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Visit from down under!
Staff from the South West Yorkshire Mental Health Trust had the chance to learn about some of the newest developments in mental health care on the other side of the world, when they hosted a visit from an Australian health manager. Jane Mussared from Adelaide, …
Trust supports learning disability week 2005
The South West Yorkshire Mental Health Trust is giving its support to Mencap’s Learning Disability week 2005 (20th-26th June). The aim of the week is to show how, given the right support and opportunities, people with a learning disability can broaden their horizons and achieve …
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People with mental health problems set to benefit from improved services
The South West Yorkshire Mental Health Trust are going to refer people who need to access mental health services straight to the community teams instead of to individual consultants. This will allow service users to be seen quicker and benefit from an improved service. The …
NHS staff get on their bikes for a free breakfast!
The South West Yorkshire Mental Health NHS Trust is hoping to encourage more staff to get on their bike this week, to celebrate national ‘Bike Week’. On Wednesday, 15 June 2005, in partnership with other NHS Trusts, staff who work for the mental health and …
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Double Success for NHS team
People in Wakefield with acute mental illness are receiving care that is nationally renowned. The PICU (Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit) team at Fieldhead, Wakefield have been celebrating after receiving a certificate of achievement at an awards ceremony in Birmingham. The team won the accolade for …
Open Day marks carer’s week 2005
The South West Yorkshire Mental Health Trust is joining forces with the West Yorkshire Fire Service to celebrate Carers Week (June 13-19) at a special information day for older people. The open day will take place on June 16th, between 10-4 at Halifax community fire …
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POSITIVE ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH
A group of service users at South West Yorkshire Mental Health NHS Trust have got together to produce a newsletter for other service users and health professionals. The newsletter promotes the many positive things that people with mental health problems have done and includes poetry …
IMPROVING THE LIVES OF PEOPLE WITH SCHIZOPHRENIA
The lives of people with schizophrenia across the country are being improved thanks to a drug review project carried out by the South West Yorkshire Mental Health Trust. Three years ago Dr Adrienne Crockett and her team from the Priestley Unit, Dewsbury, decided to look …
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SNAP HAPPY AT MIRFIELD DAY CENTRE!
Visitors to the Mirfield day centre will now be greeted by a wonderful exhibition of photography, created by a group of people with mental health problems. The digital photography group has been running for 3 months now and the group’s work will now brighten up …
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TRUST’S THIRD ANNUAL CONFERENCE
South West Yorkshire Mental Health NHS Trust is holding its 3rd annual research and development workshop on Thursday 5th May 2005, to update people on the Trust’s new research findings. It will feature presentations from service users, carers, representatives from a range of services and …
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