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A Bradford large-scale vaccination centre marks 12 months of providing life-saving COVID-19 jabs to people across the district
Thousands of people have been vaccinated since the NHS centre at Jacob’s Well, Bradford, opened its doors this week. Staff from Bradford District and Craven Health and Care Partnership have delivered 177,285 vaccinations at the centre that is one of four opened across West Yorkshire in early 2021 to offer thousands of appointments at convenient […]
Read moreYoung people from the district support this year’s ‘Time to Talk Day’
Apprentices working on the Healthy Minds programme are backing this year’s ‘Time to Talk Day’ on Thursday 3 February by encouraging people to start having a conversation about mental health and have shared videos of their own experiences to get people to open up. Having conversations offers people a chance to start to talk openly […]
Read moreHope on the horizon for people with Long COVID
A new service to be delivered in Bradford, Airedale, Wharfedale and Craven gives hope to people with Long COVID, as a report published shows it is effective at treating those living with the post-viral disease. The ‘Recovering from COVID’ course first ran in October 2020 as a pilot to support NHS staff and hospitalised COVID […]
Read moreSecond national gold star for Bradford Care Trust
National charity, the Carers Trust, has awarded a second gold star to Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust for community and inpatient mental health services, for actively supporting and involving carers, working with them to improve their experience and for the quality of care for themselves and those they help to look after. The Triangle […]
Read moreComing out of lockdown helped me tackle my anxiety
Fifty-three-year-old Cath Bacon experienced anxiety during COVID-19, after self-isolating since the pandemic began. This coupled with a number of health issues and disabilities prompted Cath to seek support to tackle her mental health. Cath explained: “The idea of going out was petrifying because I’d been shielding for so long, as I’d been on the clinically […]
Read moreBradford District buildings light up blue to celebrate one million vaccine milestone
Today (Friday 14 January) buildings across Bradford District and Craven will light up blue to celebrate another key milestone in the local COVID-19 vaccination programme – one million vaccines have been given across the district, this includes first, second, and booster jabs as well as third primary doses for people who are immunosuppressed. Council and […]
Read moreBeing diagnosed with ADHD changed my life for the better
Bright, cheerful and positive, sixteen-year-old Kamran Khan was diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). The support and diagnosis he received from Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust’s Children and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHs) has helped to transform his life. ADHD is a condition that affects people’s behaviour. Often people with ADHD can seem […]
Read moreLocal NHS Trust volunteer shares personal experience
Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust is welcoming members of the public from Bradford, Airedale, Wharfedale, Craven and Wakefield to its online public Board meeting on Thursday 13 January 2022. The Board will discuss recent CQC inspection results, how the Trust is responding to increasing local COVID-19 infections and how volunteering has impacted the life […]
Read moreCQC rates Care Trust as good
Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust has been rated ‘good’ by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) following its recent inspection in September this year. The independent regulator’s inspection report, published today (15 December) assesses the Trust as good for caring, responsive, effective and well-led, and requires improvement for safe, giving the overall rating of good. […]
Read moreConsultants honoured for psychiatric work
Three consultants from Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust have been made honorary fellows of the Royal College of Psychiatrists in recognition of their work and contributions to psychiatry. An Honorary Fellowship of the Royal College of Psychiatrists is presented to individuals who are eminent in psychiatry or allied sciences and have rendered distinguished service […]
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