Cygnet Hospital Kewstoke celebrates its 10th anniversary
On Friday 2nd September staff and service users celebrated the 10th anniversary of the opening of Cygnet Hospital Kewstoke with a large garden party.
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New skill sharing initiative with Stevenage Fire Service
The psychology team at Cygnet Hospital Stevenage have recently joined together with the Stevenage Fire Service to share ideas and training around the hospital's new Firesetting Intervention Programme for Mentally Disordered Offenders (FIP-MO).
Cygnet Hospital Taunton’s Scarecrow Festival
On Tuesday 16th August service users across all the wards at Cygnet Hospital Taunton had a lot of fun creating scarecrows in the tradition of the local villages' annual scarecrow festival.
Charity abseil raises over £7K for selfharmUK
On Saturday 13th August members of Cygnet Health Care's senior management team successfully abseiled 100m down Portsmouth's Spinnaker Tower. By doing so they raised over £7,000 for selfharmUK, Cygnet's nominated charity for 2016.
Cygnet Hospital Beckton scores 95% in Quality Network Review
Cygnet Hospital Beckton’s Bewick Ward has scored 95% in a review by the Quality Network for Forensic Mental Health Services. This a national benchmarking process and is indicative of the improvement by Bewick from 86% last year to 95% this cycle.
Rafik Hamaizia appointed Cygnet’s Expert by Experience
We are delighted to announce that Rafik 'Raf' Hamaizia will be joining Cygnet Health Care as our Expert by Experience. Raf will be working with us over the coming months to help develop and shape our Patient Involvement and Experience work.
New ‘Healing Garden’ at Cygnet Hospital Ealing
Service users on Cygnet Hospital Ealing's New Dawn ward have begun a new gardening project. The idea for the 'Healing Garden' originated from a Healthy Living Skills group and, with the support of the Occupational Therapy team, service users have been planting flowers as well as herbs that they aim to use in future cooking sessions.
Cygnet launching Safewards pilot project
We are delighted to announce that we will shortly be launching a new pilot project to introduce Safewards to our hospitals. The introduction of Safewards is part of Cygnet’s wider commitment to reduce restrictive practice.
New mental health recovery package launched for Deaf service users
All About Me, an award winning mental health recovery package for deaf service users was officially launched at an event in Birmingham on 8th June. The package was developed as part of a national project that included service users and clinicians from a number of mental health trusts across England, as well as several independent providers, including Cygnet Health Care.
Cygnet Hospital Blackheath celebrates Men’s Health Week
To celebrate Men's Health Week staff at Cygnet Hospital Blackheath organised a day of activities based around the theme for this year's week which was, 'How do you beat stress?'.
Cygnet Hospital Godden Green’s Got Talent
On Thursday 9th June, to celebrate Carers Week, Cygnet Hospital Godden Green held 'Godden Green's Got Talent'. The event gave service users from both the CAMHS and low secure services the opportunity to show off their talents and impress all the families, friends and carers who were invited.
Cygnet Hospital Derby scores 88% in Quality Network Review
Cygnet Hospital Derby has scored 88% in a review by the Quality Network for Forensic Mental Health Services. The hospital achieved 100% ratings in three of the areas assessed, these were, 'Physical Healthcare', 'Procedural Security' and ‘Workforce’.