Posted by Devon Partnership Trust in Carers, Mental health, News, Recovery and wellbeing on 17th December, 2021
Christmas should be a time of joy and celebration yet the challenges we have faced throughout the year show no signs of letting up. In light of the Omicron variant of COVID-19, there are now increased pressures on healthcare, the police and social care at a time when you and...
Posted by Devon Partnership Trust in News, Recovery and wellbeing on 17th December, 2021
Franklyn Hospital in Exeter had a visit by guinea pigs from Langdon Hospital recently, facilitated by Occupational Therapy Assistant Mosa Bluejay and Activity Support Worker Gemma Tidey. Patients and staff on Belvedere and Rougemont wards enjoyed holding and stroking the animals, and the calming affect the guinea pigs had was noticeable. The...
Posted by Devon Partnership Trust in News, Recovery and wellbeing on 13th December, 2021
Franklyn Hospital was over the moon to receive two boxes of Christmas presents from Lush, a company who make handmade cosmetics. Zoe, Occupational Therapy Assistant, contacted a variety of companies asking if they would be happy to donate some of their products to the wards for Christmas. She was delighted to...
Posted by Devon Partnership Trust in Mental health, News, Recovery and wellbeing on 2nd December, 2021
The Devon Recovery Learning Community (DRLC) is excited to be partnering with Hospital Rooms to deliver community-based art workshops as part of the project to create artworks for Salus, Beech and Haytor wards at Torbay Hospital. Each artist will host a workshop exploring a theme or artistic medium, collectively generating ideas for...
Posted by Devon Partnership Trust in News, Recovery and wellbeing on 2nd December, 2021
This November, Workways celebrated its 20th anniversary! To celebrate this fantastic milestone, Lynn Aggett, Workways Team Manager, shares all the important milestones that have been achieved over the last twenty years. Lynn says: "Before the year 2000, New Leaf and Bell Industries provided a supported work environment for clients. There was...