Supporting residents at Gables
The team at Gables, our specialist residential home in Colchester, have been working hard during the pandemic to ensure residents are able to keep in touch with family members and even enjoy holidays away.
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Cygnet Hospital Bierley wins Excellence in Dialectical Behaviour Therapy Award
Cygnet Hospital Bierley’s Dialectical Behaviour Therapy programme has won the Association of Psychological Therapies (APT) 2020 Award for Excellence in DBT. It is the third time in four years that the team have won the award.
Highwoods Ward celebrates its 1st anniversary
Service users and staff at Cygnet Hospital Colchester’s Highwoods Ward recently celebrated the service’s first anniversary. Since opening the ward has helped over 200 individuals on their journey to recovery.
Cygnet services hold Macmillan Coffee Mornings
Cygnet Hospital Maidstone and Cygnet Hospital Wyke were just two of our service who last week held a Macmillan Coffee Morning to raise money for Macmillan Cancer Support.
Cygnet hosts ‘Quality in CAMHS Services’ Webinar
On Wednesday 23rd September we successfully held our first CPD-accredited webinar – ‘Quality in CAMHS Services'. The webinar featured presentations by CAMHS professionals from Cygnet services as well as colleagues from the NHS.
Cygnet Nursing Awards 2020 – Celebrating our Nurses in the Year of the Nurse
We are delighted to announce that we are holding our first ever Nursing Awards, on Tuesday 13th October 2020. The awards, which will be held ‘virtually’, feature eight categories with the finalists nominated by their peers across the Cygnet group.
Cygnet Nield House’s Grand Opening Day
On Wednesday 16th September we held our grand opening event at Cygnet Nield House, our new 30-bed mental health hospital for women in Crewe. The hospital was officially opened in a ribbon cutting ceremony by Cllr Benn Minshall, the Mayor of Crewe.
Cygnet Cedars’ Graduation Day 2020
Cygnet Cedars recently hosted their first Graduation Day to celebrate the achievements of service users who have participated in the Cedars Learning Pathway.
Cygnet Hospital Hexham’s Grand Opening Day
On Wednesday 9th September we held our grand opening event at Cygnet Hospital Hexham, our new PICU and Acute service for women with complex mental health needs. Due to open for admissions in October, the new 27-bed facility will provide an important and much-needed service for women and will offer treatment and rehabilitation through a specialist intensive care unit and an acute service for women.
Service users and staff rise to the challenge of local Bake-Off competition
Service users and staff at Cygnet Hospital Wyke were challenged to revive childhood memories in their own themed version of TV’s Bake-Off competition. The bakers had to create cakes that reminded them of a favourite memory.
Cygnet Health Care sponsors Mold Alexandra Football Club’s First Team
We are pleased to announce that we are continuing our sponsorship of Mold Alexandra Football Club’s first team for the forthcoming season. Cygnet's relationship with the team goes back to 2015 and we are delighted to continue the partnership.
At Cygnet we #WearBecauseYouCare
We recently asked our staff to get involved in the Wear Because You Care campaign. The response so far has been fantastic and we’ve received lots of great pictures from staff teams around the country promoting the use of facemasks.