23rd December 2016 Pet Therapy Day at Cygnet Hospital Derby On Wednesday 21st December Critterish Allsorts attended Cygnet Derby for the day to provide a pet therapy session for Alvaston Ward, Litchurch Ward and Wyvern Ward. The animals included a snake, skunk, dog, giant millipede, lizard, tortoise and a chinchilla.
20th December 2016 Royal Visitor for Cygnet Hospital Beckton Cygnet Hospital Beckton is to welcome a Royal visitor to highlight the important role occupational therapy plays in supporting health, well-being and life-satisfaction for people who use the service.
20th December 2016 Hallmark helps all our service users receive a card this Christmas We are delighted to announce that, thanks to the generosity of Hallmark, all our service users will receive a Christmas card this year. Rafik 'Raf' Hamaizia, Cygnet Health Care's Expert by Experience Lead, explains how this lovely gesture came about.
7th December 2016 Cygnet’s Expert by Experience – the story so far In August 2016 we were delighted to announce the appointment of Rafik 'Raf' Hazmaizia as Cygnet's first Expert by Experience. In the following article Raf gives an overview of how his first few months have gone, the projects he has been involved in and the people he has met at Cygnet.
7th December 2016 Cygnet Hospital Beckton wins RAID Award We are pleased to announce that Cygnet Hospital Beckton have won a RAID Award for excellence in working with challenging behaviour. These annual awards were established by the Association for Psychological Therapies to keep people ‘enthused’ about working with challenging behaviour.