15th March 2021 Vicky McNally – 25 years in mental health care The mental health sector has transformed over the last two decades as mental ill health has become more accepted and the independent sector a more integral part of NHS delivery but age old issues around staffing remain, says Vicky McNally, Corporate Governance Director at Cygnet Health Care, as she looks back over 25 years in mental health.
4th March 2021 Busting 5 Myths about Eating Disorders This week (1st March – 7th March) marks Eating Disorders Awareness Week. In this blog Kathrin Gioia, Senior Occupational Therapist at Cygnet Hospital Ealing, looks at some of the many pervasive myths about eating disorders, and draws from her inpatient experiences to correct misinformation around this commonly misunderstood illness.
1st March 2021 Self-Injury Awareness Day: The impact of Covid-19 on children’s mental health Self-Injury Awareness Day is an annual global awareness day on March 1st and its purpose is to raise awareness about self-injury. This is an incredibly worrying issue in the current climate, with rising concern over the potential impact of lockdown on mental health. Many people have a hard time talking about self-injury. In this blog, we look at the potential impact of Covid-19 pandemic on children’s mental health and how you can help them.
18th February 2021 Why becoming an apprentice nurse associate has changed my life – Mental Health Nurses Day For Mental Health Nurses Day we’ve asked one of our Nurse Associate Apprentices, Chris Longshaw, to share his experience of his apprenticeship at Cygnet Health Care.
10th February 2021 National Apprenticeship Week: Building our health and social care workers of the future In our latest blog our Apprenticeship Manager, Suzanne Smith, and and Levi Kestle, Graduate of Cygnet’s Nurse Associate Apprenticeship Programme, look at how our apprenticeship pathways are building our health and social care workers of the future.
1st February 2021 Children’s Mental Health Week: Express Yourself It is Children’s Mental Health Week (1-7 February) this week and this year’s theme is ‘Express yourself'. In the February blog, we feature some of the many pieces of artwork and poems our Young People have created to mark this awareness week, and here, Ali Curtis, CAMHS Service Lead at Cygnet Hospital Sheffield, describes how the hospital embraces self-expression.
12th January 2021 How to beat the January Blues as we approach Blue Monday With Blue Monday fast approaching Matthew Gill, Regional Director of Psychology Services (Midlands), provides some tips on how you can beat the January blues.