Between 18th July to 17th August 2024 it is South Asian Heritage Month. The theme for 2024 is “Free to Be Me”. In our latest blog Poonam, Lead Physiotherapist at Cygnet Brunel, shares her experience of moving to the UK from India to join the team at Cygnet Brunel.
National Schizophrenia Awareness Day is marked on 25 July every year. In this blog Dr Arokia Antonysamy (Samy), Regional Medical Director (South), has answered some common questions about the condition.
On behalf of Cygnet, I would like to congratulate Sir Keir Starmer and the Labour Party on their election win.
Michael is a young man living at one of our supported living properties in the North West. He shared his thoughts with us from his journey so far…
Madeline, a service user at Cygnet Nield House, gives her account of what it is like struggling with an eating disorder and how the support is enabling her to have hopes for a healthy future.
Dr Tony Romero, Cygnet CEO, is asking political parties to work together to reverse the mental health emergency, to prioritise prevention and expand service provision.
Omar* came to Cygnet Brunel, our Bristol neuropsychiatric rehabilitation service, following a brain injury in 2023, and shared with us his remarkable story.
Trevor Borthwick-Hare, who is the Communication and Translation Specialist at Cygnet Hospital Bury, which offers a range of mental health services for deaf people, shares his story as part of Deaf Awareness Week.
Cygnet Hospital Woking recently became one of our latest hospitals to create a new Social Hub. In our latest blog Courtney Greene, Head of Occupational Therapy, and Adele Wheway, Deputy Head of Occupational Therapy at Cygnet Hospital Woking, reflect on the impact of the new environment and the importance of providing spaces for meaningful engagement and recovery in mental health inpatient services.
This month, Skills for Care are running a campaign - #CelebratingSocialCare – to highlight the incredible people who work in care. As part of the campaign Gareth Williams, CEO of Cygnet's Social Care division, shares some of his personal highlights from the last 12 months of working in social care.
Jude is currently receiving care on Clarion Ward at Cygnet Nield House, our service in Cheshire specialising in support for women with a dual diagnosis of personality disorder and co-morbid disordered eating. In her blog below, she shares a personal account of her journey of recovery.[
Our Director of Partnerships and Engagement, Vicky McNally, joined a roundtable co-hosted by Centre for Mental Health, Mind and the NHS Confederation’s Mental Health Network that explored how to build the mental health workforce we need for the future, using the NHS Workforce Plan as its starting point. Vicky offers her reflections on the challenges and opportunities which lie ahead.
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