Cygnet Hospital Harrogate launches discharge planning pilot
We are excited to announce that Cygnet Hospital Harrogate has launched a six month pilot of a revised version of the successful Planning Appropriate Discharge (PAD) process.
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New skill sharing initiative with Stevenage Fire Service
The psychology team at Cygnet Hospital Stevenage have recently joined together with the Stevenage Fire Service to share ideas and training around the hospital's new Firesetting Intervention Programme for Mentally Disordered Offenders (FIP-MO).
Cygnet launching Safewards pilot project
We are delighted to announce that we will shortly be launching a new pilot project to introduce Safewards to our hospitals. The introduction of Safewards is part of Cygnet’s wider commitment to reduce restrictive practice.
New mental health recovery package launched for Deaf service users
All About Me, an award winning mental health recovery package for deaf service users was officially launched at an event in Birmingham on 8th June. The package was developed as part of a national project that included service users and clinicians from a number of mental health trusts across England, as well as several independent providers, including Cygnet Health Care.
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.
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.
Planning permission approved for new hospital in Maidstone
We are delighted to announce that we have been granted planning consent for the development of a new specialist hospital facility in Maidstone.
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.
Cygnet Health Care successful in Devon PICU tender
We are delighted to announce that we have been successful in our tender for a year-long PICU contract with Devon Partnership NHS Trust, with the option to extend for a further year.
Reducing Restrictive Practice
Reducing Restrictive Practice is a priority within Cygnet and as part of our commitment to this work we have appointed two Reducing Restrictive Practice Lead Nurses.
Reduction in DBT drop out rates at Cygnet Hospital Stevenage
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%.
First stage of improvement works at Cygnet Hospital Harrogate complete
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.