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Cygnet Hospital Ealing and Cygnet Lodge Kenton’s Clean Air Act 2017

On Friday 31 March 2017, Cygnet Hospital Ealing and Cygnet Lodge Kenton marked going 'smoke free' with their own Clean Air Act 2017 celebrations. The purpose of the festivities was to mark the end of smoke-filled lives and spaces at Cygnet, and the beginning of healthy new policies and lifestyles.

Cygnet Hospital Bierley gains ‘Full Monty’ Star Wards status

We are delighted to announce that Cygnet Hospital Bierley’s two low secure services have achieved the Full Monty Star Wards status. The awards go to the hospital's Bronte Ward, a low secure service for women and Shelley Ward, a low secure service for men.

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Cygnet Hospital Harrogate opens an all-female acute admissions service

We are pleased to announce that from Monday 6th March 2017 Cygnet Hospital Harrogate's Sanctuary Ward will change from a mixed to an all-female acute admissions ward. This decision is in recognition of the increasing numbers of female referrals who, because of the presenting complexities and vulnerabilities, would benefit from an all-female environment.

Cygnet Hospital Stevenage develops a new treatment for their acute wards

Cygnet Hospital Stevenage has recently developed a new treatment programme for its Acute Wards. The Coping Skills Group is a Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) informed programme, which has been specifically developed to meet the needs of service users on the two acute wards at Cygnet Hospital Stevenage.

Cygnet launch 11 Recovery Colleges

Cygnet Health Care are preparing for two regional launch events to celebrate the implementation of their network of Recovery Colleges. Recovery Colleges offer educational courses about mental health and recovery which are designed to increase knowledge and skills and promote self-management.

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Cygnet Hospital Bierley launches new Substance Misuse Treatment Programme

Cygnet Hospital Bierley is proud to launch its new Substance Misuse Treatment Programme - The ‘Find YOUR Way’ programme. The standardised programme is an intensive psychological treatment, designed to meet the needs of people with substance misuse histories and co-occurring mental health and offending difficulties.

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.

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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.

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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.