Southern Health and Social Care Trust

A visit to her local breast screening unit, which took less than 30 minutes, caught Grace's cancer before it had a chance to develop. 💗 "If I hadn't went for my mammogram, they wouldn't have picked up the pre-cancerous cells and it could have been a lot worse." Take a moment and listen to her story and her plea that we all attend for breast screening appointments when invited to do so. https://lnkd.in/eEYEB9RM 🎥 #TeamSHSCT #BreastCancerAwarenessMonth

We have introduced a new Stroke Buddy initiative at Lurgan Hospital in partnership with the Stroke Association. The new pilot initiative will see stroke survivors introduced to the Lurgan Stroke Unit to share their story and lived experience to support patients and their families through a life changing time. https://lnkd.in/ewNaSTjC

We are delighted to share the news that our Community Assessment & Rehabilitation Service (CARS) are currently involved in a UK-wide clinical trial to understand if the PETAL Programme (Personalised Treatment packages for Adults With Learning disabilities who display aggression in community settings) will be helpful for adults with learning disability who display aggressive challenging behaviour and their carers. The service are proud to be involved in this important piece of cutting-edge research/intervention. #TeamSHSCT #SHSCTR&D

We have launched an ambitious five-year Research and Development plan to make research 'everyone's business'. By taking further steps into clinical research, it will help make a difference to our service users, families, carers and staff as excellence research and innovation contribute to improved health outcomes. Read more ⬇️ https://lnkd.in/eTbTxrJN #TeamSHSCT #SHSCTR&D

Our Director of Mental Health & Disability Services, Jan McGall sat down with the Mental Health Forum’s ‘Flights of Hope’ project to discuss what recovery means to Jan and the ebb and flow of wellness. The Flights of Hope project is maintained by the service user members of The Mental Health Forum, in partnership with The Southern Area Protect Life Implementation Group. The project aims help create individual and community resilience, and even help to save lives. It will also help to bring a positive and hopeful balance to the mental wellness and suicide-prevention narrative online in a way that can challenge stigma and encourage people to recognise that it’s ok to seek help when faced with struggles. Watch the full interview on their YouTube page: https://lnkd.in/gWbWQTHi You can find out more about the Flights of Hope project on the Mental Health Forum website: https://lnkd.in/gv-KBxY2

A project led by the Southern Trust’s Estates Team has won a major construction award. The scheme in Portadown Health Centre won Health Project of the Year at the Construction Employers Federation (CEF) Awards. Our Principal Contractor William Rodgers Construction, based in Annalong, was the winning company. Read more https://lnkd.in/gyN-S8KS #HSC #MakingADifference

Nicola was diagnosed with breast cancer when she was just 41 years old and is now eager to share her story to encourage women to be ‘breast aware’ so that they can get to know their breasts and recognise any changes. She said that the support she received from our Breast Cancer Care team who helped and supported her through her diagnosis and treatment plan, has been fantastic. Read her story: https://lnkd.in/dgabd26v #TeamSHSCT #BreastCancerAwarenessMonth

It was great to meet with the 2024 cohort of Community Specialist Practice Qualification (CSPQ) District Nursing with Integrated Independent & Supplementary Prescribing Students. The Practice Education Team along with the District Nursing coaches Helena McLean, Claire Russell and Grace Sloane (Consultant District Nurse) met them to discuss the year ahead and the support that would be available to them. We also had Fra Agnew Consultant clinical psychologist to talk about selfcare and looking after each other. We wish them the best of luck in the year ahead. #TeamSHSCT

Our Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT) Senior Social Work (SW) practitioners Una Doyle, Lynn Cross, Sharon Campbell and Valerie Berry on the MDT SW stand at an event to celebrate Positive Ageing Month. #TeamSHSCT

It’s #SASWeek24 and we celebrate the contribution and achievements of our specialist, associate specialist and specialty (SAS) doctor colleagues. The inaugural SAS Recognition Awards for Northern Ireland were held yesterday and a number of our SAS staff were nominated. Congratulations to everyone and a special mention to Dr Fionnuala McCann who collected an award for SAS Clinical Achievement Award for her work in Neurology. Our Medical Director, Dr Stephen Austin was one of the key notes speakers and he emphasised his strong interest in supporting and developing SAS doctors, particularly in the field of leadership. #SASRecognitionAwards