Archive for the “Nursing assistant” category
Barnsley CAMHS eating disorder service
The eating disorders service are a specialist team within the Barnsley child adolescent mental health service (CAMHS) service. We work closely with other agencies, such as SYEDA (South Yorkshire Eating Disorder Association) to provide help and support for young people living in Barnsley up to …
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Adult Community speech and language therapy service
The service is available to patients registered with a Barnsley GP, presenting with speech, language, communication and/or swallowing difficulties and who meet our referral criteria. We offer • Telehealth and face to face appointments based on clinical need • Specialised assessment and therapy
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Neurological rehabilitation unit (Barnsley)
The service provides specialist rehabilitation for people with long term neurological conditions. The ward consists of 12 en-suite bedrooms with excellent facilities and a full range of clinical staff. Due to the changing nature of patients’ conditions, patients may need continuous access to a 24 …
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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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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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Caldervalley enhanced team
The proposed multi-disciplinary approach of EPT is based on recovery-focused principles and looks at positive risk-taking. They aim to: Create the conditions where better outcomes can be achieved for service users and their families Improve service user safety Support the reduction of patient safety incidents …
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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Newton Lodge (The Yorkshire Centre for Forensic Psychiatry)
Newton Lodge (also known as The Yorkshire Centre for Forensic Psychiatry) is a 90 bed medium secure hospital based at Fieldhead in Wakefield. The service provides care and treatment for women and men with mental health problems and men with a learning disability from across …
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Electroconvulsive therapy
The service provides electroconvulsive therapy to people suffering from severe mental health conditions such as depression which has not responded well to other treatment. Electroconvulsive therapy consists of stimulating the brain with a safe dose of electricity. The electricity produces a controlled seizure, which is …