This week it is Men’s Health Week and the focus this year is on diabetes. Cygnet Hospital Blackheath, which provides low secure mental health and PICU services for men, celebrated Men’s Health Week by producing a workshop service users on managing and preventing diabetes.
The team at Cygnet Hospital Beckton were recently delighted to receive some wonderful feedback from an ex-service user about her experiences of the hospital’s Recovery College.
Cygnet Hospital Bierley has seen a significant increase in service user involvement and collaboration with the multidisciplinary team during HCR20 risk assessment and management planning.
We are pleased to announce that, in addition to our National People's Council that we launched last year, we are now rolling out three new regional People's Councils in the North, South and Midlands.
A Midlands nurse’s pioneering practice has seen him shortlisted for two prestigious awards. Warren Cocker, who developed an innovative programme to improve quality of life for people with learning disabilities and autism.
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.
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