Archive for the “Older people (65+)” category
Mental health liaison service
The mental health liaison service provides mental health and psychiatric assessments to patients from accident and emergency and wards at Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. The service combines the responsibilities of each speciality ensuring each patient’s mental health needs are given the same priority as …
Community mental health team (CMHT) (East) older peoples service
The Community Mental Health Team ( Older People East) is an integrated team consisting of staff from both the South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust and Wakefield Council. The team provides community mental health care for people who have severe and enduring mental health …
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Rapid access service
The rapid access service team acts as a single point of access for all referrals to older peoples services 365 days a year. We provide an initial assessment for all service users presenting with mental health needs and signpost them to the most appropriate care. …
Community mental health team (CMHT) (West) older peoples service
The community mental health team for older people provide assessment, treatment and interventions tailored to the needs of the individuals visiting the service. We work closely with Wakefield Council and the team is a mixture of Trust and council employees who are all highly skilled …
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Barnsley tier 3 weight management service
Barnsley’s tier 3 weight management service helps people to achieve a healthier weight and improve their overall wellbeing. The service utilises diet and lifestyle interventions such as improving the overall quality of a diet, increasing physical activity levels, and implementing behavioural strategies. In addition, the …
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Macmillan community specialist palliative care
The Macmillan community specialist palliative care team support people with advanced progressive illness and their families. Referrals to the team can be made from the point of diagnosis to last hours/days of life. The specialist team includes: clinical nurse specialists palliative medicine consultants physiotherapist occupational …
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Mental health liaison team
The mental health liaison team provides diagnosis, support and information to people who are in a general hospital (in accident and emergency or as an inpatient) and experiencing problems with their mental health. The team is based at two sites – Calderdale Royal Hospital and …
Adult psychological therapies service (APTS)
The Kirklees Adult Psychological Therapies Service (APTS) promotes and provides quality, evidence-based, psychological approaches to care in order to improve people’s mental health and wellbeing through working together with service users, carers and other health professionals. The service is for people aged over 18 who …
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Admiral nurses
Dementia UK, who founded and developed the Admiral Nursing model, works in partnership with South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, NHS Greater Huddersfield CCG and NHS North Kirklees CCG to help to govern, monitor, and support the Admiral Nurse service. Admiral Nurses are registered …
Integrated Community Stroke Rehabilitation Team (Barnsley)
The Stroke Rehabilitation Unit at Kendray Hospital provides a borough-wide community rehabilitation service, which enables people who have had a stroke to access a service which specialises in stroke and rehabilitation. The Stroke Service consists of 3 main elements: 12 inpatient rehabilitation beds based at Kendray Hospital …
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