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- Help the NHS improve Black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) communities’ experiences of mental health services
- Spring Bank Holiday Message 2021
- Our Trust Five Year Strategy
- Weekend and bank holiday urgent NHS dental services are changing for Birmingham and Solihull residents from 1 April 2021.
- Birmingham Healthy Mind’s celebrate their 10 year anniversary
- The Trust Disciplinary Policy
- Easter Bank Holiday Message 2021
- National Day of Reflection - Tuesday 23 March
- Birmingham and Solihull Trainee Nursing Associates Partnership has been shortlisted as a finalist for the HSJ Value Awards 2021
- West Midlands Eating Disorders Provider Collaborative named as a finalist in the HSJ Value Awards 2021
- Crisis Cafe
- Christmas and New Year Message 2020
- Just talking can help
- Renowned athlete Kevin Brown breaks world record to raise awareness of mental health
- Construction work at our Oleaster site
- Shared records will improve care in Birmingham and Solihull
- Patrick Nyarumbu appointed as the new Director of Strategy, People and Partnerships at Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS
- Roshni Birmingham Free Confidential Multi-lingual Counselling service for South Asian Women Affected by Domestic Abuse
- Notice of Election
- Public Trust Board meeting Wednesday 28 October 9am to 12.30pm
- Danielle Oum appointed as the new Chair at Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust
- Annual General Meeting and Annual Members’ Meeting on Thursday 24 September 12pm – 1.30pm.
- Information about our services over the August Bank Holiday weekend
- Moors’ 72nd birthday gift for NHS mental health workers in Solihull
- BSMHFT staff say a big thank you to their ‘superhero’ children for helping them to help others
- Have your say and shape our mental health services of the future
- Wearing of face coverings when attending Trust sites
- Beat the Heat – Level 2 alert issued by the Met Office starting Wednesday 24 June
- Information about our services over the Spring Bank Holiday weekend
- A message from Sue Hartley, Executive Director of Nursing on International Nurses Day Tuesday 12 May
- Information about our services over the Bank Holiday weekend
- Information about our services over the Easter weekend
- Covid-19 Mental Health Support Offer for Birmingham and Solihull
- Important information about virtual visiting
- Important information for patients and carers
- Important notice for the Trust Board meeting Wednesday 25 March
- Trust wins Mental Health Star at the Thrive Awards 2020
- Coronavirus: Information for patients and the public
- National issue with NHS Mail, Microsoft Outlook and Outlook web access
- Welcome funding boost for Birmingham and Solihull mental health support this winter
- Advice and support for the festive season plus our 12 days of highlights in our special edition of Trust Talk
- Christmas and New Year Message 2019
- Birmingham Mental Health Living Experience Consultant receives an OBE from the Duke of Cambridge
- Quality and Excellence Awards winners 2019
- You are invited to the launch of our redesigned Community Mental Health Services
- In #jabathon week Godfrey tells us why it’s so important for frontline staff to get their annual flu jab
- Executive Team support #jabathon and tell us why the flu jab is important to them
- Are you worried about your medication if there’s a ‘no-deal’ Brexit?
- BSMHFT secures Veteran Aware accreditation for armed forces support
- Get ready for Birmingham’s fourth arts and mental health festival
- We are supporting the first World Patient Safety Day
- Philip Gayle appointed as non-executive director at Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust
- NHS customer relations service is changing
- Who will you vote for in this year’s local NHS awards?
