Posted by David Ralph on Dec 31st, 2011 in Uncategorized | 0 comments
The 2012 late May bank holiday will be moved to Monday 4 June 2012 and an additional Jubilee bank holiday will be on Tuesday 5 June 2012.
As this is an additional bank holiday, it will be for local employers to decide on payment and leave arrangements for their staff required to work on 5 June 2012. There will be no national agreement on this but we expect employers may wish to consider implementing the arrangements they made for the Royal Wedding holiday in 2011.
Posted by David Ralph on Oct 15th, 2011 in Uncategorized | 0 comments
Tamara Hinson, contributor, MSN Life & Style, 10/10/2011 12:20
The truth about chocolate
This week is chocolate week – otherwise known as a great excuse to indulge our love of all things naughty. If you’re planning on indulging your inner chocoholic, our guide to the sweet stuff is essential reading!
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Brain booster
Feeling run down? Prone to forgetfulness? Chocolate might just be the answer. “At the beginning of the 19th century, chocolate was sold in chemists as an energy booster for a weak immune system and cocoa has long been linked to all kinds of health benefits...
Posted by David Ralph on Oct 13th, 2011 in Cumbria, Mental Health | 0 comments
On behalf of Cumbria Mental Health Group and South Lakeland Mind we invite you to a joint event:
‘Social Care and Mental Wellbeing
-the future of services’
at South Lakes Foyer, Yard 95a Stricklandgate , Kendal
on Thursday 3rd November
from 10.00 am-3.45 pm
Come and join us to find out more, discuss, and contribute to the debate about the changes that are being introduced to social care and mental health services in Cumbria.
What’s on offer on the day?
This event is a partnership between Cumbria Mental Health Group and South Lakeland Mind, which will explore the different social care services...
Posted by David Ralph on Oct 8th, 2011 in Uncategorized | 0 comments
A non-emergency telephone number for NHS services is to launch across England, the Department of Health says.
The 111 number, which has been tested in four areas, will be available nationally by April 2013.
The service will replace NHS Direct, which the government announced it was scrapping last year. More
Posted by David Ralph on Aug 4th, 2011 in Cumbria | 0 comments
This has been quite widely circulated and you may have already seen it.
Just some brief notes to put this in context. Any comments gratefully received by CMHG.
In February 2012, it was announced that North Cumbria University Hospitals NHS Trust will have to merge with, or be acquired by, another NHS trust to strengthen the organisation so that it can achieve Foundation Trust (FT) status.
Four NHS Foundation Trusts have expressed an interest. Morecambe Bay University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Cumbria Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, Newcastle upon Tyne NHS Foundation Trust, and...
Posted by JoNicholson on Jun 29th, 2011 in Cumbria, Mental Health | 0 comments
The Employers Bridge Conference 2011
21st July, 2011, Best Western Castle Green Hotel, Kendal
Registration 8.30am, start 9.00am.
Mental Health and Wellbeing has an important part to play for both employers and employees in any successful business reducing days lost to sickness and workplace absence. There are also legal implications if workplace issues are not handled appropriately, and this can be a major concern for employers.
This is the 2nd conference following on from the successful event of 2009 providing information for Cumbria’s businesses on workplace mental health and wellbeing. The event...
Posted by JoNicholson on May 26th, 2011 in South Lakes Locality, Uncategorized | 0 comments
Debbie Mayes has work displayed in an exhibition at the Brewery Arts Centre in Kendal. This is a joint exhibition of prints – Debbie has six pieces on display. Debbie has bipolar and has been attending a printmaking adult education class at the Brewery.
The exhibition closes on the 3rd of...
Posted by JoNicholson on May 26th, 2011 in South Lakes Locality, Uncategorized | 0 comments
An exhibition of portraits of jazz musicians by Grant Leonard Aspinall is open to the public at the ‘Gatefoot Gallery’ in Staveley on the Windermere road near Kendal, Cumbria. It will be previewed between 5pm and 7pm on the 24th of June and will run until 24th of July 2011. All are welcome.
Grant is a member of CMHG and a sufferer of Bi Polar for the last 30 years. He has painted portraits mainly of musicians from Rock; Folk and jazz genres since the 80′s exhibiting in Monaco and in the U.K.. The painting style is Expressionistic/Impressionistic, he is self taught and has made a...
Posted by JoNicholson on Jan 27th, 2011 in Uncategorized | 0 comments
CMHG has just finished 6 meetings around the county, where Adult Social Care staff have set out how a new system for accessing social care services will work.
Service Users were pleased to be able to express their views. They want to know a lot more about how the system will work. CMHG is bringing together notes from all the meetings. We will give these to Adult Social Care to get answers and we will share that information with the mental health community in March.
The system is intended to give service users and carers more choice in how the services are actually delivered and not change the...
Posted by dirkdanforth on Nov 11th, 2010 in Furness Locality, Mental Health | 0 comments
The Board of Directors of Cumbria Partnership NHS Foundation Trust have given final approval to plans to invest £6.5 million into mental healthcare facilities at Barrow in Furness.
At their meeting last week the Board of Directors unanimously approved the investment to transform the existing Dane Garth site at Furness General Hospital into a centre of excellence for the delivery of mental health care services.
Their final approval ensures that construction will commence on phase one of the project in January to develop a new in-patient facility for adults experiencing acute mental illness. The...
