NHS mental health, learning disability and autism services for people in Greater Manchester. Monitored Mon-Fri, 9-5, by comms.
#PennineCarePeople
#JoinUsBeYou
With a couple of NHS trusts leaving X (formerly Twitter), we wanted to say why we're planning to stay for now.
We know lots of people still use this to connect and share feedback or good stories and content with us, so we want to be available and keep this positivity going.
Congrats to Rachel Jennings, peer support worker in Stockport community mental health team, for receiving a covid star medal from
@DHSCgovuk
@NHSPbank
The medal recognises NHS staff for their contribution during the pandemic.
#PennineCarePeople
We're delighted to announce
@timmcdougall69
has been appointed our new Director of Quality, Nursing and Healthcare Professionals.
Tim has been a registered mental health nurse for 27 years and over 20 years’ experience in leadership roles. 1/3
It's 2 weeks until the anniversary of the
#ManchesterArena
attack. You may be experiencing strong emotional reactions and there's no right or wrong way to feel. The tips below may help you cope. If you need it the
#MCRHub
is open.
We're extremely proud of our staff (and those across the
#NHS
) who have been battling the snow and
#StormEmma
to continue to deliver excellent patient care. Thanks also to volunteers, such as
@NW4x4R
, for helping to make it possible!
#ThankYouNHS
Congratulations to Professor
@pfrench123
, clinical researcher, for being appointed senior research leader by the
@NIHRresearch
.
The role means Paul can further support our ambitious
#PennineCareResearch
projects.
Check out our website for more info about research with us.
.
@SallyTrowse
, ADHD nurse specialist in
#Stockport
, was invited to a special service
@StPaulsLondon
today for
#NHS73
, joined by Prince William and Boris Johnson.
This recognised all those who have played their part in combating covid across the NHS, care and beyond. (1/3)
We've joined forces with
@gmpolice
and
@NWAmbulance
to improve care for people experiencing a mental health crisis.
The pilot 'mental health joint response service' launched this week in Oldham and Tameside. (1/3)
A warm welcome to
@timmcdougall69
, who joins this week as our new director of quality, nursing and healthcare professionals.
Tim has been a registered mental health nurse for 27 years and has over 20 years’ experience in nurse leadership roles. He joins us from
@WeAreLSCFT
1/2
Great story from Dr Faisal Parvez, one of our old age consultant psychiatrists at Tameside Hospital, who has added a new role to his name!
His wife Tafheen Sharif has become The Civic Mayor of Tameside, making Faisal her consort. 1/2
Professor
@pfrench123
has secured a £1m
@NIHRresearch
grant, to support research into early intervention services and the impact the duration has on health outcomes.
We're the host, working with several unis.
Look out for more info about this and other
#PennineCareResearch
We're proud that
#PennineCarePeople
are from 109 countries:
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We're delighted that Dr
@NilikaP
has been appointed as our new deputy medical director.
Nilika has been a fantastic addition since joining 17 months ago.
🗣️"My main aim is to ensure we do our best to support staff, as it's pivotal to providing good care for our patients. 1/2
A huge
#MHNursesDay
thank you to all our mental health nurses, consultants, practitioners, nursing associates, assistants, and students. You are all incredible!
Tag a mental health nurse and let them know what a legend they are 💙
#MentalHealthNurseDay
#PennineCarePeople
Really happy to welcome
@MayorofGM
@AndyBurnhamGM
today, who presented us with our
#VeteranAware
Trust accreditation.
This recognises our Military Veterans Service's commitment to improving NHS care for veterans, reservists, members of the armed forces and their families 👏
Our pilot is taking off in Bury 🚨
The mental health joint response service has expanded to
#Bury
, after helping 125 people across
#Oldham
and
#Tameside
in four weeks. (1/3)
We're working with
@gmpolice
and
@NWAmbulance
- read more in this thread (1/3):
We’ve recruited 4 family ambassadors to help parents and carers whose children are admitted to CAMHS inpatient units across Greater Manchester.
The role is a 12-month pilot to help reduce stress, anxiety & ensure parents/carers are involved with their child’s care throughout 1/3
What a week!
