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We then had a visit from White Post Farm, a local petting zoo who brought in a mouse, lizard, snake and tarantula!  They also brought some cute bunnies with them to balance it all out with a bit of fluffiness!

We performed it in the Fernwood Unit garden.  The actors were a mixture of therapy and care staff and a junior physiotherapist accompanied the play with keyboard and singing.  The props had been made by residents in activities groups leading up to the date of the play.  It…

For those of you who have never heard of this, it is essentially the ‘5k Race for Life’, but with inflatable obstacles and plenty of mud to get through.  The ladies decided on ‘Huntercombe Heroes’ as their team name and donned super hero themed sports gear to undertake…

September 2015. Our Edinburgh hospital that provides mental health services for young people has been rated as very good for its quality of care and support for patients, following an inspection by Healthcare Improvement Scotland. The hospital was rated very good or good for all five quality themes,…

Frenchay Brain Injury Rehabilitation Centre was selected as a finalist in a national awards scheme about the way patient and staff feedback is used to improve healthcare services. The Friends and Family Test is a way to find out from patients, quickly and anonymously, how they rate their…

Moorpark Place in Kilbirnie was selected as a finalist in the specialist residential care category for the Laing and Buisson Awards 2016.  The team attended the Gala dinner on 29 November 2016 in London. Moorpark Place provides an unique environment for adults with autism with 25 individual houses served by…

“In our recent mixed media lessons we have come together as two units and made a group art piece about the British legion poppy campaign. The art piece we have made is to remember those who have lost their lives and those who are still fighting for our…

20 January 2017 Her Royal Highness the Princess Royal today opened our new hospital at Frenchay Brain Injury Rehabilitation Centre, Bristol. Our new hospital, which has been constructed adjacent to the existing centre increases our capacity from 29 to 52 patients. The Princess Royal was escorted on a…

At Cedar a few years ago, we started to allow staff to bring in their dogs for the day so the patients could walk them and stroke them. The benefits of this have been outstanding. What did we observe? When the dogs were on ward, the patients were…

Aoife Walsh, charge nurse at Cedar House, is responsible for a male forensic ward and Step Down Service. Aoife has been at Cedar for 2 ½ years, and worked previously at the hospital from 2010. Aoife tells us about the Huntercombe Nurse Leadership Programme that she participated in…

Wards were encouraged to spend a morning working together to prepare festive puddings and treats to take to a shared lunch in the games room. Prizes were awarded to  each ward for most festive design, most imaginative, most traditional and best pudding!

David has been recognised as a Huntercombe Hero at Blackheath. David is a Patient Activities Leader and joined the Huntercombe team in May 2016. His main role is as driver of our minibus, although he actively involves himself in all patient related activities. David works closely with others…

Judith has been recognised as one of Blackheath’s Huntercombe Heroes. She joined BBIRC back in 2010, her main role is to actively involve herself in all patient related activities.  She is recognised for commitment to her role and for giving up part of her weekend to take patients…

Stocksbridge recently held an Indian Themed night, with costumes, food and decorations! Great fun was had by all.