- Information about Trust services for the Bank Holiday Monday - 26 August
- Mind and body exercise programme for better mental health
- Watch a video of our AGM online
- Community Fun Day in Birmingham city centre on Saturday 24 August
- Local nurses seal national recognition with self-harm response packs
- Non-Executive Director
- Formal Notice of BSMHFT Annual General Meeting
- Study highlights the need for integrated healthcare and preventative services for the homeless
- Katy makes national shortlist for NHS Parliamentary Awards following regional win
- A trio of awards nominations for digital innovation at BSMHFT
- Join us for our Annual General Meeting and Annual Members’ Meeting 2019
- Local mum supports the launch of a new mental health service by sharing her experience of perinatal depression
- Leading mental health experts in Birmingham and Solihull publish ground-breaking book about treatment of early psychosis
- Table tennis trial served up in Dementia Action Week
- Information about Trust services for Bank Holiday Monday – 27 May
- Save the date for our Annual General Meeting and Annual Members’ Meeting 2019
- Extra support for dementia carers launched in Dementia Action Week May 20 – 26
- Local mental health trust and National Trust work together in a historic first to help those with dementia
- Summer term at Recovery College for All
- Join our LGBT+ staff network at Birmingham Pride Parade
- Mental health trust helps actor David Harewood shine a light on psychosis in documentary
- Monday 6 May 2019 – Bank Holiday message
- Easter information message 2019
- Have your say today on how the NHS should change in Birmingham and Solihull.
- 'Under one Roof' event for people who care for others
- Solihull Integrated Addictions Service supports Ste
- Join the Positive Mental Health Group in the St Patrick’s Day Parade
- Trust Membership Survey 2019
- National recognition for local mental health trust’s technological innovation
- A trip to the Palace for Katharine
- Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust – election to the Council of Governors
- Primary Care Mental Health Liaison Model launched in East Birmingham
- Birmingham Homelessness Partnership Board response to increase in people sleeping rough in the city
- Mental health trust recognised nationally for its commitment to improving equality, diversity and inclusion
- New non-executive director appointed at Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust
- Trust Vice Chair Joy Warmington awarded an MBE for services to healthcare and community
- Christmas and New Year Message 2018
- Developing understanding of sport’s impact on mental health
- Community Engagement and Inclusion Team shortlisted for a National Centre for Diversity (NCFD) award.
- Trust team 'highly commended' at majoy healthcare awards
- Care Quality Commission wants to hear the views of our service uers and carers
- Mental health worker Katy wins national award
- New “app” helps mental health staff improve patient care
- Quality and Excellence Awards winners 2018
- National award for keeping vulnerable people away from the criminal justice system
- Roisin Fallon-Williams to take over as Chief Executive at Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust from March
- Christmas card competition 2018
- Human Library event 30 October
- Trust on National Radio for World Mental Health Day
- World Mental Health Day 10 October 2018 - Let’s make it a day we ask twice
- Recovery College for All – sign up now!
- New £2m a year contract for drug and alcohol support in Solihull
- Good practice at BSMHFT highlighted in national report on suicide prevention
- Reach Out project shortlisted for a HSJ Award
- Monday 27 August 2018 bank holiday weekend message
- Recruitment of Patient and Public Voice (PPV) partners for digital health programmes
- Community Fun Day for all on Saturday 18 August in Erdington
- Celebrating the 70th anniversary of the NHS and Windrush at our AGM
- Join us for a Community Fun Day on Saturday 28 July in Winson Green
- MERIT’s Electronic Health Record Viewer wins prestigious award for innovation
- Statement on Srebrenica Memorial Day 2018
- Formal notice of BSMHFT Annual General Meeting 2018
- You're invited to our 'Remembering Srebrenica: Acts of Courage' event
- Give someone the recognition they deserve at this year’s Quality and Excellence Awards
- Trust to hold community fun day in Edgbaston this weekend
- Deputy Mayor of Solihull to attend local community fun day on Saturday 30 June
- Caring for carers in Birmingham and Solihull mental health services
- Celebrate 70 year Anniversary of the NHS and Windrush at ourTrust’s Annual General Meeting
- BSMHFT nurse named in Queen's Birthday Honours
- Celebrate 70 years of the NHS with a Big 7Tea Party!
