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Single Point of Access (SPA)- Calderdale and Kirklees
The Calderdale and Kirklees Single Point of Access team (SPA) ensures that all urgent and routine referrals for Trust mental health services from GPs, and other statutory and third sector referrals are processed and responded to in a timely way, following a triage process. Read …
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Psychiatric liaison team
Our service is provided to Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust where the team provides a mental health liaison service for emergency departments and outlying ward areas at Dewsbury, Pontefract and Pinderfields hospitals. The team provides a psychiatric assessment to patients who arrive at accident and emergency …
Nostell ward (Wakefield)
Nostell ward provides inpatient care for people who are in crisis who cannot live safely in their home environment. The ward caters for people with a wide variety of problems, including diagnosed mental illnesses and people reacting to crises in their lives such as relationship …
Intensive home based treatment team (Barnsley)
The intensive home based treatment team provide a service to adults from the age of 18 and above who are experiencing an acute mental crisis where there are significant risks to themselves/and or others. The service aims to provide intensive community support and facilitate earlier …
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The Exchange Recovery College
Barnsley Recovery College, also known as The Exchange, is a new service that offers educational courses and workshops to people accessing Trust mental health services and their families and carers. Courses focus on helping people to recover and give information to help people learn new ways of managing their health …
Physiotherapy in mental health
The physiotherapy in mental health service provides a physiotherapy and exercise service to any adult with mental health problems who is unable to access mainstream services independently. The multi-skilled team aims to promote wellbeing and independence. This is done by using physical and psychological approaches, …
Single Point of Access (SPA) Barnsley
The Single Point of Access team offers a comprehensive assessment for clients referred to mental health services provided by the Trust. The assessment can take place on NHS premises or in the home and clients will be seen by one or two staff members one …
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Tissue viability service
The tissue viability service provides specialist advice, treatment and therapy in the management of patients with compromised skin condition and wounds requiring specialist advice. The service runs educational training packages to health care professionals and staff within care homes along with weekly specialist nurse-led clinics for chronic …
Dietetics
The dietetic service provides specialised dietetic advice for people with a mental illness and, or learning disability, to enable them to have an adequate nutritional intake so that they are able to live life to the full. The service aims to: Provide evidenced-based, specialist therapeutic …