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Huge congratulations to our Palliative Care Clinical Lead, Belinda Marks, who was part of the Queen's Birthday Honours List. This was for her efforts and innovations during COVID-19, as well as her "unwavering dedication" to helping others and providing clinical leadership. 🎉
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We’re really proud that our adult wards & psychiatric intensive care unit are rated GOOD across the board by CQC today thanks to everyone involved at ACMH & LMH
#caretrustway
@BrentKilmurray
@liz_romaniak
@Phillipahubbar1
@patrick91820108
@pgtips42
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Chief Pharmacist Jaspreet Sohal, says it’s been a big team effort to get the Jacob's Well Vaccination Centre up & running and she’s really proud to be involved. For more info -
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It's
#TimeToTalkDay
🎉 thanks so much to everyone who's supported our campaign so far. Here's
@joemcelderry91
with his secret recipe for mental wellbeing - thanks Joe and the team at
@BradfordTheatre
for helping us to get people talking about mental health! 👍
#BDCTTimeToTalk
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Congrats to our Chief Exec Therese Patten who's been appointed a Trustee to NHS Providers Board
joining other Trust Chairs & CEs from across the country to represent the views of mental health providers inc. across our place
@ActAsOneBDC
@WYHpartnership
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A big THANK YOU to our Out Of Hours District Nursing Team who have adapted their practice to continue to support our service users across the district during the COVID-19 pandemic
#StillHereToHelp
#BDCFTThankYou
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Pleased to share that our Chief Pharmacist, Jaspreet Sohal, has been appointed as a Council Member of the College of Mental Health Pharmacy’ (CMHP), leading on the Council’s communications portfolio - she’ll do this alongside her Trust role.
#Congratulations
Jas!
@CMHPCommunity
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#ThankYouBDCFT
to all of our staff and partners for going the extra mile to support our communities during COVID-19👏
@NHSBfdCraven
@WYFRS
@WestYorksPolice
@bradfordmdc
@TheCellarTrust
@Phillipahubbar1
#ThankYouNHS
#clapforcarers
@BrentKilmurray
@pgtips42
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If you’re experiencing a mental health crisis our First Response service is
#StillHereToHelp
- call us on 01274 221181. You can find out more about the service and how to contact the team at
#ThankyouBDCFT
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Congrats to Jaspreet for winning
#LivingOurValuesAwards
'We Deliver' 🤝. "A patient who wasn't receiving our care struggled to get medicine. Jas rang companies in Europe & arranged to get the medication within two days. Typical of her to go the extra step to make things happen."
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Congratulations to two of our consultants,
@DrASPillai
& Dr Anitha Mukundan, who have received fellowship of
@rcpsych
. This follows a nomination from
@DavidSims02
, focusing on their contributions to clinical work, the development of service, & education of doctors in training👏
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Today we’re pleased to announce we're welcoming our new Chief Exec Therese Patten who formally takes up her role on 21 September
#betterlivestogether
@patrick91820108
@Phillipahubbar1
@pgtips42
@liz_romaniak
@BDCFT_Chair
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Congratulations to the Kensington District Nursing team for 'We Care'; Learning Disability Health Support team at Waddiloves for 'We Listen'; and Chief Pharmacist Jaspreet Sohal for 'We Deliver'
@jassij1984
#YASA20
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Our fantastic district nurses are flexing their hours to ensure BDCFT’s 24 hour care provision is robust during the pandemic.
#OurNHSpeople
#StillHereToHelp
#ThankyouBDCFT
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A final reminder to join us tomorrow evening to shine a light in your window as a mark of remembrance for the lives sadly lost due to the pandemic. We'll be lighting up Lynfield Mount Hospital and Airedale Centre for Mental Health, but here's New Mill from yesterday💙
#NHSBirthday
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'I feel proud of the NHS and for you... for serving the people across the Bradford District...' A heart warming final speech from Chief Executive,
@BrentKilmurray
, thanking all of our wonderful staff.
#NHSLongService2019
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Our Associate Director of Corporate Affairs Paul Hogg retires today after 13 years with the Trust. Wishing him all the best in his retirement & we're looking forward to seeing him teeing off at our charity golf day on 8 July!
