Posted by Devon Partnership Trust on 15th January, 2025
We are currently in the early stages of co-producing our Clinical Strategy 2025-28, which we will launch next year. It will build upon our existing strategy, as well as developments and learning in more recent times. We are keen that it is shaped by the voices of many people, particularly...
Posted by Devon Partnership Trust on 9th January, 2025
The Safe from Suicide Team have co-produced with the Expert by Experience Suicide Prevention and Self Harm Reduction focus group, some guidance for staff on language around suicide and self-harm. Hayley Jones, a member of the focus group, talks about how this work came about and why it is so important. "The...
Posted by Devon Partnership Trust in #ProudofDPT, Mental health, News on 8th January, 2025
The Junipers, our Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU), has become one of only a handful of PICUs in the country to be accredited to the Royal College of Psychiatrists’ (RCP) Quality Network for Psychiatric Intensive Care Units (QNPICU). This is a major accolade for the The Junipers and the feedback from the RCP...
Posted by Devon Partnership Trust on 7th January, 2025
Workplace misunderstandings and conflicts can cause considerable stress to those involved. As disagreement and tension deepens, complaints and even disciplinary procedures can be invoked. At the Devon Wellbeing Hub, we provide mediation for colleagues working in eligible health and social care organisations. Our trained mediators facilitate compassionate conversations between colleagues, who are in conflict,...
Posted by Devon Partnership Trust in Charity, News on 7th January, 2025
Funding from Open Up, our official charity, has meant that patients at the Torbay Health and Wellbeing Clinic now have a much more comfortable place to rest during their visits. The clinic’s new recliner chair has been added to the Physical Health Check Suite, replacing an old bed that patients...