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Cygnet Hospital Wyke

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 Godden Green's Carer Support Leads, Vanda Daniels and Zoe Collins

Cygnet Hospital Godden Green launch Carer Support Group

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.

The reception team in Children in Need attire

Cygnet Hospital Woking raise almost £450 for Children in Need

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.

Cygnet's Rosalyn Mloyi presenting on restrictive practice at the conference in Denmark

Cygnet staff promote reducing Restrictive Practice

On 23rd October 2015 Cygnet Health Care's Rosalyn Mloyi, Restrictive Pracitice and Violence Reduction Lead, and Abu Idris, Violence Reduction Lead Instructor, gave a presentation on their work at the 9th European Congress on Violence in Clinical Psychiatry in Copenhagen.

The OT team at Cygnet Hospital Wyke celebrating Occupational Therapy Week 2015

Celebrating Occupational Therapy Week 2015

To celebrate national Occupational Therapy Week 2015 the OT teams at Cygnet's West Yorkshire units organised a series of activities and sessions throughout the week to promote the use of OT within the service.

Rachel Kitten, Head of OT; Joe Thomas, Hospital Manager and Beatrice Komieter, Ward Manager with their award

Meridian Ward gains ‘Full Monty’ Star Wards status

We are delighted to announce that Cygnet Hospital Blackheath's Meridian Ward has achieved Star Wards status. Staff and service users from Meridian Ward, a low secure service for men, were presented with The Full Monty Award by Geoff Brennan, Executive Director of Star Wards.