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Praise for our hard-working staff over winter
Staff in our Trust and right across the NHS in England have been thanked for their hard work in providing high quality care to patients over the winter months. Figures published on Thursday 11 April show that thanks to the hard work of frontline staff, …
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Shortlisting success for Wakefield health integration team
Our Wakefield health integration team have been shortlisted for the Community and General Practice Nursing Award of the prestigious RCNi Nurse Awards. The awards received nearly 700 entries and the team are one of just five finalists in their category. The team provides healthcare and …
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Trust win ‘Most innovative flu fighter campaign’ award
We’re thrilled to announce that we received the award for “Most Innovative Campaign” at the recent NHS Employers Flu Fighter Awards 2019. The annual awards took place on Monday 25 March at the Midland Hotel in Manchester. Hosted by NHS Employers chief executive, Daniel Mortimer, …
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In stress awareness month seek support from IAPT
Many people experience problems with their psychological wellbeing at some point in their lives. Life changing events like an accident, the loss of a loved one, a traumatic incident or even just moving house can lead to feelings that can be hard to cope with. …
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Superintendent’s Commendation for liaison and diversion lead
The team leader of the liaison and diversion service in Barnsley has been presented with a Superintendent’s Commendation by South Yorkshire Police for her outstanding contribution to the development of liaison and diversion services in the borough. Emma Robinson was nominated by South Yorkshire Police’s …
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Spirit in Mind – The Compassion Hub
The Compassion Hub is an informal special interest group which brings together people seeking to explore the field of compassion and its development and application across a range of disciplines including healthcare, business and education. Friday, 29 March 2019 : 1.15 – 3pm at Dewsbury …
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‘Thriving beyond surviving’ safeguarding conference
We are hosting our annual safeguarding conference ‘Thriving beyond surviving’ on Monday 25 March at Fieldhead Hospital. Topics include: The Truth project – speaker: Linda Kensall Domestic abuse – speaker: Darren Minton National centre for domestic violence – speaker: Julie Gatie Vulnerabilities of looked after …
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Faith Leadership Programme – Imam and Clergy Training Development Workshop
This Faith in Leadership Programme aims to facilitate meaningful encounter between Muslim and Christian faith leaders. The programme is relevant to Imams, Clergy and others involved in community and faith leadership roles. It will focus on the development of leadership skills relevant to meeting the …
NHS Spirit in Mind conference – compassion: a unifying vision in an age of division
On Thursday 7 February 2019, Spirit in Mind held its second annual conference at Dewsbury Minster. The event focusing on the theme of ‘compassion’ brought together local faith leaders, organisations and projects to openly talk about compassion, how they approach it and what value it …
New advanced specialist practitioner role to support care home residents
Our palliative care service will be working in partnership with Macmillan Cancer Support over the next three years to support local care home residents with palliative care needs. The new advanced specialist practitioner post, funded by Macmillan Cancer Support, will help to identify people with …