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Congrats to Sarfaraz Shora for April's
#LivingOurValues
'We Listen' award: He's "at the heart of the work across our inpatient services for those with COVID-19... Listened daily to colleagues' needs, particularly junior doctors' requests to have support across the Bank Holiday"🎉
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To round off a great meeting, we’re now hearing from mental health advocate Ben Pearson who has joined us at New Mill to share his own lived experiences and the impact working on the frontline can have on mental wellbeing.
@bs_pearson
#BDCFTAMM21
@theresepatten13
@BDCFT_Chair
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Very disappointing Lynfield Mount not in final 8 for Gov’s new hospital programme. Still no parity for mental health in the total NHP funding allocation so far. We need urgent investment in MH hospitals like LM with spiralling maintenance costs, for patients, staff & public purse
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A sad but very fond farewell to our CE
@BrentKilmurray
today on his last day with our Trust but wishing him all the very best in his new role as CE
@TEWV
& leaving lots of great things that we'll build on
#betterlivestogether
#caretrustway
😊
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A big THANK YOU to our Community Dental service who are working in different settings, learning new skills, playing new roles - with a smile on their faces & a willingness to help support our service users during the COVID-19 pandemic
#StillHereToHelp
#BDCFTThankYou
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Huge congrats Kirsty Chapman from HR, winner of October's 'We Deliver' Living Our Values award! 🎉
Friendly, cheerful & quick to respond, Kirsty goes "above and beyond", particularly when it comes to important recruitment for the Trust & in supporting her team during big changes.
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Do you work at BDCFT? Our LGBT+ Staff Network is relaunching at 11.30am today as 'Rainbow Alliance'. Last night and tonight New Mill was lit up in rainbow colours as a celebration. Any member of staff is welcome to join the network: email rainbow
@bdct
.nhs.uk to find out more🏳️🌈
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The new COVID-19 vaccination centre, Jacob’s Well, is part of a district-wide programme, which has seen NHS organisations across Bradford & Craven working with partners to ensure we can continue the roll-out of vaccinations
@NHSBfdCraven
@bradfordmdc
@BTHFT
@AiredaleNHSFT
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Let us know.. what do you do to look after your mental wellbeing? If it's something else, not on the list, let us know by tweeting us 👍😀
Exercise
827
Meeting up with a friend
343
Talking to someone
461
Eating the right things
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Really big congratulations to Jack James Allinson, who volunteers at Waddiloves Health Centre with our Learning Disabilities Health Support team, for winning the Service User, Carer & Volunteer Contributions award 🎉
#YASA20
@BDCFT_YourVoice
@BDCFT_Volunteer
#YASA20
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Our fabulous Community Dental service's Oral Health team won Best Local Oral Health Initiative North at the Clinical Dentistry Awards 2022🤩 Congratulations to the whole team! Their work to keep
#BradfordBabiesBrushing
has been so successful with nurseries across the district.
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Jacob’s Well vaccintion centre is open today & delivering vaccines to those with a booked appointment but please only travel if you feel safe to do so. If there's any doubt, please reschedule your appointment through the national booking service - you will be able to re-book.
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Today we’re saying a big thanks and farewell to our Chair Cathy Elliott but we’re pleased she’s not going far & we're looking forward to working with in her new role as Chair Designate
@WYpartnership
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Vicky-Donnelly from our Learning Disability services lets you know that we’re
#StillHereToHelp
- find out more about the service and how to get in touch
#ThankyouBDCFT
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Congratulations to Victoria Smith who was nominated for Unsung Hero in You're A Star Awards. Not only did her team present her with the certificate but also showed gratitude through their own gifts. Thanks to all our
#YASA20
nominees for providing outstanding care or services. ✨
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Speech and language therapist Ellie Davis has been redeployed into our district nursing team during the pandemic - she says a big thank you to everyone who's taken part in
#ClapForCarers
#ClapForNHS
#ThankYouBDCFT
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It was a pleasure welcoming
@SamSherrington
, Head of Community Nursing
@NHSEngland
to the Trust today. Sam spent the day visiting services and chatting to teams in the community about their experiences, reflecting on the developments they've made in caring for our communities.
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Huge congratulations to our 'We Care' winners of March's
#LivingOurValuesAwards
🎉 Barbara & Pamela, part of housekeeping at Ashbrook Ward, Lynfield Mount Hospital, were nominated for "making real, life-changing contributions to the mental wellbeing of service users in our care"🎉
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Huge congrats to Saiqa Kauser for being accepted onto the Aspiring Leaders Programme, Queens Nursing Institute 👏 Saiqa proposed a project for children with needle phobia to have routine vaccinations and will continue making a difference as a BAME leader. Well done and good luck!
