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Yorkshire Smokefree celebrates 10 years of the smoking ban
A decade on from the UK ban on smoking in public places, Yorkshire Smokefree is celebrating almost 145,000 quits across South and West Yorkshire since the service began in 2007. According to figures from the Department of Health, 144,829 people have quit in the seven …
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Green fingers at the ready!
Service users and staff have worked together to design and create a new garden. The new outdoor space at Chippendale ward, Fieldhead, features plants and flowers including Mongolian giant sunflowers which can grow up to 14ft tall and fruits and vegetables including strawberries, blueberries and …
Sam’s apprenticeship success story
Sam Hunt was intrigued when she saw an apprenticeship vacancy advertised at our Trust. She now has a permanent role on one of our wards and credits her apprenticeship experience for enabling her to take the next steps in her care career. She explains: “I …
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Whitehall communications colleagues visit Trust
On Wednesday 21 June we welcomed Chloe Watson, NHS England’s senior strategic communications manager for mental health and Neil Coffey, deputy head of media and campaigns at the Department of Health. Chloe and Neil spent a full day at Fieldhead Hospital meeting with staff from …
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Redeveloped mental health wards given new local labels
The new names of our transformed mental health wards at Fieldhead in Wakefield have been revealed. Non-secure wards Priory and Trinity will now be known as the Nostell and Stanley wards following an investment of £16m by our Trust. The site’s psychiatric intensive care unit …
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Visit from Karen Middleton
Karen Middleton, CEO of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP), visited the Trust on Monday 19 June 2017. Her visit coincided with workout @ work week, an initiative promoted by the CSP that encourages people to increase physical activity within their working day. Across the …
Food facts on the menu for Dietitians’ Week event
Fad diets were the focus of an interactive event at Fieldhead in Wakefield on Thursday 15 June held in celebration of Dietitians’ Week. Dietitians’ Week (12 – 16 June 2017) is an annual campaign organised by the British Dietetic Association to raise awareness of the …
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General election comes to Newton Lodge
Candidates standing in the 2017 general election have visited our forensics wards for hustings with our service users and staff. Prospective MPs representing all of the parties standing in the local constituency took the opportunity to come to Newton Lodge, a mental health secure unit …
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Building Better Opportunities in Barnsley
To mark the beginning of National Volunteers’ Week (1 – 7 June), our Exchange Recovery College in Barnsley launched its ‘Building Better Opportunities’ programme on Thursday 1 June. Building Better Opportunities is an employment service for people with physical and mental health conditions, learning disabilities …
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Volunteers’ Week spotlight: Nigel’s story
Volunteers’ week (1 – 7 June) is an annual celebration of the fantastic contribution millions of volunteers make across the UK. Volunteering isn’t just about offering your skills, knowledge and expertise to an organisation like ours – it’s about what you can get back too. …
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