News & Events

DoH funds speaker training through link with Dementia UK

The Butterfly Scheme is delighted to announce that a team of Butterfly Scheme speakers is about to be trained by Dementia UK, thanks to a grant from the Department […]

The Butterfly Scheme arrives in Scotland

The end of October has brought the first Butterfly to Scotland, as NHS Tayside began a ward-based pilot of the scheme, with NHS Forth Valley becoming the first Scottish […]

Successful launch of the Scheme at Frimley Park

The launch at Frimley Park Hospital was so smoothly-organised by the Trust’s team that a document was produced, using it as a blueprint for other hospitals planning their launches. […]

The Butterfly Scheme presented at the Royal College of Nursing “Making Sense” conference

The scheme’s founder presented a workshop which was well-attended and well-received, as a result of which a number of Trusts have now decided to seek permissions to implement the […]