💉 900 staff in 5 days
🧑⚕️ with support from 60 super staff
💙 + 15 fab volunteers
📅 192 appointments a day, 7 days a week
Sally, Petra and Sian have been instrumental, working around the clock to make it so safe & efficient. A huge well done!
#PennineCarePeople
We're delighted to have started giving our staff covid vaccines.
Dr Parish,
@DrSarmadNadeem
, Marie, and Steven were the first four happy
#PennineCarePeople
to have theirs.
We're working through colleagues as fast as we can, please look out for the email inviting you to apply.
We're delighted to announce Dr Nihal Fernando as our new medical director.
Nihal will replace Dr Henry Ticehurst, who is retiring shortly.
He brings a huge amount of skill and experience & is a very popular, highly regarded colleague.
Read more at:
Stockport Sugarhill Gang 😆
It's great to see our mental health liaison and ward staff at Stepping Hill keeping each other’s spirits up.
They give Alfonso Ribeiro (aka Carlton Banks) a run for his money with their version of Apache 🤠
Thanks for sharing!
#PennineCarePeople
We're delighted to announce Dr
@psychsandhu
will be our new medical director, after a competitive interview process.
💬"I’ve worked in Pennine Care since being a very junior doctor. I’m very grateful for the support I’ve been given over the past 20 years & feel immensely proud.
Today we formally launched
#RochdaleSafeHaven
, located at Rochdale Infirmary.
The Safe Haven provides out of hours mental health support (from 5pm to 8am), to people aged over 18 years who are experiencing a mental health crisis.
You can read more at:
Today we welcome
@AntHassallNHS
on his 1st day as our chief executive.
This week Anthony is looking forward to meeting and talking to as many
#PennineCarePeople
as possible.
Say hello and help us extend a warm welcome to Anthony!
"We have a zero tolerance approach to discrimination, victimisation or harassment on the basis of a person’s gender identity."
#PrideMonth
Today we launch our Transgender and Non-binary statement. Click the link below to read our full statement:
#PCFTboard
saying a huge thank you to Dr Henry Ticehurst, who is retiring after 10 years as medical director, and
@suzanneFINANCE
who is joining
@GMMH_NHS
as finance director. They've been awesome and we will miss them!
Wishing a happy
#MHNursesDay
to all the fabulous mental health nurses, assistants, associates, and others - who are an essential and large part of our workforce.
Thanks for everything you do 💙
#PennineCarePeople
It's opening day at Walkerwood!
The £5.2m specialist psychiatric intensive care unit (PICU) at Tameside Hospital has opened its doors today, to improve care for men experiencing severe mental health distress. 1/5
1/ Since the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis last week, thousands across the globe have taken part in protests against widespread inherent racism and the way black people have been treated.
We are against every form of racism and support the Black Lives Matter movement....
Very proud of
@SallyTrowse
, ADHD clinical nurse specialist in our
@HealthyYM
team. Sally spoke to Prince William during
#ChildrensMentalHealthWeek
as he thanked health workers for their hard work throughout the pandemic. Looks like she enjoyed her chat with the Duke of Cambridge!
Hi, I’m Amy and I am an Occupational Therapy Assistant for Oak and Aspen acute wards and I’m going to be taking over this account today which is very exciting! 😋 - AWJ
Inspiring others, give it up for the winner of our inspirational leader award...
Lindsey Baucutt
@lindsey08162759
"It's so easy to be a good leader when you're so passionate about what you do...and when you lead such a great team."
#PennineCarePeople
Morning. I am taking over twitter today as Chief Pharmacist and will use the opportunity to introduce you to the pharmacy team and how we work across
@PennineCareNHS
to optimise medicines use.
2/ We will continue to do everything we can to stand up to racism and help tackle every form of prejudice.
We've done a lot of work on equality issues, but we still have a long way to go. Equality, diversity & inclusion will remain at the top of our agenda.
A bit of something to brighten up your evening...
Chris Kean is one of our recovery and inclusion workers from Rochdale, and he has an INCREDIBLE voice 🎙️
He’s been singing for over 30 years and will gladly take requests if you need a boost.
#OurNHSPeople
#PennineCarePeople
Today was the 1st pre-opening event at our new hospital avoidance service for people aged 16-25 with
#learningdisabilities
across
#GreaterManchester
. Some may also have
#autism
. Growing from a research report 5 years ago, it's been quite a journey. Well done to everyone involved!
