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‘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.

The Mental Health Workshop was held in Brighouse

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.

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.

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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.

Building Relationships: A service user’s story

Today, as we mark the 2016 Mental Health Awareness Week, Cygnet Health Care would like to introduce a film which highlights the importance of positive, communicative relationships between service users and those who support them in services.

Chief Executive David Cole signing his support for reducing restrictive practice

Mental Health Awareness Week

Mental Health Awareness Week runs between May 16th and 22nd and this year’s theme is Relationships. To mark the week, Cygnet Health Care will be launching two new videos which explore reducing restrictive practice and the positive impact that has on relationships, both between service users and those who support them and more generally.

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Cygnet achieves 100% CQUIN compliance for 2015-16

We are delighted to announce that Cygnet Health Care has achieved 100% compliance with all CQUIN indicators for all of its NHS contracts across the UK for the contract year 2015-16. This is the fifth consecutive year that Cygnet has achieved 100% compliance.

Cygnet Lodge Kenton hold Spring Concert

On Friday 6th May service users at Cygnet Lodge Kenton held a Spring Concert. The women performed ten songs in total, each of which had a special meaning to at least one of them.

Cygnet Hospital Beckton's Recovery Academy

Cygnet Hospital Beckton launches its Recovery Academy

On Monday 25th April, Cygnet Hospital Beckton launched their new Recovery Academy. The aim of the academy is to support the national drive to enable people with mental health difficulties to access more educational opportunities during their stay in hospital.

Alvaston's cake sale

Alvaston Ward raises money for selfharmUK

Service users from Cygnet Hospital Derby's Alvaston Ward recently held a vintage themed tea party to celebrate the Queen's 90th birthday and to raise money selfharmUK.