being run by Manasamitra, a South Asian arts organisation, as a celebration …
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