Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust

Forensic art therapist, Shaun Wassall, has co-written a chapter in a new book, 'Forensic Arts Therapies', about forensic specific art therapy for personality disordered female offenders in a prison setting.

Peppermill Court in York is set to reopen as a 24-bed adult inpatient assessment and treatment unit for the people of York and Selby.

The County Durham child and adolescent mental health service team (CAMHS) has been awarded the Family Action Young Carers Charter for its work to help staff identify and support young carers.

Living the Values is the chairman's award for staff who have made a difference to service users, carers and families, colleagues or other customers.

A few words from our Trust chairman, Lesley Bessant.

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News in brief is a round up of some of the things that have been going on around TEWV. In this issue you can hear about staff at Kilton View day service holding an Alice in Wonderland-themed sensory experience day, a 'butterfly moments' display that helps staff and service users at Ceddesfield Ward, Auckland Park Hospital to share their experiences, excellent staff friends and family test resul...

The involvement and engagement (I&E) team, formerly known as patient and public involvement (PPI), supports the Trust's framework for involving service users, carers and the general public in the work that we do.

Staff, service users, carers, governors and partner organisations are being asked to have their say on the Trust's 2017-2020 business plan.

A successful book scheme for adults and older people has now been extended to offer young people with mental health problems access to self-help books on prescription.

An insight into is a regular feature within our Trust magazine, featuring a different member of staff in each issue. This magazine features Colin Martin, Chief Executive for Tees, Esk and Wear Valley.

In December 2014 we pledged our support to the Sign up to Safety campaign, a national, three year, patient safety campaign with a mission to make the NHS the safest healthcare system in the world.

A national research trial to help people with severe mental illness stop smoking has signed up its 100th service user.

Janice Clark, public governor and expert by experience talks about how she first got involved with the Trust and how this has benefited her.

The Council of Governors is always keen to hear from members.

Your governors invite you to attend.

Highlights of some of your governors' work.

Nominations have been sought to fill 15 public governor seats in our annual election.

The Council of Governors will be hosting its Annual General Members Meeting this year on Wednesday 20 July at Middlesbrough Football Club.

Staff from learning disability services in Teesside have transformed the quality of life of a service user who had been severely traumatised by repeated placement breakdowns.

Nurses in our forensic services at Roseberry Park, Middlesbrough celebrated International Nurses Day in May with a mini awards ceremony.

Staff and service users have been showing their support and raising awareness for Mental Health Awareness Week and Dementia Awareness Week in May.

Staff and service users throughout the Trust have been showing their support and raising awareness for Mental Health Awareness Week in May.

Staff and service users throughout the Trust have been showing their support and raising awareness for Dementia Awareness Week in May.

In March the Trust became completely smoke-free, meaning no one can smoke on any Trust site, including grounds and car parks.

The North Yorkshire looked after and vulnerable children’s (LAC) service, set up to support the mental health needs of local looked after children, is celebrating a successful first year.

New look patient and carer information will shortly be available at the click of a button.

Services users who’ve completed a year-long therapy course have celebrated with an awards ceremony at Ridgeway in Middlesbrough.

Forward thinking professionals from our children’s and young people’s services took centre stage at the inaugural Malta Child and Adolescent Mental Health conference, sharing best practice with colleagues from across Europe.

Ten years ago, in April 2006, TEWV was created following the merger of County Durham and Darlington Priority Services NHS Trust and Tees and North East Yorkshire NHS Trust.

Last year we launched our ‘compassion project’, which was developed to help senior leaders see how their systems impact on patient care and staff wellbeing.

Occupational therapists Rebecca Fisher and Alice Cook, integrated adult learning disability team, County Durham, have been promoting occupational therapy (OT) as a career to local GCSE and A-level students.

A great turnout at a ‘Have Your Say’ event in March allowed the York and Selby learning disability health team to gather valuable feedback from service users, carers and their families on what they think about the service, as well as lots of ideas on how it can be improved.

Service users of Ridgeway's forensic mental health occupational therapy (OT) service at Roseberry Park in Middlesbrough have been taking part in various vocational rehabilitation activities.

May 2016 - Living the Values is the chairman's award for staff who have made a difference to service users, carers and families, colleagues or other customers.

April 2016 - Living the Values is the chairman's award for staff who have made a difference to service users, carers and families, colleagues or other customers.

March 2016 - Living the Values is the chairman's award for staff who have made a difference to service users, carers and families, colleagues or other customers.

A few words from our Trust chairman, Lesley Bessant.

Welcome to the Summer copy of the insight magazine. This issue features stories about celebrating TEWV's first ten years, drawing brings thoughts to life, raising awareness to tackle stigma and sensory experience with Alice in Wonderland to name but a few.

Here's an insight into Colin Wilkie, public governor representing Hambleton and Richmondshire talking about his involvement in interviewing for a new Trust chief executive.

An event has been held to celebrate the achievements of the street triage service in Teesside and the publication of an evaluation of the service.

Meet the Making a Difference 2015 winners

The Making a Difference Awards celebrate the ongoing achievements, successes and hard work of colleagues and teams across the Trust. This year's awards took place on Friday 11 March in Middlesbrough.

News in brief is a round up of some of the things that have been going on around TEWV. In this issue you can hear about Boro FC Christmas visit to West Lane Hospital in Middlesbrough; a student nurse raising funds for Darlington Mind; Celebrating success in York and Selby; Marking nutrition and hydration week at Springwood in Malton; Scarborough, Whitby and Ryedale being HTAS accredited and how...

A well workforce means that we are also better able to support our service users and colleagues. Hear how our health and wellbeing team are helping improve the health and wellbeing of all TEWV staff.

An insight into is a regular feature within our Trust magazine, featuring a different member of staff in each issue. This magazine features Stephen Parry, clinical nurse specialist, for our mental health and deafness service for Tees, Durham and Darlington.

Darlington child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) team manager, Tracy Storey, represented the Trust at a youth offending service event, attended by HRH Princess Anne.

A project to move our staff to join bases with the elderly frail unit at the University Hospital of North Tees has been completed with resounding success.

Adult service users are benefitting from a pathway of care addressing the impact trauma may have had on their mental health.