Dr Ade Akinola, consultant psychiatrist and associate director of medical education, has written a top piece for
#BlackHistoryMonth
.
Read about his journey and find out why he's driven a petrol tanker around Nigeria and carries an old stethoscope to work:
We're proud to announce that our chair, Evelyn Asante-Mensah OBE, has been invited to co-chair a formal black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) advisory group across
@NHSNW
.
This group will look at the management of covid and other matters relating to BAME staff and communities.
Good morning all, we wanted to start the day with a shout out to our cleaning and domestics
#PennineCarePeople
...
They've really upped their efforts to keep people safe - doing 700 hours of cleaning a day across our sites.
Thank you and keep up the good work!
#NHSHeroes
Happy
#InternationalNursesDay
to our incredible nursing colleagues.
Today marks Florence Nightingale's 201st birthday, so we're shining a spotlight (or lamp) on our own nursing heroes throughout the day.
This artwork is to celebrate you all 💙
#IND2021
@RCNNorthWest
@CNOEngland
Thanks to all who've pulled together to make our staff vaccine hub so safe, smooth and efficient.
That includes our vaccinators, pharmacy, estates, facilities, and management teams.
And shout out to
@SchofieldSian1
and
@kelly_bowden
(pictured) for super leadership throughout!
Her Majesty The Queen has presented the NHS with the George Cross at Windsor Castle today.
The award acknowledges the dedication, courage, compassion and skill of NHS colleagues, volunteers and partners. It’s only the third time it has been given to a collective body.
We’ve got a powerful guest blog this week from
@clareparkernhs
.
Talking about our own personal experience can help reduce stigma and make it OK to talk about mental health issues.
Many thanks to Clare for being so open and sharing her story.
Read it at:
Another proud
#ResultsDay
shout out:
Well done to Abbey Kennedy for submitting the final uni submission to complete your advanced practitioner training.
All at Stockport mental health liaison team (and we) think you’re an inspiration. Keep up the good work!
#PennineCarePeople
Congratulations to
@Zw786
, therapy assistant in Rochdale, for receiving
@GivingVoiceUK
Award from
@RCSLT
.
Zahida has contributed to various speech and language therapy fields, including bilingualism & mental health, & supporting students, colleagues & the community for 29 years.
Spring 2023 will see us gain a new service to help people with a learning disability stay out of hospital.
A four-bed unit is being built in Bury and will be the first of its kind in the country. Here's a digital preview of how 'Radcliffe admission avoidance service' will look.
Happy
#NursesDay
!
We’ve had over 250 nominations of amazing nurses deserving special thanks. We’ll be celebrating more of them throughout the day, but first here’s a thank you message from
@ClareParkerNHS
and
@Kelly_Bowden
Know an amazing nurse? Reply and tag them
#IND2023
🚨 We're delighted to announce Anthony Hassall will be taking up the post of chief executive at Pennine Care.
Anthony is currently Regional Chief People Officer at NHS England and Improvement North West, & before that was Chief Accountable Officer
@SalfordCCG
for 6 years. (1/4)
A massive Mental Health Nurses Day thank you and shout out to all the incredible nurses, consultants, practitioners, nursing assistants, associates, students and more.
Do you know an amazing mental health nurse? Tag them and let them know what a legend they are 💙
#MHNursesDay
hello all! i'm Olivia, and i'm taking over this Twitter account today to talk about myself and my role 😊
i'm a Carer Support Worker for the South Tameside Community Mental Health Team, a secondary care service for working-age adults - feel free to ask any questions! - OF
Another brilliant staff story
#PennineCarePeople
🙌
Sandra, one of our domestic staff, was given a bouquet of flowers from
@asda
's Ashton store after they saw her shopping with her
#NHS
lanyard on.
Thank you to the communities we work in for all the support you have shown us!
**Suspending all visitors**
As the situation with
#coronavirus
continues, we've suspended all patient visits on our wards.
We're sorry about this, but need to keep everyone as safe as possible.
We appreciate your understanding, please check our website for the latest updates.
