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Care Trust’s drive to support people with dementia
Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust is inviting members of the public to attend a free talk on dementia, which according to the Yorkshire and Humber Clinical Network for Dementia, is a condition affecting around 5000 people in the Bradford district, with numbers set to rise to approximately 6000 by 2020. The talk will be […]
Read moreTrust hosts career focused event in speech and language therapy
Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust is hosting a speech and language therapy career focused event on Friday 11 November 2016. Speech and language therapy provides treatment, support and care for children and adults who have difficulties with communication, or with eating, drinking and swallowing. The career focused event is aimed at people interested in […]
Read moreYoung people help design new mental health service
A new service is set to launch in Bradford, on 26 October, which will enhance mental health support for children and young people, aged under 18, across the district. The new service will provide a homely and welcoming overnight place for vulnerable children and young people to visit in emotional distress or crisis. Bradford District […]
Read moreCare Trust staff help local community to ‘Stay Well This Winter’
In the coming week’s children in school years one, two and three across Bradford, Airedale, Wharfedale and Craven will be offered a nasal spray flu vaccination at school and in some community clinics. Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust is delivering the immunisation programme in schools to protect not just children but their younger siblings, […]
Read moreCare Trust triumphs with award win at national Positive Practice Awards
Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust is celebrating after becoming an award winner at the national Positive Practice Awards. The awards celebrate positive practice in mental health and are supported by NHS England. The Care Trust was announced as the winner of the prestigious Crisis Care Pathway Award at the glittering awards ceremony. A radical […]
Read more1in4 art exhibition shines spotlight on mental health
In a bid to tackle the stigma surrounding mental health illness, Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust is holding a major art exhibition – the 1in4 art exhibition, which has been named to reflect the high proportion of people who experience mental ill health. One in four of us are affected by mental health every […]
Read moreArt, life and community: the 1in4 art exhibition
‘Art washes from the soul the dust of everyday life’ – Pablo Picasso Two NHS professionals, Paul Hogg, Trust Secretary, Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust and John Walsh, Practice Manager, York Street Health Practice, Leeds Community Healthcare NHS Trust come together to celebrate art as a therapeutic tool in mental health recovery and raise awareness […]
Read moreFalls free home
Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust is holding a number of events across the district next week to ask people to focus on preventing falls. The events, which are part of the wider ‘older people’s fortnight’ in Bradford, will focus on reducing the risk of falling by giving home, visual and foot health advice. The […]
Read more1in4 art exhibition challenges stigma of mental health
One in four of us are affected by mental health every year, and many of us have experienced low moods, anxiety and stress at some point in our lives. In the run up to World Mental Health Day, 10 October – Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust is holding a major art exhibition – the […]
Read moreCare Trust drive to support people with dementia
Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust is inviting staff and members of the public to attend its monthly Board meeting on Thursday 29 September. Attendees will hear first-hand how patient and carer experiences are making an impact at the highest level of the organisation and helping to shape future services which support peoples physical and […]
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