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NHS community mental health survey 2021
The Trust will be carrying out a survey to find out what people who use our community mental health services think about their care. This is part of a national programme, working with Care Quality Commission, to improve the quality of care and service users’ …
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Online play portrays life with Covid-19 for South Asian family
An innovative online play performed by NHS staff is set to take a look at the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on a South Asian family when one of its members contracts Covid-19. The performance of ‘Corona? Umeed naa khona!’ (Corona? Don’t lose hope!) has …
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Welcome to Spring
We recently organised an online funday for local adults with learning disabilities. The event was a partnership between our learning disability staff, Trust linked charity Creative Minds and The Huddersfield Giants Community Trust. Normally, the popular fundays take place face to face, but due to …
Supporting young people’s mental health through the ‘Home Goals’ project
South West Yorkshire Partnership Teaching NHS Foundation Trust is working with Wakefield Trinity Community Foundation to support young people’s mental health and wellbeing in the district. The new ‘Homes Goals’ initiative supports people aged 11 to 18 who use our Child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) …
Trust CEO Rob Webster celebrated as chief executive of the year
Trust chief executive Rob Webster CBE has been announced as the Health Service Journal’s (HSJ) chief executive of the year at the 2020 HSJ Awards. Rob was also placed first in the HSJ’s annual ranking of the top 50 chief executives. He is the first …
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Discover 2020: Pandemic Stories
March 23 sees the launch of Pandemic Stories, a series of audio stories collected by volunteers from Calderdale and Kirklees Recovery College. 2020 will be a year forever remembered for a Pandemic that changed the world, that challenged the mental health and wellbeing of us …
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Dad and daughter’s boredom-busting board game now worth £125,000
A board game created by a member of our Kirklees outreach team and his daughter during lockdown is now worth a massive £125,000. Community mental health practitioner Dan Hughes and his daughter Cora created CoraQuest to break up home schooling. After launching the board game …
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“It’s very important for people who have a learning disability to have the COVID-19 vaccine” – Cath shares her vaccine story
People who are on the learning disability register at their GP practice have now been invited to have their COVID-19 vaccine. Catherine Horbury, co-lead for the Yorkshire and Humber learning disability and autism operational delivery network, recently took this opportunity and shares the importance of …
Over 80 inpatients receive the life-saving coronavirus vaccine on our wards
Over 80 inpatients have so far received the coronavirus vaccine on our wards, offering another line of protection for our Trust. Launching at the start of February, life-saving vaccinations are being provided on every ward to all eligible inpatients by trained and registered clinicians. Following …
“Being able to speak openly has been so rewarding” – Andy’s story
Men’s mental health and male suicide are two of the most stigmatised subjects facing society in 2021. West Yorkshire-based organisation Andy’s Man Club have been challenging those stigmas and offering free, peer-to-peer support for men every Monday night since 2016. Trust electrician Andy Kilburn attended …
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