🚨 The mental health joint response service pilot is now running in Stockport and Rochdale 🚨
One of our mental health clinicians and a police officer attend incidents where the person is experiencing a mental health crisis.
The service runs from 5pm-1am, seven days.
Good morning! I’m Ellen, a Speech and Language Therapist (SLT) at
@PennineCareNHS
. I’m based at The Meadows in Stockport and taking over twitter today to celebrate
#AHPsDay
(Allied Health Professionals). Hope you enjoy meeting me and my colleagues! First, coffee ☕️ EM
We can't say thanks enough to everyone working hard to look after each other - our staff, other
#NHS
colleagues, public services, retail, trades & beyond.
Help to share a wave of appreciation by adding some kind words, positivity, or a motivational quote, and tagging 2 others.
Dr
@HartleySamantha
@PennineCAMHS
, has a chapter in the Oxford Handbook of Cognitive Analytic Therapy.
The book showcases the range of ways this therapy can be used. The authors include clinicians, academics and those with lived experience, bringing together many perspectives.
Thanks to those who joined us for a minute's silence in memory of our dear friend and colleague Grant Maganga, and other workers who have sadly died from coronavirus.
#NeverForgotten
#IWMD20
It’s great to see our chair, Evelyn Asante-Mensah OBE, raising our profile across the nation.
We’re delighted to announce Evelyn has just been voted onto the national
@NHSConfed
Mental Health Network board.
Well done Evelyn! 👏
Rest in peace Captain Sir Tom Moore.
Thank you for inspiring the nation at a time of great need, and for everything you’ve done for
@NHSCharities
Our thoughts and condolences go to your family and friends.
We’re so proud we named part of a ward in Stockport after you.
Dr Roshelle
@RamkissonR1
, consultant psychiatrist, has shared a reflection of the recent
#SouthAsianHeritageMonth
, our work to be more inclusive, and our black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) staff network.
#PennineCarePeople
can DM us for more info about our BAME network 📩
Pennine Care has only been around for 21 of the
#NHS75
years, but we've achieved a lot in that time.
Here are some of the things we've done well in the last year alone.
There's lots of work still to do, but our
#PennineCarePeople
are working incredibly hard 🙏
Nursing is an incredible profession with so many opportunities and areas of development.
Here are some diverse nurse roles in our mental health, learning disability & autism services.
Check out our tweets or visit our website for more about jobs
#JoinUsBeYou
#NursesDay
#IND2023
We’re proud to say one of our nurses
@karen_gem
has received The Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service for her charity
@gemappeal
.
This is the equivalent of an MBE and the highest award available to a volunteer group. Outstanding work Karen!
#PennineCarePeople
The winner of our improving lives award...
Dr Roshelle
@Ramkisson316
🙌
"This is indeed a wonderful honour, thank you so much. But I wouldn't be hear without my family or my work family."
#PennineCarePeople
Congratulations to
@SameiHuda
on his new book: The Medical Model in Mental Health.
It was great to see a hard copy!
Shout out to our knowledge service as well for helping to provide lots of references.
#PennineCarePeople
Congratulations to
@wendywarri
on winning Best Midwife at the
#WhoCareWins
Awards 🤩
Wendy was part of our safeguarding team before going over to support Ukrainian families in need.
A touching speech too. We're so proud Wendy, well done!
#PennineCarePeople
“For me, going out there, I didn’t think about it, I just wanted to help those women and children.”
Huge congratulations to Wendy Warrington for winning ‘Best Midwife’ at
@TheSun
#WhoCaresWins
Awards this evening for her incredible support to families in Ukraine.
@NHSEngland
We've now trained sixty women from the South Asian community in Oldham to become mental health champions, in partnership with
@CHAI_Project
.
This is giving people more skills to look after their mental health and removing barriers to accessing services and support.
I went to university to do my nurse training aged 18, and joined pennine care (was rochdale healthcare trust then) in 2001 and have been here ever since 😊 I've spent most of my career working in adult acute inpatient services, I feel proud and privileged to do this everyday GM
Incredible news from
@HSJ_Awards
last night!
Our mental health joint response service was highly commended in the mental health innovation category 🏆
The service with
@gmpolice
supports people experiencing a mental health crisis, to keep them safe and out of hospital.
