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- Children's Mental Health Week - our Chief Strategy and Partnerships Officer David Evans shares his reflections
- Children's Mental Health Week - My Voice Matters
- A & E services across Hertfordshire & West Essex are extremely busy - how to access urgent mental health support
- Children's Mental Health Week: New CAMHS Paediatric Liaison Service is having a positive impact on service users
- Children’s Mental Health Week: HPFT offers early support to try and prevent mental health challenges from escalating
- Children’s Mental Health Week: Mental Health Support Teams in Schools
- National Apprenticeship Week - HPFT has a variety of roles for those wishing to work for an outstanding NHS Trust
- Parents Mental Health Day: Creating Positive Relationships
- Are you or a loved one on Clozapine?
- Obesity Awareness Week: Physical Health Clinic supports service users to manage their weight and improve their mental health
- Clare Panniker, NHS England’s East of England Regional Director visits HPFT
- HPFT recognised for its support for veterans
- Junior doctors' strike 3 – 9 January 2024
- Junior doctors' strike 20 – 23 December 2023
- Development of new service for survivors of sexual assault underway
- Celebrating Nursing Support Workers' Day
- Award wins for HPFT at the RCPsych Awards
- Medicines Safety Week - #MedSafetyWeek
- Get involved on Carers Rights Day - “Caring for Your Future” Thursday 23 November
- Calling HPFT service users - share your views in the Adult Community Mental Health Survey
- Digital technology is making it easier for people to access mental health support
- Celebrating Freedom to Speak Up month
- Consultants and Junior Doctors' striking
- Celebrating the diversity of pharmacist roles at HPFT for World Pharmacist Day 2023
- Trust celebrates being Highly Commended at the HSJ Patient Safety Awards
- HPFT staff awards celebrate unsung heroes
- Highlighting the support available to our service users on World Alzheimer's Day
- Consultant and Junior Doctors' Strikes
- Official garden opening for children with mental health needs
- Consultants strike 24 - 26 August 2023
- HPFT offers students work experience and apprenticeship opportunities.
- Junior doctors' strike 11 – 15 August 2023
- Annual General Meeting 2023
- National Schizophrenia Awareness Day – 25 July 2023
- Trust Psychiatrist has work published
- Consultants Strike 20 – 22 July
- Trust Consultant Psychiatrist named Researcher of the Year
- Junior doctors’ strike 13 – 18 July
- New Trust initiative receives support from almost 1,600 service users
- Learning Disability Week: how HPFT supports people with learning disabilities
- Junior doctors’ strike 14 – 17 June
- Pride progress flag-flying ceremony
- The use of an external analytics tool on the Trust’s website
- Celebrating LGBTQ+ Pride: Embracing Diversity and Equality
- Volunteers' Week 2023: celebrate and inspire
- Carers Week 2023
- HPFT services rated Good by Care Quality Commission
- HPFT celebrates Mental Health Awareness Week
- Thumbswood Mother and Baby Unit celebrates Maternal Mental Health Awareness Week
- Staff survey shows HPFT one of the best places to work in mental health
- Junior doctors’ strike 11 – 15 April
- Get prepared for the Easter weekend
- We are extending the way we communicate with service users
- Junior doctors’ strike 13 – 16 March 2023
- Celebrating a pioneering new service during Eating Disorders Awareness Week
- Mental Health Nurses Day 2023
- Proud to support Children’s Mental Health Week 6-12 February
- HPFT Healthy Living Fair for Service Users and Carers 21 February 2023
- Report finds high standards of care at mental health unit for older people
- Medication Without Harm Event - 25 January 2023
- Looking after your mental health and wellbeing through winter
- Local NHS under great pressure
- Carers Rights Day - Caring costs
- Get healthy with HPFT this December!
- Celebrating Black History Month 2022
- Annual General Meeting 2022
- Support at work has helped me deal with hearing issues
- Conference to focus on recovery and mental health
- International Week of Deaf People
- Pioneering work on show at national health conference
- Two new Non-Executive Directors appointed at HPFT
- Going back to school
- Well-being summer camp welcomes visitors
- World Patient Safety Day - Medication without harm
- Warriors of Well-being set up summer camp
- Managing exam results day
- Work of Young People's Council in spotlight on International Youth Day
- Finishing exams and the summer ahead - how to manage
- Trust celebrates HSJ Awards shortlist double
- Ten ways to take the stress out of summer
- Trust clinical psychologist wins national award
- New well-being garden to help improve care environment
- Key roles secured for Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust clinicians
- Thinking about a career as a Registered Learning Disability Nurse?
