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Celebrating world mental health day in Pontefract
Members of the public, service users, carers are all invited to come along to this year’s World Mental Health Day celebrations at CISWO Community Centre, Halfpenny Lane, Pontefract on Friday 14th October, 10-3pm. The event is one of many celebrations taking place across South West …
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Celebrating world mental health day in Huddersfield
Members of the public, service users, carers and students are all invited to come along to this year’s World Mental Health Day celebrations at Huddersfield University on Monday 10th October, 10-3pm. The event has been jointly organised by South West Yorkshire Mental Health Trust and …
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Celebrating world mental health day in Wakefield
Members of the public, service users, carers are all invited to come along to this year’s World Mental Health Day celebrations at Lightwaves sports centre, Wakefield on Monday 10th October, 10-3pm. The event is one of many celebrations taking place across South West Yorkshire Mental …
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Public meeting to be held on NHS service improvement proposals
Members of the public are invited to a meeting to discuss the future of mental health services in South West Yorkshire. The South West Yorkshire Mental Health NHS Trust is holding a public meeting on Thursday 6th October, 7pm in the chapel at St Luke’s …
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Trust launches annual report with the help of its cover stars
A group of people with learning disabilities from North Kirklees celebrated their new-found fame when they were presented with copies of the Trust’s new Annual Report – that their group ‘Body Balance’ were the stars of. The ‘Body Balance’ group were chosen to be the …
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Sustained performance in mental health care
South West Yorkshire Mental Health NHS Trust has sustained its two-star rating in the Healthcare Commission’s performance ratings published today. The Trust serves people with mental health problems and learning disabilities in the Calderdale, Kirklees and Wakefield areas. The two-star award matches last year’s performance …
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Local people can have their say on new garden at hospital
A new therapeutic garden is to be built at the Priestley Unit, Dewsbury District hospital and the South West Yorkshire Mental Health Trust wants local people to help decide how it will look. Members of the public, staff, service users and their carers are all …
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Giving people with dementia a voice
A group of people with dementia and their carers have been meeting at Halifax community fire station to work to improve dementia services in Calderdale and the lives of service users and carers. The group was set up 18 months ago to empower people with …
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Trust marks Alzheimer’s awareness week
The Crowlees team in North Kirklees marked Alzheimer’s awareness week (July 3-9) in style with a special event held today at Ravensthorpe Community Centre. The Crowlees team support younger people with dementia across Kirklees. The event aimed to raise awareness about younger people with dementia …
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Cutting edge technology to help people with dementia
People with dementia living in Mirfield will soon be safer and more secure in their own homes thanks to a new pilot scheme launched today by the South West Yorkshire Mental Health Trust and Kirklees Social Services. The homes of people with dementia will be …
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