We’re pleased to announce that we’ve appointed
@sarah_preedy
as our new chief operating officer.
Sarah joined us in November 2020 and has been our network director of operations for specialist services for the last two years. 1/3
Our award-winning mental health joint response service has received funding until March 2023 and has launched a four-week trial to support young people in Bury.
The service is run by us and
@gmpolice
in the boroughs of Bury, Rochdale, Oldham, Stockport, and Tameside. 1/3
An message of thanks to all nurses from our director of nursing
@clareparkernhs
.
We hope you have a fabulous
#NursesDay
and that you're celebrated by your loved ones. Let us know what you're up to!
Tag a nurse to share thanks with them 👩⚕️👨⚕️
#IND2019
#InternationalNursesDay
Grant was 56 and leaves behind a wife and four children.
We welcome any messages or memories you'd like to share on this tribute, posted on our Facebook page, from
our chief executive,
@ClaireMolloy2
, and nursing director,
@clareparkernhs
:
We’re starting a £255k study into pioneering therapy to help people with psychosis and schizophrenia control frightening and intrusive images.
Read how it has already helped Thom and hear from chief investigator Dr
@chrisdjtaylor
at:
#PennineCareResearch
As today is 3 years since the
#ManchesterArena
attack, strong emotional reactions are normal and there is no right way to think or feel.
For some, today may be a time when very intense feelings emerge. If so, please consider contacting your GP or the Resilience Hub
#McrHub
Morning,
@TracyMellor3
, improvement Lead here & I am on the twitter takeover for today. I will be telling you a bit about my role, quality improvement & my colleagues across the trust. Looking forward to spending the day with you all
#PennineCareQI
#PennineCarePeople
Have you or a loved one recently been diagnosed with primary progressive aphasia (PPA)?
We've made a short video with
@dementiaunited
on how speech and language therapy can help and what support is available: 👇 (1/2)
Happy 75th birthday to the NHS!
On this day in 1948, at Park Hospital (now Trafford General), the NHS was formally launched to provide free healthcare services at the point of delivery.
Thank you to everyone who has continued to support it since then 🙏💙
#NHS75
Sheila, a secretary based in
#Oldham
, is having an international influence when it comes to advice about the
#CovidVaccine
🇬🇧🇬🇭
Sheila did her research and decided it was safe, which inspired her mother to become one of the first people in Ghana to have the vaccine too 👏
@NHSNW
Hi, I’m Karyn and I’m taking over this account today. I’m a charge nurse at Bevan Place in Stockport. Bevan is a mental health rehabilitation ward for males over 50
who have a severe and enduring mental health problem, such as schizophrenia.
Congratulations to our Bury learning disabilities team for being highly commended at the
#GMCancerAwards
@GM_Cancer
.
The team were praised in the commitment to equality category, for their flagging project to increase bowel screening uptake in people with learning disabilities.
Today is
#InternationalNursesDay
, which marks the 200th birthday of Florence Nightingale.
Please join us in saying a massive
#ThankYouNurses
and sharing any stories about nurses who've helped you.
You can also join in by shining a light from your window at 8.30pm
#IND2020
We're very proud of our winners from last night's
@rcpsychNW
Awards. Congratulations to
@adeolaakinola1
@Jaco_H_Nel
and Chloe Cropper! And well done to our five other finalist, you all did great 👏
We’re proud to have 2
#PennineCarePeople
stepping into prestigious national roles.
Dr
@pfrench123
has been appointed national speciality lead for mental health
@NIHRresearch
.
His role will support research delivery within health and care and highlight our presence in research.
A big thank you to
@SchofieldSian1
who is retiring after 40 fabulous years in the NHS, training as a nurse in Cardiff 38 years ago.
Sian will be returning for two days a week to lead on safe staffing and ward accreditation and wanted to share a message with her colleagues. 1/3
"You need to look after yourself to be able to look after others. It’s OK to say you need help."
@SchofieldSian1
featured in Woman mag to talk about how she looks after herself. Plenty of exercise, yoga & being kind to yourself are just some of Sian's tips.
#StressAwarenessMonth
We are incredibly saddened to hear Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II has died.
We send our respects and condolences to the Royal Family.
We remember her decades of dedication and service and join the nation in mourning.