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The Trust responsible for running local community services and mental health care has a new name from today – Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust.

All mental health wards in Herefordshire and Worcestershire will have individual rooms with en-suites for each patient, after national funding was secured to eliminate remaining mixed sex dormitories.

Staff from the Starting Well Partnership took part in a local litter pick in aid of World Mental Health Day.

Patients at Worcestershire’s Psychiatric Intensive Care unit will benefit from the region’s first mental health sensory room.

A new website has been launched in Herefordshire and Worcestershire this week to help people access treatment, information and support for their mental health and wellbeing.

New local Neighbourhood Mental Health Teams have launched in Herefordshire and Worcestershire this week as part of a national pilot to improve community mental health care.

Minor Injury Units at Evesham and Tenbury which closed at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic have now re-opened.

People with a minor injury are being urged to access the county’s minor injury units in Malvern and Bromsgrove and to avoid A&E.

Children’s services from across the county have teamed up to support parents and families this September.

A new booking system is being launched in local Community Hospital and mental health wards as part of an easing of visiting restrictions this week.

Young people needing advice or support in Worcestershire can access ChatHealth – a free and confidential text service which puts them in touch with their local school health nurses.

A city centre dental clinic for people with additional needs will benefit from a £2 million facelift.