25th May 2016 Department of Health launches physical healthcare guidance On Friday 20th May the Department of Health published its guidance on physical healthcare for people with mental health problems. Cygnet Hospital Beckton's work to become smoke free is cited as one of the examples of good practice in the guidance.
24th May 2016 ‘Building Bridges’ at Cygnet Hospital Ealing From 16th-22nd May it was Mental Health Awareness Week and, based on this year's theme of 'Relationships', service users and staff on Cygnet Hospital Ealing's New Dawn Ward organised a 'Building Bridges' event.
20th May 2016 Mental Health Awareness Week Relationships Workshop An event held to mark Mental Health Awareness Week by Cygnet hospitals in West Yorkshire has received extremely positive feedback from those who attended. The focus on the event, which was relationships, chimed with the theme of MHAW.
19th May 2016 Reducing Restrictive Practice: A Dual Perspective Today, as part of Mental Health Awareness Week, Cygnet Health Care is pleased to introduce a film we’ve made about reducing restrictive practice. Our film features a service user sharing her experience and perspective of an intervention which happened during her care journey.
18th May 2016 Cygnet Hospital Bierley completes improvement works Cygnet Hospital Bierley has recently completed a £222K project to upgrade en-suite facilities across three of the hospital’s four wards. In addition, the ward bathroom and the seclusion en-suite have also been updated on Shelley Ward.