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Contacting Barnsley community nursing referral service
The neighbourhood nursing service is essential in preventing unnecessary admission to hospital. Access to the service is via our community nurse referral centre, including referrals from other nursing teams, specialist nurses, general practitioners, acute services and social services.
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Students visit hospital to learn about careers with NHS
We welcomed a number of year 10 ambassadors from Barnsley schools on 14 November 2018 at our Fieldhead Hospital headquarters. The Made in Barnsley Programme is an expansion of the successful Sheffield Cutler’s Better Learners, Better Workers Programme which currently works with 30 Secondary schools in …
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Stop The Pressure
We’re supporting International Stop Pressure Ulcers Day, November 15 2018. Our healthcare professionals who work in Barnsley communities will be talking to patients, families and members of the public about how to prevent pressure ulcers. A pressure ulcer (sometimes called a bed sore or pressure …
Chantry remembers
Chantry patients, relatives and staff have created artwork to commemorate Remembrance Day 2018 which this year fell on the 100th anniversary of the end of the first world war. They collected plastic bottles and painted them to make “The Chantry Wave”. One relative has been …
Mental health hospital stays reduced by housing support co-ordinator
A new housing support co-ordinator is helping people with mental health conditions to move back into suitable accommodation following a stay in hospital. The role – delivered in partnership between our Trust, Wakefield Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) and Wakefield and District Housing (WDH) – has …
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New website launch offers free courses for common mental health conditions
People in Barnsley can now access free courses and resources to help with common mental health conditions online following the launch of the new Barnsley Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) website on Stress Awareness Day (Wednesday 7 November). Barnsley IAPT is a service which …
We retain Customer Service Excellence accreditation
We’ve retained our Customer Service Excellence accreditation following our recent assessment. We were assessed in August 2018 as part of a 3 year accreditation cycle, where we are assessed against 57 standards across 5 domains. We retained our accreditation status and improved on the results …
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We become first mental health Trust in Yorkshire to achieve procurement standard
We have been awarded the NHS Standards of Procurement – Level 1 status, making us one of only nine mental health and community Trusts within the NHS to achieve the standard. The NHS Standards of Procurement – Level 1 is a requirement mentioned in the …
Stoptober stories: Jason’s quit journey
Stoptober is a 28-day stop smoking challenge running throughout the month of October which encourages people to stop smoking to improve their health. Jason from Calderdale recently celebrated his 52 week quit status with Yorkshire Smokefree Calderdale. “My quit journey started after my son Joseph …
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International infection prevention and control week
International infection prevention and control awareness week takes place from 15 – 19 October 2018. The theme for this year’s infection prevention and control week is sepsis. Every 3.5 seconds, someone in the world dies of sepsis. In the UK alone, 44,000 people lose their …
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