- Learning Disability Week 2022
- Trust expert’s work on mental health tribunals shortlisted for national prestigious award
- Carers Week 2022
- HPFT partners with Hertfordshire County Council to support people facing financial difficulties
- Dementia Action Week: learn more about dementia and what you can do to help yourselves or others
- NHS England’s Chief Nursing Information Officer and Director of Digital Clinical Safety visits HPFT.
- World Autism Acceptance Week: HPFT pharmacist has autism educational article published in the Pharmaceutical Journal
- HPFT is first NHS Trust in the country to launch a pioneering app supporting victims of domestic abuse
- HPFT Consultant Psychiatrist awarded €7.5 million funding grant to research the risks of harmful internet use among teenagers
- Royal College of Psychiatrists (RCPsych Awards 2022) and Health Service Journal (HSJ Awards 2022)
- CQC recognises many improvements in services at Forest House Adolescent Unit as rating increases to Requires Improvement
- Her Majesty The Queen – statement from our Chief Executive and arrangements for our services on Monday 19 September
- National Love Your Pet Day – how pets support HPFT service users with their mental health and wellbeing
- Mental Health Nurses Day: an opportunity to recognise the dedication and commitment of our nursing colleagues
- Junior Doctor Industrial Action: 24 - 28 February
- A & E services across Hertfordshire & west Essex are extremely busy - where to go for urgent mental health needs
- Eating Disorders Awareness Week: how HPFT supports people with eating disorders
- Join our 2024 Recovery Conference
- Celebrating International Women's Day
- Celebrating positive staff survey results
- Young Carers Action Day – how to support young carers
- HPFT wins Community Partnership Award
- Service users benefit from exciting new refurbishment
- Trust partners with Isabel Hospice to deliver new training for staff
- HPFT showcases Allied Health Professional Careers
- Turning purple for the International Day of Epilepsy Awareness
- HPFT shares successful innovation projects
- Bipolar – a misunderstood condition
- Showcase shines a spotlight on Trust research
- Appointment of Chief Nursing Officer
- NHS Mid Essex Talking Therapies celebrates 15 year anniversary
- Trust Psychologist has research published in the Clinical Psychology Forum Journal
- New research project: My Diabetes and Me
- HPFT has launched a new Suicide Prevention Pathway pilot
- Does your child receive NHS orthodontic care? Healthwatch Hertfordshire wants to hear from you!
- HPFT is lead provider for perinatal Mother and Baby Units for the East of England
- This week is Experience of Care Week
- Lexden Assessment and Treatment Unit Receives Accreditation
- Maternal Mental Health Awareness Week: Signs you might be struggling and where to go for help
- Maternal Mental Health Awareness Week: Thumbswood staff visit Borehamwood Library
- Thumbswood celebrate Maternal Mental Health Awareness Week with a picnic
- Service users, families and carers being asked for their views on the NHS App
- Let’s Get Physical: Moving for Mental Health
- Dementia Action Week: signs and symptoms and where to go for support
- Celebration to officially open Elizabeth Court
- Trust training on SPECAL method to support service users with dementia
- HPFT Recovery Conference - 'Mental Health and the World Today - It's Everybody's Concern'
- Mental Health Awareness Week: moving more with karaoke
- Innovative ways we encourage our service users to move more for their physical and mental health
- Therapy animals pay a visit to HPFT inpatient units
- Information stall held at Saffron Ground as part of Dementia Action Week
- Powering future healthcare in Hertfordshire
- HR Star Awards: Colleagues celebrate International HR Day
- Local artist paints mural for Thumbswood Mother and Baby Unit
- Inpatient service users create picturesque flower arrangements
- Power of nature in service user rehabilitation
- Trust’s innovative mental health initiatives showcased at RCPsych Liaison Faculty Annual Conference
- Celebrating Pride 2024
- Volunteers’ Week: Celebrating Therapy Dogs
- Dietitians Week: Recognising HPFT’s Dietitians
- Support available for carers during Carers Week (Monday 10 – Sunday 16 June)
- Dietitians Week: Spotlight on a Dietitian for Children and Young People
- New study employing technology to improve young people’s mental health has started
- Time for coffee and a chat for our unpaid carers
- Men’s Health Week: Supporting men to share their mental health concerns
- My Vote My Voice: Understand your voting rights and register to vote
- Making Positive Moves: HPFT involved in learning disability research study
- Celebrating our Health Access Champions for Learning Disability Week
- Thank you to our Estates and Facilities Team!
