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  • Published date: 21st March 2023
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    A planning application has been submitted by MPFT to replace the outpatients building at Haywood Hospital with a new facility

  • Published date: 15th March 2023
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    Beth Pink is a Community Mental Health Nurse working in the Dementia Assessment and Support Service in Oswestry, Shropshire. The service provides a Dementia Care Pathway across Shropshire and Telford & Wrekin that delivers specialist assessment, diagnosis and treatment for people with cognitive problems and possible onset of Dementia, or a diagnosis of Dementia.

  • Published date: 9th March 2023
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    MPFT have added its name to a charter aimed at helping employees who become terminally ill at work. MPFT is the latest employer to sign up to the Dying to Work Voluntary Charter, following in the footsteps of employers such as Rolls Royce, Royal Mail and Hovis.

  • Published date: 9th March 2023
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    To celebrate No Smoking Day 2023, MPFT has signed the NHS Smoke Free Pledge. The Pledge was developed by Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) and is designed to be a clear and visible way for NHS organisations to show their commitment and reaffirm their support for a smoke free NHS, helping smokers quit and creating an environment to help them do so.

  • Published date: 9th March 2023
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    MPFT is celebrating today, having scored amongst the top Trusts in all categories of the 2022 national NHS staff survey, surpassing the previous year’s results despite another challenging year for NHS services.

  • Published date: 8th March 2023
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    Health visitors and school nurses from MPFT's Families Health and Wellbeing 0 to 19 Service have launched a podcast series in a bid to reach more parents looking for health advice for children and young people.

  • 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.