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Lockdown making you feel low or anxious? MyWellbeing College can help - Naomi tells you how on the video - or call us now on 0300 555 5551
#OurNHSPeople
#StillHereToHelp
#ThankYouBDCFT
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To make sure you get the help you need, Carl Retnam, Team Leader for the Early Intervention team lets you know they’re
#StillHereToHelp
The team are now using telephone & video support as well as seeing people at home if needed.
#ThankyouBDCFT
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We're incredibly proud to be opening the doors of Bradford's latest COVID-19 vaccination centre, Jacob’s Well, today. The vaccination programme is the biggest in NHS history & you will be invited to receive a
#COVID19vaccine
when it's your turn
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A massive THANK YOU to our Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service for their flexibility and ‘can-do’ approach to providing support for young people and their families during the COVID-19 pandemic.
#StillHereToHelp
#BDCFTThankYou
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Staff and patients from Heather ward joined the Board at 12.00pm for two minutes of silence, taking the knee in honour of the Black Lives Matter Movement.
#BLM
@BDCFTAspiringC1
@BrentKilmurray
@BDCFT_Chair
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Thank you to everyone who has taken part in
#ClapForCarers
#ClapForNHS
over the last 10 weeks. Lynfield Mount mental health nurse Rebecca Williamson explains what it's meant to her and her team
#ThankyouBDCFT
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We’re delighted to announce we’re the first trust in the North of England to be awarded the new IPS Grow Quality Kite Mark, for helping people experiencing mental ill health get back to work.
@IPS_CentreforMH
@BDCFT_IPS
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A big
#ThankYouBDCFT
to the kind person who anonymously sent our Children and Adolescent Mental Health (CAMHS) Hillbrook team a bunch of sunflowers to brighten their day.
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David Ingham, 77, from Keighley was the 1st to get his vaccination at Jacob's Well today & said 'I've got Parkinson's so was keen to get this vaccine' His son Robert, who booked his app, said ‘he’s really looking forward to seeing his 12week old granddaughter for the first time’
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#ThankYouBDCFT
to all staff, partners, key workers and
@captaintommoore
for going the extra mile to support our communities:
@bradfordmdc
@MindinBradford
@TheCellarTrust
@NHSBfdCraven
@BrentKilmurray
@pgtips42
@BDCFT_Chair
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Community heros! Our COVID-19 Home Visiting Team is out and about, continuing to provide care to patients whilst keeping them safe.
#OurNHSPeople
#ThankYouBDCFT
Don’t forget to join
#ClapForOurCarers
#ClapForOurKeyworkers
tonight at 8pm
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We are pleased to announce the appointment of Patrick Scott as chief operating officer. Patrick, has extensive senior level NHS experience across both hospital and community services. Find out more...
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Our 0-19 Family Health Services school nurses (01274 221223) and health visitors (01274 221203) are
#StillHereToHelp
- please ring us or visit our Family Health Services website for health advice and support
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Great to hear Radio 4's Today coverage of our great partnership working & how ppl in crisis are being supported (1hr 34 mins in)
@WYHpartnership
@CellarHaven
@WestYorksPolice
Sanctuary
@MindinBradford
@bradfordmdc
Creative Support
@NHSBDCCG
@NHSBfdCraven
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Our Trust have launched our VIP Red Bags to support vulnerable adults in celebration with Learning Disabilities Week this week. You can read more about what our Trust are doing here -
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A new category this year in our
#YASA20
is the service user, carer & volunteer contributions. All nominees are worthy winners, we couldn't do what we do without you 🏆finalists are Margaret Thomber, Jack James Allinson and Bevin Sangster. Thank you for all you do and good luck 👍
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Delighted to announce that Cathy Elliott has been named our new
@bdcft
Trust Chair succeeding Mike Smith
@BrentKilmurray
@pgtips42
@PatrickScott640
@liz_romaniak
@DGilderdale
#betterlivestogether
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⭐ A huge well done to our first
#YASA22
Improvements and Innovation runner up Zenab Ougradar ⭐
Zenab has brought her amazing ideas to the Trust and has shown true innovation with her pilot project around on-site pharmacists 🎉
@waddilovesld
@theresepatten13
@Phillipahubbar1
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Today we officially launch our
#NHSRainbowBadge
at the Trust alongside
@NHSBfdCraven
@BTHFT
and
@AiredaleNHSFT
. If you're a staff member and would like to pledge to support
#LGBT
+ people, training sessions for all staff are available to book on ESR.