- Celebrating a decade of excellence at Kingfisher Court
- A research round-up for Learning Disability Week
- HPFT recognised in the HSJ top 50 Chief Executives for 2024
- Junior doctor industrial action: 27 June - 2 July
- Celebrating Learning Disability Week
- Trust highlights continued commitment to armed forces personnel
- Service users at the heart of new research to help improve their care
- Young people invited to complete a survey on wellbeing workshops
- Judith brings home Gold in Blind Sailing World Championship
- Colourful new mural for adolescent mental health unit
- HPFT guarantees interviews for UK Armed Forces veterans
- Dr Emma Wadey joins HPFT as Chief Nursing Officer
- New NHS England Medical Director for Mental Health and Neurodiversity visits HPFT
- Have your say on the future of your ambulance service
- Schizophrenia Awareness Day: “Believe in what you can do and believe in yourself”
- Schizophrenia Awareness Day: Supporting people back into the workplace
- Message from NHS CEO Amanda Pritchard
- Healthwatch Hertfordshire Heart Health Focus Groups
- Colourful outcomes blossom from therapeutic gardening sessions
- HPFT shortlisted for HSJ Awards 2024
- Staff Awards 2024: Celebrating our unsung heroes
- How was your experience of community mental health care? 2024 Community Mental Health Survey
- Improving the culture of inpatient mental health, learning disability and autism wards
- Save the date for our AGM
- Share your feedback on the NHS 111 mental health crisis care service
- WoW what a summer!
- HPFT welcomes NHS England’s new Chief Nurse
- Hertfordshire Talking Therapies launches free Coping with Depression online group
- Prestigious honorary degree awarded to HPFT colleague
- Don’t struggle alone – change the narrative on suicide
- HPFT’s commitment to suicide prevention
- Staff suicide – an important issue to address as part of World Suicide Prevention Day
- Staff wellbeing a top priority at our Big Conversation event
- “Our values are the glue that hold us together as an organisation”
- World Alzheimer’s Day: Support for carers
- Celebrating the healing power of art
- Digital Art School Programme inspires creativity on units
- Participate in Stoptober for your mental health!
- Black History Month: Reclaiming the Narrative at HPFT
- NHS England Chief AHP Information Officer visits HPFT
- Community and faith partners working together to tackle mental health
- World Mental Day: Supporting our mental health today – and beyond
- Launch of “Talk for Your Health” Campaign to Support Mental Health for Long Term Conditions
- Safeguarding Around the Edges
- We need your feedback to help us improve the way we deliver care
- ‘Care for you’ health and wellbeing day
- OCD Awareness Week: “The earlier you intervene, the less it develops”
- Menopause Awareness Day: “For the first time in my life, I felt that I was going mad and that I was no longer in control. And that was frightening.”
- "Wasted, Guilty, Sad – How I would describe my life living with OCD"
- Bolstering support for people living with dementia in Hertfordshire
- HPFT colleagues celebrate at RLDatix Awards
- New picture book supports people with learning disabilities to stop smoking this #Stoptober
- Funding awarded for virtual reality headset for autistic service users
- Nurse-Led Interventions Clinic Standards launch in Adult Community Mental Health services
- HPFT publishes new research into Clozapine
- Showcasing the Trust’s Learning Disability Research
- ‘It’s ok to ask’ – #MedSafetyWeek2024
- Living and Learning Together at HPFT
- Strengthening partnerships at HPFT
- HPFT Chief Nursing Officer inducted into American Academy of Nursing
- HPFT colleagues attend HAWA’s Wellbeing Café launch
- HPFT’s EROS team celebrates being the first community rehabilitation team to receive accreditation
- HPFT celebrates Viewpoint’s 20-year anniversary
- Great to be HPFT Psychological Services
- Carers Rights Day: Support and resources for carers
- Congratulations to our Continuous Quality Improvement Leaders and Coaches!
- Support for people bereaved by suicide
- Celebrating being the second community team in the country to receive QNLD accreditation
- The Trust’s latest research and development achievements
- Research success
- HPFT Service user awarded ‘Outstanding Contribution to parkrun’
- HPFT Intensive Support Team named Best Student Placement by NHS England
- In the workplace: Considering mental health as a disability
- Let’s celebrate service user artwork this Christmas
- Do not attend HPFT sites if you have symptoms of Norovirus
- Cardio drumming supporting service users with their respiratory health
- HPFT is a Disability Confident Employer
- Sharing support for women impacted by domestic violence
- PNA team celebrates success
- How HPFT can support you into employment
- Service users get creative for Christmas Fayre
- Trust celebrates Hanukkah
- Join HPFT art therapists for a free art exhibition
- Doctor celebrates winning national essay prize
- Congratulations to our Trust Chair, Sarah Betteley
- Wellbeing support for parents
- Children’s Mental Health Week: Know Yourself Grow Yourself
- Chief Nursing Officer visits Ridgeway Academy
- Fancy a fresh start? Not sure what to do next? Look no further than a HPFT Apprenticeship
- Picturesque nature room unveiled at children and young people’s service
- Apprenticeship opportunities at HPFT
- “Let’s talk about poo” - constipation awareness campaign
- Celebrating our mental health nurses
- Helping to support children and adults living with eating disorders
- Learning disability service celebrates recognition for high standards of care
- Ramadan Mubarak
- Don’t struggle alone
- HPFT's annual Research Showcase: a celebration of innovation and collaboration
- HPFT rated one of the best mental health and learning disability organisations to work for
- Celebrating International Women’s Day
- Colleagues, families and friends celebrate Iftar at head office
- Are you a mother struggling with your mental health?
