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Improved patient facilities at Barnsley’s new Willow Ward
A newly refurbished older person’s mental health ward at Kendray Hospital has been reopened by South West Yorkshire Partnership Teaching NHS Foundation Trust, providing excellent new facilities for patients. The former Ward 6, now called the Willow Ward after patients were asked for suggestions for …
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Mayor to open learning disabilities football fun day
Local people with learning disabilities are invited to take part in a special football fun day at the Zone in Huddersfield on Tuesday 21st June and the Mayor of Kirklees Eric Firth, has kindly agreed to perform the official opening. The event is being organised …
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Dewsbury’s Ward 19 show their support to local carers
To mark ‘Carers week 2011’, which runs from 13th -19th June staff, carers and service users on Ward 19 on the Priestley Unit at Dewsbury and District Hospital are taking part in a special information event to help raise awareness of the 6 million carers …
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End of season for Good Mood Football League
On Thursday 16th June service users from the South West Yorkshire Partnership Teaching NHS Foundation Trust will take to the pitch in a 5-a-side event to mark the end of the Good Mood Football League season. Matches start at 11am at The Zone, St Andrew’s …
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Staff shortlisted for national awards
A group of staff from South West Yorkshire Partnership Teaching NHS Foundation Trust have been shortlisted as finalists at three national award ceremonies in the last 12 months for their work in producing a multimedia toolkit, ‘Portrait of a Life’. The staff, who work in …
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Don’t be in the dark about eye care
As part of National Eye Health Week, which runs from 13th -19th June, the local provider of NHS community services and Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council (BMBC) is inviting people in and around Barnsley to learn more about the importance of eye health and where they …
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Calderdale project appeals for votes
A local health service is calling on people in Calderdale to show their support by voting for them in the National Lottery Awards 2011, which recognise the difference Lottery-funded projects- both big and small- make to local communities. The Yorkshire-based Altogether Better is one of …
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Wakefield people invited to quit and get fit
Would you like to quit smoking and get fit at the same time? That’s the question the Wakefield health and wellbeing service are asking local people as they are invited to special ‘quit and get fit’ sessions. The quit and fit sessions are being held …
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Wakefield events to help manage diabetes
The South West Yorkshire Partnership Teaching NHS Foundation Trust is inviting people in and around Wakefield affected by diabetes to monthly self-help groups. The Wakefield Self Management Service which includes the Expert Patient Programme (EPP) is holding the sessions for anyone with diabetes, carers of …
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Have a picnic for Carers Week
To mark ‘Carers week 2011’, which runs from 13th -19th June, South West Yorkshire Partnership Teaching NHS Foundation Trust is encouraging local people to ‘have a break and have a picnic’. As part of this year’s campaign, which is lead by charities nationwide including Dementia …