#EqualityMatters
🏳️🌈
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Last night we won a gold
#PRideYL
award for our
#TimeToTalk
campaign - couldn't have done it without the support of
@BradfordBullsRL
@BradfordCityAFC
@BradfordTheatre
@BradfordCollege
@Shipley_College
@KeighleyCollege
@cravencollege
@bradfordmdc
@bcbradio
@WYFRS
@WestYorksPolice
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Congratulations to
@cromack_debbie
who has been awarded the title of Queens Nurse 🌟
#proud
#wecare
@BrentKilmurray
@pgtips42
@saz_knight
@liz_romaniak
@11thousand
@PatrickScott640
@DGilderdale
@AllisonBingham6
@Becky_Bentley_
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Huge congratulations to our District Nurse, Louise Parker, who has been awarded with a Queen's Nurse title. 👏
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A huge hats off and thankyou to 99 year old Captain Tom Moore, originally from Keighley, who is currently raising millions for NHS staff by walking 100 lengths of his garden - true Yorkshire grit👏
#ThankyouBDCFT
Keighley's Captain Tom Moore raises over £8million for NHS
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I look for the best of me
The second poem from ‘Poems for a Pandemic’ brings us the emotional poem from
@liz_romaniak
titled New Dawn In the run-up to the NHS Anniversary it is important to remember those we have lost All proceeds will go to
@NHSCharities
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#ThankYouBDCFT
to all staff & partners for going the extra mile to support our communities 👏
@MindinBradford
@TheCellarTrust
@NHSBfdCraven
@bradfordmdc
@liz_romaniak
@saz_knight
@NurseBarker
@HSB_DNTeamBDCFT
@jacquie_edwards
#clapforcarers
@BrentKilmurray
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Today we're welcoming our new Chair, Cathy Elliott, who officially takes up her role with our Trust.
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Our District Nursing Service is providing round-the-clock care for local communities as usual during the pandemic.
#OurNHSpeople
#StillHereToHelp
#ThankyouBDCFT
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A very special welcome to our newly appointed Chief Executive, Therese Patten, who covers her five key objectives for the future: quality & safety of our patients; governance; staff wellbeing; building on
#BetterLivesTogether
strategy; and partnership & collaboration
#BDCFTAMM20
.
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We may be doing things slightly differently during the pandemic, but our wonderful Woodlands District Nursing team is
#StillHereToHelp
. Don't leave it too late, get in touch if you need to - 01274 256131
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A warm welcome to our new Chief Exec
@BrentKilmurray
who joins us today. He will be out and about meeting staff and partners over the coming weeks.
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Proud to say our Trust has been rated 'Good' - positive feedback across lots of areas, alongside areas that we need to strengthen further. Our improvement journey is continuing, using our Care Trust Way approach.
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24 March marked 5 years since our Single Point of Access team officially started taking mental health calls. This vital service was celebrated with cake made in the shape of a number 5. Thank you to the team and all you do, happy birthday! 🎂
#wecarewelistenwedeliver
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Well done to our award winners at the
@PositivePracti1
awards on scooping the crisis care pathway award, hugely deserved!
#MHAwards2016
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As 8pm today is the last
#ClapForCarers
, our Community Matron Rachel Woodington expresses thanks on behalf of everyone at BDCFT to all carers working in local care homes
#wereallinthistogether
#ThankYouBDCFT
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Want to keep your family well this winter? We will be live with a nurse and health visitor answering your winter health questions. Join us Tues 14th Nov 12pm - 1pm
#bdctstaywell
#staywellthiswinter
#tweetchat
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The winner is Laura Ellis who works in our Occupational Therapy team! She’s done some excellent work in our inpatient services with
@BullsFoundation
. Congrats to all nominees and finalists
#YASA20
🎉
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Huge congratulations to our brilliant Special Needs School Nursing team who have been shortlisted in the Nurse Awards 2020.🥳
@BDCFT_SNSN
@sally_newsome
@Phillipahubbar1
@patrick91820108
#RCNiAwards
Congrats to the School nursing special needs team from
@BDCFT_SNSN
who are finalists in the Child Health category of the
#RCNiAwards
.
