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Local Doctor returns from dementia trip to British Columbia
A dance and movement psychotherapist from the South West Yorkshire Partnership Teaching NHS Foundation Trust has returned from Canada, after been awarded a place on the 2010 Winston Churchill Travelling Fellowship to lecture and present on an innovative branch of dementia care. The Trust provides …
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Local mental health trust boosts staff wellbeing
A local NHS trust that provides specialist NHS services is hosting a variety of fun activities for its 2300 staff throughout October, to improve their physical and mental wellbeing. South West Yorkshire Partnership Teaching NHS Foundation Trust is the local provider of NHS mental health …
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Mirfield support group boosts wellbeing during October
A local support group for people who have experienced mental health issues is doing its bit to boost the wellbeing of those who attend during October. Pathways day service based in Mirfield gives adults with mental health issues the opportunity to participate in activities to …
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NHS Trust bosses urge staff to have their flu jab
Bosses at a local specialist NHS trust have had their flu jabs and are encouraging the Trust’s 2300 staff to have theirs. South West Yorkshire Partnership Teaching NHS Foundation Trust is the local provider of specialist NHS mental health and learning disability services in Calderdale, …
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NHS staff put their best feet forward in a 5k fun run
Staff and service users from a local NHS mental health trust boosted their wellbeing this afternoon at a fun run in Halifax. The fun run was organised as part of the Trust’s wellbeing month and in association with the national anti-stigma Time to Change campaign. …
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Specialist NHS Trust set to run services in Barnsley
Barnsley health bosses have announced that their community and mental health services are to join with South West Yorkshire Partnership Teaching NHS Foundation Trust. The NHS Barnsley Board met on Monday 11 October and agreed that NHS Barnsley’s provider arm, Care Services Direct (CSD) will …
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NHS staff encouraged to use pedal power to get to work
A local NHS Trust has joined a new tax free bicycle scheme to encourage its 2300 staff to cycle to work as a more sustainable way to get around. The South West Yorkshire Partnership Teaching NHS Foundation Trust is fully committed to being a socially …
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Kick off for Trust’s Good Mood Football League
On Thursday 14th October service users from the South West Yorkshire Partnership Teaching NHS Foundation Trust will take to the pitch for the start of the latest Good Mood Football League season. The league is made up of nine teams that train on a weekly …
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Local care home supporting NHS wellbeing month
People who receive care from Ivy Care homes in Wakefield will be holding a special ‘Ivy’s Got Talent’ event in support of the South West Yorkshire Partnership Teaching NHS Foundation Trust’s wellbeing month. The Trust is the local provider of specialist NHS mental health and …
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Local NHS Trust backing ‘Good idea’ grants
A new small grants scheme to fund good ideas from people with mental health problems or learning disabilities has been launched, and the local provider of specialist NHS services is calling on local people to apply. The South West Yorkshire Partnership Teaching NHS Foundation Trust …
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