Archive for the “Older people (65+)” category
Adult diagnostic assessments for dyslexia
Dyslexia is a common condition believed to affect up to 1 in 10 people in the UK to some degree. This service is proud to provide a full multidisciplinary input to its service users with a team that consists of psychiatrists, psychologists, nurses, occupational therapists, speech …
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Forensic outreach liaison service (FOLS)
FOLS LD/A provide enhanced care and treatment in a community setting to keep individuals out of secure hospital and prison, by working to reduce their risk of encountering the Criminal Justice System in the first place. We support men and women aged 18 and above …
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South Yorkshire Service for Deaf People with Mental Health Needs
Pleaset note This service is delivered working in partnership with Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust (RDaSH) and Sheffield Health and Social Care NHS Foundation Trust (SHSC). About one in four hearing people are likely to have a mental health problem. For Deaf …
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Health integration team, Urban House (Wakefield)
Urban House is an initial accommodation centre which houses asylum seekers who stay in the residence for an average of 19 days before being dispersed to their housing in the community. We are a nurse led service and our main aim is to identify any …
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Macmillan information and support centre (Wakefield)
We provide cancer support and information for patients, carers, families and the general public. We also give welfare rights advice and signpost service users to local resources within the community.
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Barnsley adult learning disability health service
This service is a community health service for people with learning disabilities who need support to improve health and wellbeing. It includes psychiatry, psychology, specialist learning disability nursing, therapists and an intensive support team with many different skills. The team provide specialised support to people …
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Wakefield adult learning disability health service
This service is a community health service for people with learning disabilities who need support to improve health and wellbeing. It includes psychiatry, psychology, specialist learning disability nursing, therapists and an intensive support team with many different skills. The team provide specialised support to people …
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Neighbourhood nursing service
The neighbourhood nursing service is essential in preventing unnecessary admission to hospital. Community matrons provide case management for individuals within community settings who have complex long-term conditions requiring support from both health and social care services. Community matrons are responsible for providing service users with …
Community musculoskeletal service
The community musculoskeletal service (MSK) aims to provide a specialist triage and assessment service for MSK referrals in Barnsley. The service aims to provide the best options for care, ensuring patients are seen by the most appropriate healthcare professional, at the appropriate time and in …
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Health inclusion team (HIT)
The health inclusion team aims to support individuals who experience multiple overlapping risk factors for poor health (such as poverty and complex trauma), experience stigma and discrimination, and are not consistently accounted for in electronic records (such as healthcare databases). These experiences frequently lead to …