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.
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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.
Three more Cygnet hospitals to become smoke free
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.
Cygnet Hospital Bury opens new general adolescent service
We are pleased to announce that Cygnet Hospital Bury's new Tier 4 general adolescent acute service will open on Monday 12 October 2015. The new service, which replaces one of the PICU wards, will complement the remaining CAMHS PICUs at Cygnet Hospital Bury, thus extending the short-stay care pathways on site.
Cygnet Lodge Brighouse to become an all-male service
We are pleased to announce that from the end of this year Cygnet Lodge Brighouse will become an all-male service. This move is in response to a clear need for male mental health rehabilitation beds, as seen by the number of referrals to the service over the past twelve months.
Cygnet Health Care announces the acquisition of Alpha Hospitals
We are delighted to announce that Cygnet Health Care has completed the acquisition of Alpha Hospitals. The acquisition brings 305 additional beds at the Alpha Hospitals in Bury, Sheffield, and Woking into the Cygnet family.
Moving towards smoke free services
Cygnet Hospital Beckton and Cygnet Hospital Blackheath are aiming to be the first Cygnet hospitals to provide care and treatment in a smoke free environment and plan to become smoke free in November this year.
Planning consent granted for extension to Cygnet Hospital Wyke
]We are delighted to announce that on 7th July 2015, detailed planning consent was granted for construction of a substantial new extension to Cygnet Hospital Wyke in West Yorkshire. The extension will contain bedrooms plus day, activity and ancillary space.