Wonderful to meet Diane Edwards this morning who leads the Acorn recovery part of Pennine Care NHS FT addiction services; great to the needle exchange and have a tour!

Given the significant number of those with a mental illness whose life expectancy is considerably shortened as a result of smoking, it’s vital all mental health nurses support this action

Drop me your email via DM, I’ll send what I’ve got 👍🏼

Round 2 of boxing with patients from Arden Ward and coach, Steve from Boost fitness in Stockport. #exerciseismedicine Pennine Care NHS FT Lesley Loizou Upward Frog CIC Nurse Naz 🤗 Matthew Walsh MH-Occupational-Therapy Cheryl Peers

Saying a BIG Pennine Care NHS FT thank you to Craig Mitchell who made me an early morning brew at Cirtek House this morning. Craig’s been a #PennineCarePeople for 6 years, loves the mutual respect we have at the Trust..!

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Applications are now open for 3 paid learning disability support worker roles, the first in Greater Manchester!

Gareth is a peer support worker for Pathways Associates: “Peer support workers can help others to gain more information, confidence, and skills to live a good life.”

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Brilliant that we’ve got this going for our patients Pennine Care NHS FT
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Calling all Upward Frog Community, we need your help! 🐸 ⁠
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Photoshoot, Cake and Tea
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It might be expected that greater prevalence of ill health would lead to higher #NHS activity, but this is not always the case. There are 2 sides to this:
1⃣Poverty makes it harder for people to access care
2⃣The NHS does not always reach those in poverty
kingsfund.org.uk/insight-and-an…

Love this for Pennine Care NHS FT health & well being #PennineCarePeople

Eid Mubarak to our Muslim patients, colleagues, friends and communities marking the end of Ramadan.

Wishing everyone a blessed, happy and peaceful Eid Al-Fitr from all of us at Pennine Care.

#EidMubarak #EidAlFitr

A headteacher from a CAMHS unit school got in touch to tell me they want to share my book with their young people. It brought back all sorts of feelings of me being in a CAMHS unit school, and I hope more than anything my words might speak to even just one of those young people.

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I’m at our older adults services in Stockport today Pennine Care NHS FT if you fancy a brew or chat? #PennineCarePeople

Currently it is estimated that more than one in five people in the UK are living in poverty. But how does living in #poverty impact on people’s health and how they use NHS services? Find out in our new long read 📈
kingsfund.org.uk/insight-and-an…

As part of the Suicide Prevention Consortium with @Samaritans Support After Suicide Partnership With You, we’ve been exploring suicide prevention support for people with no fixed address in people’s own words. You can read about it and the report here: bit.ly/4aAYQ5T

Did you know that you can download our data slides and watch our presentations on #MentalHealth patient suicide and homicide on our website? See here: sites.manchester.ac.uk/ncish/resource…

Real-time suicide statistics released today, up to Dec 2023. Little evidence of change - figures tend to fall late in the year.

Importantly, no upward trend despite many facing economic adversity.

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Great to have you on site Tim McDougall meeting our ward leads and amazing #PennineCarePeople delivering care on #TeamTaylor
Thank you to Pennine Care NHS FT staff working this bank holiday weekend #NHS #socialcare