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  • Published date: 3rd March 2023
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    The annual Student Nursing Times Awards celebrate the best of student nurses, highlighting excellence in all specialties. Shortlisted for the Learner of the Year: Post-registration Award, is MSc Advanced Clinical Practice student, Simon Fraher. Simon is a Mental Health Nurse Practitioner and Physical Health Lead, working across Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin.

  • Published date: 28th February 2023
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    The February edition of the Community Mental Health Transformation stakeholder newsletter has now been released.

  • Published date: 17th February 2023
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    MPFT is delighted to have been awarded the Outstanding Contribution to the Development of Apprentices (Large Employer) Award at Newcastle and Stafford Colleges Group (NSCG) Employer Awards. NSCG’s Employer Awards celebrate the work of its employer partners, and were awarded during National Apprenticeships Week, 6 – 12 February.

  • Published date: 15th February 2023
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    MPFT is proud to join the celebration of Care Day 2023: the world’s largest celebration of children and young people with care experience taking place on Friday 17 February. To mark the event, MPFT’s Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) in Lichfield are inviting visitors to Holly Lodge, and the wider Midlands community, to learn about care experience and embrace remarkable stories of hope, courage, determination and success.

  • Published date: 10th February 2023
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    Hundreds of women are to benefit from faster access to breast cancer screening following the delivery of a new state-of-the-art mobile screening unit in North Staffordshire. People living in and around Cheadle will be able attend screening appointments at the mobile unit – which is one of the largest in the UK – now it is on site at Cheadle Hospital.

  • Published date: 10th February 2023
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    Mental Health Support Teams in South Staffordshire schools are proud to be supporting Place2Be’s Children’s Mental Health Week. The week offers a great opportunity to shine a light on the importance of children and young people’s mental health, with this year's theme being ‘Let's Connect’.

  • Published date: 6th February 2023
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    To support National Apprenticeship Week we’re sharing staff profiles to highlight the work of just some of our talented colleagues.

  • Published date: 3rd February 2023
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    MPFT is proud to join the celebration of National Apprenticeship Week 2023. This annual event, held from 7th to 13th February, recognizes the value of apprenticeships and celebrates the positive impact they have on individuals, businesses and communities.

  • Published date: 3rd February 2023
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    Artist, Charlotte Tisdale has created a new mural for the fence on Holly ward at the Redwoods Centre, to improve the environment of the space.

  • Published date: 26th January 2023
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    MPFT has successfully implemented seven trailblazing Mental Health Support Teams (MHST) in schools across Shropshire and Telford & Wrekin. An eighth team covering Market Drayton and Whitchurch in North East Shropshire, launched in January.