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Intermediate Care Services in Barnsley – update
Intermediate care is a nurse and therapy-led service that acts as a bridge between hospital care and independent living. Intermediate care is commissioned by Barnsley Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) and is being delivered by an alliance arrangement between Barnsley CCG, Barnsley Hospital, South West Yorkshire Partnership …
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Launch of new perinatal mental health service
Our new perinatal mental health service will start taking referrals from Friday 1 September 2017. The service will be based in Dewsbury but will have staff based in all areas covered by the Trust—Barnsley, Calderdale, Kirklees, and Wakefield. “Pregnancy and childbirth is a uniquely vulnerable …
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Barnsley Macmillan Nurse calls time on career
A Macmillan nurse is retiring after a career spanning four decades. Anne Luscombe,62, began nursing in 1971; she has spent the last twenty years supporting people living with cancer. Anne, who lives in Rotherham, is retiring from her role as Macmillan Community Specialist Palliative Care …
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Social prescribing tool endorsed by NICE
A new social prescribing assessment tool, created by our Live Well Wakefield service in partnership with West Wakefield Health & Wellbeing Ltd, has been endorsed by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE). The tool is a series of questions which identify the extent …
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AIMS accreditation update
Our Priory Ward has just been accredited by The Royal College of Psychiatrists. This means that all three adult acute mental health wards at Fieldhead Hospital are now accredited by the Royal College. The Accreditation for Inpatient Mental Health Services (AIMS) recognises high standards of …
Annual Members Meeting
A performance by Huddersfield-based learning disability orchestra Xylosound will be the centrepiece of South West Yorkshire Partnership Teaching NHS Foundation Trust’s Annual Members Meeting. The event takes place on Tuesday 19 September 2017 at Huddersfield Town Hall between 12pm and 4pm. There will be a …
National recognition for Barnsley stroke services
The work of staff at our Stroke Rehabilitation Unit in Barnsley is being highlighted as best practice by the Royal College of Physicians. The Royal College is responsible for the monitoring of stroke services nationally. Each year it publishes The Sentinel Stroke National Audit Programme …
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Could you be our new Chair?
We are seeking a new Chair to lead our strong and stable unitary Board who brings the capability and enthusiasm to realise our ambitious vision within the context of significant change and opportunity across the NHS. Providing clear leadership, challenge and support, and realising the …
“I’ll owe you for the rest of my nursing career!” – two stories from our student nurses
Kate and Sonia are student nurses at different stages of their training. However one thing they have in common is they’ve both recently had a placement on Thornhill Ward at the Bretton Centre. “I’ve been lucky enough to enjoy learning experiences across many of the …
Certificates of excellence awarded to two wards
Two of our wards have received awards for improving patient safety. The Improvement Academy awarded Chantry, a 16-bed unit for older people in Wakefield, a ‘Silver certificate of excellence’ for going 39 days without an incident of aggression or violence. The stroke unit in Barnsley …
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