- Join us for a Community Fun Day on Saturday 16 June in Sparkbrook
- New scheme seeking to inspire Birmingham’s psychiatrists of the future
- Monday 28 May 2018 - Bank Holiday Message
- Estates and Facilities team 'cleans up' at National Awards
- Local Carers plan for the Future
- Reading Den – a new chapter to support children’s mental health in Solihull
- Save the date for our Annual General Meeting and Annual Members’ Meeting
- Mental health care for women and their families given a £1.13m boost
- New ‘app’ creates more time to care for mental health patients
- BSMHFT back's TUC's Dying to Work Charter
- Our Trust is supporting Mental Health Awareness Week, 14-20 May 2018
- NHS England launches further dedicated mental health services for veterans
- Easter bank holiday weekend 2018 message
- Inspiring ceremony reveals Solihull Together 2018 Award winners
- Care Quality Commission rates child and adolescent mental health services provided by Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS
- Adverse weather conditions
- Solihull Together 2018 Awards Finalists Revealed
- Mental Health Act Review Survey
- Planning for the Future - an event for Carers
- Trust Head of Community Engagement wins Mental Health Star Award
- Time to Talk Day 2018
- Recovery College for All -new prospectus for our new term
- Improving Look Ahead survey
- NHS innovations to reduce mental health crises in Birmingham and Solihull
- Thrive Mental Health Commission Awards Open For Nominations
- Solihull Together Awards 2018 - Nominations now open
- Widening Access Training Scheme
- News archives 2011
  - Christmas information for service users
  - Christmas show visits our sites
  - First patients in UK for pioneering treatment
  - National industrial action - Information for service users and carers
  - Sue Davis CBE appointed as new Chair of BSMHFT
  - Special meeting of the Assembly of Governors
  - competition deadlines are fast approaching
  - Our trust scoops another top award
  - Rapid Assessment, Interface and Discharge member seminar
  - Assembly of governors meeting
  - Volunteers' week celebration
  - Trust wins top catering award
  - Mental health tsar is impressed by our trust’s innovative Rapid Assessment, Interface and Discharge service
  - Our trust supports Tony Russell's epic walk for mental health
  - Free Touring Theatre Performance - Unsent letters
  - Trust scoops prestigious Patient Safety Award
  - BSMHFT shortlisted for three Patient Safety Awards
  - Choir hit all the right notes with debut album
  - BSMHFT and Staffordshire University join forces to share expertise and innovations
  - More mental health awareness seminars
  - Mental health awareness seminars in Handsworth and Lozells
  - Film festival
  - AGM, September 27, 2011
  - Andy’s musical journey through depression to hope
  - Notice of election - Assembly of Governors
  - improving our patients' experience
  - Our trust wins prestigious national HSJ award
  - Civil unrest in Birmingham - continued community relations
  - Simone embraces caring role during Carers’ Week
  - Pride 2011 blows through!
  - Radio 4’s Nicholas Parsons to take Just A Minute to open the Juniper Centre
  - Why a good night’s sleep is vital to our mental health
  - Refuge music offers you the chance to help change views of mental health
  - Solihull mayor to launch new alcohol treatment service
  - Become an instructor in mental health first aid
  - Curtain rises on our partnership with Birmingham Rep
  - Women in Theatre
  - Section 12(2) Initial Training Course
  - Free member seminar to celebrate Tony Russell's epic walk for mental health
  - Calling all budding cartoonists
  - A festival of words
  - Arts All Over The Place returns to Birmingham
  - BSMHFT welcomes new director of psychological services
  - AGM 2011
  - Alcohol Awareness Week - November 14 - 20, 2011
  - Seasons greetings from the trust
  - carers consultation meetings
  - When to call A&E
  - National dementia tsar to address trust’s first national Rapid Assessment, Inteface and Discharge conference
  - Views sought for name of service user development team
- News archives 2012
- News archives 2013
- News archives 2014
- News archives 2015
- News archives 2016
- News archives 2017
- Christmas and New Year Message 2017
- Mental health trust helps actor David Harewood shine a light on psychosis in BBC documentary
- Are you a service user or carer and would like to share your experiences to support Trainee Nursing Associates?
- May Bank Holiday Message 2021
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