• On your marks, get set, go! Physiotherapy and Exercise Specialist Team hosts sports day for patients

    30 September 2024

    The AWP Physiotherapy and Exercise Specialist Team organised a sports day for patients at the newly refurbished Larch facilities at Callington Road Hospital, with activities including cycling, running and circuits.

  • Mental Health Trust invites local carers to a day of celebration and support

    11 September 2024

    Local people caring for someone with a mental health condition are being invited to a support event run by Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust (AWP). Hosted on Thursday 3 October, the event will support and recognise the vital role carers play in the lives of people with mental illness or learning disabilities.

  • CQC report into Forensic Inpatients and Secure Wards

    11 September 2024

    Following a CQC inspection of our forensic inpatient and secure wards in January 2024, the CQC has now published a final report.

  • Celebration of Good Work in the Safety Assessment Project Team

    10 September 2024

    New National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidelines (NICE) were published in September 2022 around the prevention and management of suicide and self-harm. At the time of publication, many Mental Health Trust’s around the country were engaging in practices that were not in line with NICE guidelines around risk assessment i.e. using global risk stratification (rating risk as low/medium or high), including AWP.