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Huddersfield event offers an insight into dementia
An NHS trust that provides specialist NHS mental health services in Kirklees is inviting local people to a free talk offering an insight into dementia on Tuesday 19th July the Hudawi Centre. The education talks are being held by South West Yorkshire Partnership Teaching NHS …
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Recognising the achievements of Kirklees Admiral Nurses one year on
During Dementia Awareness Week, running from the 3rd – 9th July, South West Yorkshire Partnership Teaching NHS Foundation Trust and its partners are celebrating the achievements made by the Admiral Nurses service. Three Admiral Nurses were appointed to work in Kirklees last year, as a …
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Qualification success at the Bretton Centre
A group of service users at the Bretton Centre in Wakefield have successfully gained a new qualification in food safety. After expressing an interest in gaining a qualification in food safety an occupational therapist at the Bretton Centre enrolled the help of the Trust’s food …
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Trust wins good practice awards
The Trust has received two Highly Commended recognitions at this year’s Care Programme Approach Association (CPAA) Good Practice Awards. The awards were in the ‘Excellence in Providing Care Programme Approach (CPA) Information for Service Users and/or Carers’ category for an information leaflet, and the ‘Excellence …
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Local NHS Trust hosts disability awareness event in Wakefield
To raise awareness of disability and promote the health and social needs of people living with a disability in the local area, South West Yorkshire Partnership Teaching NHS Foundation Trust is hosting a special information event in Wakefield. The event has been organised by the …
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Garden party to celebrate the Live Arts cafe Anniversary
People in and around Barnsley are attending a special Garden Party at Moorland Court, 33 Gawber Road, Barnsley on Wednesday 29th June to celebrate the Live Art Cafes’ first birthday. The Live Arts Café is run by Action Space Mobile, a Barnsley-based community arts organisation, …
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Families celebrating like Olympians during MEND Move It Week
Families in and around Todmorden are taking part in an Olympic themed activity session at Todmorden Sports Centre to celebrate their success at becoming fitter, healthier and happier as a result of the MEND programme (Mind, Exercise, Nutrition…Do It!). In Calderdale the MEND programme is …
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Kirklees nurse retires after almost four decades of caring for local people
A nurse from South West Yorkshire Partnership Teaching NHS Foundation Trust is retiring after 39 years of caring for people with mental health problems in the Kirklees area. Karon Whitehead, who has worked for the last nine years as an acute hospital liaison nurse for …
Wakefield people invited to find out more
The Wakefield health and wellbeing team is inviting local people to a special event on Monday 27 June to find out more about osteoporosis. The health and wellbeing service, which is provided by the South West Yorkshire Partnership Teaching NHS Foundation Trust, consists of a …
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Falls awareness event in Barnsley town centre
Staff from South West Yorkshire Partnership Teaching NHS Foundation Trust are taking part in an awareness event in Barnsley town centre on Tuesday 21 June, from 9am to 4pm, to mark Age UK’s National Falls Awareness Week. The event will be held outside the Alhambra …
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