We are excited to be opening three new services throughout June 2018 across Cygnet Health Care. These include a new female PICU at Cygnet Hospital Woking, a new specialist personality disorder service for women at Cygnet Hospital Colchester and a new rehabilitation service for men with a learning disability at Cygnet Hospital Taunton.
Since the beginning on March 2018 a team of service users from Cygnet Hospital Bury have been competing in the Social Inclusion Football League alongside other hospitals and mental health organisations. Team Cygnet have been participating in monthly fixtures organised by Creative Support and played at Blackburn Rovers Indoor Football Centre.
As part of Brain Injury Awareness Week two of our neuropsychiatric services, Cygnet Grange and Cygnet Lodge, held a ‘Headway Hatters Tea Party and Barbecue'.
On Tuesday 15th May 2018, the therapy team at Cygnet Hospital Beckton, a specialist mental health service for women, held an event for Mental Health Awareness Week. The theme of this year's event was stress.
This week it is Mental Health Awareness Week and the focus this year is on stress. In the second of two articles, Pam Palfreyman, Cygnet’s Occupational Health Group Lead, looks at strategies for managing stress. These include physiological, behavioural and psychological strategies.
Raf Hamaizia, Cygnet Health Care's Expert by Experience Lead, has recently been at the forefront of a campaign by the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) for Mental Health Awareness Week. The campaign, 'Putting mental health at the top of the agenda', features a number of video testimonials by experts by experience, including Raf, talking about their experiences of detention under the Mental Health Act.
This week it is Mental Health Awareness Week and the focus this year is on stress. In the first of two articles, Pam Palfreyman, Cygnet’s Occupational Health Group Lead, looks at what stress is, work-related stress and signs and symptoms of stress. Check back later this week for a follow up from Pam, looking at strategies for how you can manage your own stress levels.
Sir Keith Pearson, the Chair of Health Education England, recently visited Cygnet Hospital Derby to find out more about the education opportunities that Cygnet offer to their staff, especially the HCA student Nurse sponsorship, Cygnet’s new preceptorship programme and the trainee nursing associate scheme.
Hope Virgo, Expert by Experience and author of 'Stand Tall, Little Girl', recently visited Cygnet Hospital Ealing to speak to service users and staff about her experiences of having an eating disorder and her subsequent recovery journey.
The last week saw a pivotal moment within Cygnet Health Care. The sale of The Limes Hospital, previously run by CAS Behavioural Health, to Elysium Healthcare was approved by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), bringing to a close the CMA process relating to the merger of Cygnet Health Care and the Adult Services Division of the Cambian Group.
We are delighted to announce that, following an inspection on 20-21 February 2018, Cygnet Hospital Woking has been rated Good in all areas by CQC, joining Cygnet Lodge Woking, which was also awarded a Good status in all areas in 2017.
We are delighted to announce the appointment of Simba Kaseke as Clinical Manager of Cygnet Hospital Maidstone. Cygnet Hospital Maidstone is a brand new hospital that is due to open in September 2018.
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