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Safer staffing success shortlisted for national nursing award
We’ve been shortlisted in Nursing Times Workforce Awards for our work to improve staffing levels. We’re a finalist in the ‘Workforce of the year category’ in recognition of our safer staffing project, which helps us to meet the staffing demands of inpatient mental health wards. …
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Beechdale ward goes gold for patient safety
Beechdale ward, a mixed sex inpatient unit for older people with mental health conditions in Calderdale, has received an award for improving patient safety. The ward received a gold certificate from the Improvement Academy for going 39 days without a violence and aggression incident. Previously, …
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We recruit two new non-executive directors
Two new non-executive directors have joined our board. Sam Young and Erfana Mahmood took up the posts on 6 August. Non-executive directors are local people whose wide range of experience and skills contribute to the effective management and accountability of the Trust. Sam runs her …
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Get on your bike for Cycle to Work Day
It can be frustrating on a morning when you’ve been sat in the car for an hour on the motorway and you’ve only moved one mile closer to work… That’s why on Wednesday 17 August, you’re being encouraged to ditch the driving for Cycle to …
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Bretton Centre tenth anniversary
We celebrated the unit’s tenth birthday on Friday 10 August 2018 with a day of fun for staff and service users. The Bretton Centre is a low secure inpatient service which provides care for 38 men in 4 wards, based at Fieldhead in Wakefield. The wards …
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Fieldhead master plan update
The Fieldhead master plan supports our on-going commitment to improve services for local residents and includes a complete redevelopment of non-secure units as well as older people’s inpatient unit. The work is completely transforming the facilities and involves rebuilding on the existing site. Service users …
“This experience is one I shall never forget” – a dietitian tries life with a feeding tube
Our community nutrition and dietetic service currently care for around 100 adults in Barnsley who have a feeding tube – a device used to provide nutrition to people who can’t take it by mouth. Team leader Sarah Armer has been a dietitian for almost 13 …
Talking therapy is just a phone call away
Access to mental health support in Barnsley is now easier than ever before with the launch of a re-commissioned free improving access to psychological therapies service (IAPT). The Barnsley IAPT service offers talking therapy sessions and all it takes to sign up is for you …
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Trust continues to reduce carbon footprint
We’ve reduced our carbon emissions by 36.18% over the past seven years – equivalent to 4,380 tonnes. The reduction is across electricity, gas, water, waste and travel with each of these resources having seen a reduction. We’re committed to reducing our carbon emissions as part …
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We exceed national rates of physical health care assessments
We’re assessing the physical health of our mental health service users at a much higher rate than the national average, the results of an audit have found. The audit, co-ordinated by the Royal College of Psychiatrists, looked at whether we screened people with psychosis to …
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