The team introduced an immunisation programme which is being developed to support practitioners across the UK. More at
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Huge congrats to our
#BAME
staff network 'Aspiring Cultures' which has been shortlisted in the National BAME Health & Care Awards! This is based on the work they did in developing our racial harassment policy. Winners will be announced Thursday 17 October🎉
@BAME_HCA
#BAMEHCA19
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Thank you to
@OfficialBullsRL
@BullsFoundation
for supporting our
#BDCTTimeToTalk
campaign and getting people talking about
#mentalhealth
- Good luck for your game tomorrow
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11
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Today we are celebrating
#WorldSocialWorkDay
🌏
For more information around World Social Work Day, see the video below ⬇️
If you have any questions regarding Social Work Career opportunities please contact our Principal Social Worker Jacqui Hooley - Jacqui.Hooley
@bdct
.nhs.uk
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A massive thank you to all colleagues that have kindly donated Christmas gifts for young people and children in Bradford and the surrounding areas through the Barnardo’s Gift Appeal.
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A huge THANK YOU to our Dementia Assessment Unit (DAU) for going above and beyond every day to provide compassionate care to our service users during the COVID-19 pandemic.
#StillHereToHelp
#BDCFTThankYou
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Our non-clinical staff work tirelessly, often behind the scenes, to make sure that staff are supported. We can't wait to celebrate them at digital
#YASA20
Non-clinical finalists are Darren Parry, Physical Health Admin team &
@EAF_at_BDCFT
ISO 9001 team. Good luck 👍🎉🤩
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#Keighley
-born Alistair Campbell, who proudly champions the importance of taking care of our mental health and wellbeing, shares why he is supporting our
@BDCFT_BLCharity
appeal:
#MakeALifeBetter
.
➡️Show your support today:
@campbellclaret
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Our Bradford and Craven Mental Health Support team is here to support you during the pandemic.
#StillHereToHelp
#BDCFTThankYou
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Our small but mighty Long Term Conditions team are
#StillHereToHelp
. They cover every GP practice in Bradford and are still visiting housebound patients who need our care.
#ThankYouBDCFT
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Congratulations to Louise Lumb, Sam Garside and Rebecca Croston from the Eccleshill health visiting team who ran the
#Bradford10k
and raised £100 for
@epilepsyaction
even more impressive as these ladies only started running a year ago!
#goteam
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5
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Our microsite has loads of info on the vaccination programme and Jacob's Well vaccination centre including a virtual tour with subtitles in Urdu, Punjabi and Polish
@NHSBfdCraven
@NHSEngland
@bradfordmdc
@Bradford_TandA
@AsianSundayNews
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11
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Our governors, exec & board are marking
#hellomynameisday
in memory of Kate Granger, showing our continued support for her amazing campaign
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12
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Madhuben Mistry (75) from Clayton was pleased to get her jab today at the newly opened vaccination centre at Jacob's Well. She said: "My husband is very unwell so I wanted to get the jab as I look after him. I felt safe having it and I have more peace of mind now."
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Go
#teambradford
! Our partnership working with
@TheCellarTrust
has won a
#MHAwards18
, huge congratulations to all involved in delivering crisis care services 🏆✨
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5
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Six patients and three staff from our Early Intervention Psychosis team set sail for five nights last month, on a life-changing opportunity on the Voyage to Recovery. Read more about it here,
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We think Bradford should be the UK City of Culture 2025, because we can tell our story in our own voice, sharing the experiences of our many communities and cultures.
#Bradford2025
@bradfordmdc
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Wishing our COVID-19 Community Home Visiting team the best of luck as finalists in the Infection Prevention and Control category at the Nursing Times Awards 2020 (online tonight). Thank you for all you have done delivering care to vulnerable patients throughout the pandemic.
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Better Start Bradford has helped us to develop the new district-wide Breastfeeding Strategy. Aliya Faizal from
@BradfordVDoulas
was at the launch today. Find out how the strategy will help local mums here
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Yesterday, colleagues who have won awards over the last 12 months gathered to celebrate their achievements. Well done to everybody who has won or been shortlisted for an award this year!
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