- New eating disorders and art psychotherapy research reveals positive findings
- World Health day: support for mums with their mental health
- Celebrating our new Continuous Quality Improvement Leaders
- Flowers bloom in support of women impacted by domestic violence
- HPFT colleagues shortlisted for Advancing Healthcare Awards
- Celebrating Music Therapy Week
- Exhibition showcasing service user artwork gets shortlisted in Museums + Heritage Awards
- Former HPFT Chief Executive awarded CBE for services to mental health
- HPFT welcomes new non-executive directors
- Maternal Mental Health Awareness Week: New perinatal community group supports mothers with autism
- Electric Umbrella light up Britain’s Got Talent stage
- Mothers share a picnic for maternal mental health
- Mental Health Awareness Week - the power of community
- Mental Health Awareness Week: Watford service users to compete in Mental Health World Cup
- Celebrating International Nurses' Day
- Mental Health Awareness Week: More students offered mental health support in Hertfordshire
- Mental Health Awareness Week - Building confidence and coping skills
- “My eating disorder recovery story”: Mental Health Awareness Week
- New Mental Health Response Vehicles transform crisis care across Hertfordshire and West Essex
- Dementia Action Week: Spotting signs of dementia early
- HPFT awarded new contract to provide support for adults with learning disabilities
- MP Josh Dean visits HPFT’s Oxford House
- Co-production at the heart of change at HPFT
- Patient Participation Week: Spotlighting our lived experience colleagues
- HPFT welcomes national investment in mental health crisis centres
- HPFT announced as finalist in Dementia Care Awards
- Welcoming our new colleagues in Norfolk
- Learning Disability Week: Catch-up with HPFT’s Making Services Better group
- HPFT inpatient units receive accreditation from the Royal College of Psychiatrists
- HPFT innovation recognised for two HSJ Patient Safety Awards
- Making Positive Moves for learning disabilities
- Mental health accommodation ‘The Stewarts’ opens in Harpenden
- Celebrating at the Advancing Healthcare Awards!
- Improving support for expectant parents with learning disabilities
- Service users at the heart of gym transformation at Warren Court
- New digital tool recognised for improving mental health services
- HPFT service user contributes to new book on Electroconvulsive Therapy
- “Recovery” – what does this really mean when it comes to mental health?
- Resident doctors' strike 25 – 30 July
- HPFT shortlisted for prestigious national award
- EROS colleague named as Queen’s Nurse
- NHS Providers CEO enjoys visit to the Trust
- Young person supported by HPFT inspires hope with art project
- Trust Social Worker Finalist in National Awards
- Sweet success at Forest House
- Have a say in your mental health care
- Celebrating culture and connection for South Asian Heritage Month
- World Physiotherapy Day: Meet Hayley!
- Do you want to help us celebrate an amazing team or member of staff at HPFT?
- Wonderful woodland makeover at 5 Forest Lane
- World Suicide Prevention Day: You are not alone
- AGM: Save the date
- Cherry Tree Cottage shortlisted for two national awards
- HPFT nurse led innovation wins HSJ Patient Safety Award
- World Alzheimer’s Day: shining the spotlight on our OT’s
- Transforming staff management across the Trust achieves national recognition
- Rising star in mental health
- CYPMHS Nursing Forum brings colleagues together
- Help Us Design HPFT’s 2025 Christmas Card!
- Standing firm in power and pride: HPFT celebrates Black History Month
- Let’s talk mental health
- Supporting mental health in our community on World Mental Health Day
- HPFT’s Chief Medical Officer to share clinical expertise on Mental Health Bill implementation
- New campaign promotes mental health support for people living with Type 2 Diabetes
- QICN unveils new faculties for community nurses
- HPFT Highly Commended at RLDatix Awards 2025 for Safer Staffing Governance
- HPFT team shares expertise at global psychiatry congress in Prague
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