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Mount Vernon Hospital closure
Following the successful transfer of the two intermediate care wards from Mount Vernon Hospital to Barnsley Hospital, work is now underway to relocate the remaining services and functions at Mount Vernon. It is expected that this will be complete by the end of December at …
Launch of the new Perinatal Mental Health Service
We have recently launched a new perinatal mental health service which provides specialist care for pregnant women and new mothers. Pregnancy and childbirth is a uniquely vulnerable time for women where there is a substantially increased risk of developing an episode of mental illness – …
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World Mental Health Day 2017: It’s Time to Change
Mental health is an issue we can’t afford to ignore – not least on World Mental Health Day 2017. The theme of the annual awareness day this year is ‘mental health in the workplace’. • 1 in 4 British workers are affected by conditions like …
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More quitters in time for Stoptober 2017
Rotherham is bucking the national trend, as smoking continues to decline across the borough. It comes as Yorkshire Smokefree launches this year’s Stoptober campaign aiming to get more people to quit during a month of action. During 2016-17 the number of quitters in Rotherham rose …
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Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic (BAME) staff network event – one year on
Dr Habib Naqvi, NHS England’s deputy workforce race equality policy lead, was a guest speaker at a special BAME staff network celebration event on Thursday 28 September. The event held at Fieldhead Hospital, attended by staff from all over the Trust, was an opportunity to …
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Barnsley neighbourhood nursing – one year on
Dr Crystal Oldman (CBE), chief executive of the Queen’s Nursing Institute (QNI), was guest speaker at our recent Barnsley neighbourhood nursing celebration event. The event, held at Priory Campus on Wednesday 20 September 2017, marked the anniversary of the service transforming to a new care …
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Kirklees learning disability and perinatal services hold an open day
The Kirklees community learning disability service, along with the new perinatal mental health service, have opened up Fox View and Cullingworth in Dewsbury for professionals to learn more. Staff from our Trust joined partners from local authorities and the CCG to take a look around …
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Local MP visits recovery college
Dan Jarvis, MP for Barnsley Central, visited a learner celebration event at our recovery college, The Exchange, in Barnsley on Friday 15 September 2017. Around 80 people attended the event with representatives from IAPT, Barnsley and Rotherham Mind, DISC, WEA, Barnsley Adult and Community Learning. …
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We’re chosen as best organisation at awards honouring #hellomynameis doctor
We’ve been chosen as the ‘best organisation’ in the 2017 Kate Granger awards for compassionate care. Judges commended our recent successes, and recognised the Trust for its ambitious and innovative way of delivering care which makes a long-term, measurable difference to people’s lives. The winners …
Patients and staff moving into new Unity Centre
We’re opening our new adult acute mental health centre this week at Fieldhead Hospital in Wakefield. The Unity Centre has been purpose-built and will treat patients from across the Trust’s geographical footprint. The Stanley male adult acute mental health ward and Walton psychiatric intensive care …
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