We are proud to announce that five service user led projects from Cygnet hospitals have been shortlisted as finalists in the National Service User Awards 2016. Three projects from Cygnet Hospital Derby and two projects from Cygnet Hospitals Bierley and Wyke have been shortlisted.
A group of service users at Cygnet Hospital Stevenage have developed, produced and starred in a fictional and unflinching portrayal of the kind of discrimination and bullying that individuals with mental health issues experience.
Following the implementation of a series of new initiatives the therapy team at Cygnet Hospital Stevenage have successfully reduced the drop-out rate of service users engaged within their DBT programme from 50% to 33.3%.
We are pleased to report that on the 7th December work was completed on an upgrade to all sixteen bedrooms on Cygnet Hospital Harrogate’s Haven Ward. This marked the end of the first phase of a £350,000 upgrade to all 36 bedrooms in the hospital.
Cygnet Health Care is delighted to be leading on an exciting pilot with the National Recovery & Outcomes Steering Group aimed at improving service user involvement in communications with the Ministry of Justice (MoJ).
Staff from Cygnet Hospital Wyke and Cygnet Lodge Brighouse responded brilliantly to an appeal by a local organisation for Christmas presents for the disadvantaged children in Bradford.
Alpha Hospital Bury's Nick Horne, a nurse consultant specialising in mental health and deaf services, was recently awarded the Crisis Prevention Institute's prestigious Meritorious award.
In January our hospitals in Blackheath, Brighouse and Wyke will become the latest Cygnet services to provide care and treatment in a smoke free environment. This takes the total number of smoke free Cygnet hospitals up to four.
On Friday 20th November it was National Carers Rights Day. To celebrate this event Cygnet Hospital Godden Green's Carer Support Leads Vanda Daniels and Zoe Collins launched a new Carer Support Group to support carers of service users on the hospital's Saltwood Ward.
Staff from Cygnet Hospital Bury recently attended a networking meeting of the Canal and River Trust in Manchester to showcase the impact a service user volunteer group have had on a local reservoir.
Cygnet Health Care’s Chief Executive, David Cole, was recently interviewed by Suhail Mirza, Head of Healthcare Practice at Alium Partners as part of their ‘Listening to Leaders’ series.
On Friday 13th November Cygnet Hospital Woking held a hospital-wide event for Children in Need raising a grand total £447.51. Service users from across the hospital were invited to engage in various themed activities with many deciding to make their own donations to the cause.
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