Today marks one year since the murder of George Floyd. Now is a time to pause and reaffirm our anti-racism commitment.

This week a team of Sheffield mental health workers have been awarded an accreditation by the Royal College of Psychiatrists.

New facilities and garden to create healing environment for service users

Building work has begun at the Michael Carlisle Centre on a ward to get it ready for service users and staff from Burbage ward to move to in April.

Last weekend every resident at Woodland View, a nursing home for people who have complex needs, had a second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.

All staff at Sheffield Health and Social Care NHS Foundation Trust will receive a day to spend in any way they like this year. The “gift of time” is being given as a gesture of appreciation for their extraordinary efforts over the last year.

The Board was selected as a finalist despite the tough competition from over 1000 entries. They were selected based on their ambition, visionary spirit and the demonstrable positive impact that their project has had on patient and staff experiences.

The survey takes place every year and gives us a really important insight into what our teams are thinking, experiencing and feeling.

Last year, during lockdown, one million people in the UK quit smoking. New research confirms that now those ex-smokers will now be feeling happier and more positive than if they were still smoking. 

We carried out a survey with our service users to find out about the support and care they have received during the Coronavirus pandemic.