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Ashdale ward (Calderdale)
Ashdale ward is a male single gender inpatient unit for working-age adults with mental health conditions. It is a ward on The Dales at Calderdale Royal Hospital. The ward also has a specialist bed for children aged 16 years and over. The ward has 24 single …
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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Older people’s mental health team
The older people’s mental health team provides a specialist community mental health service to people who are struggling with mental health difficulties in later life. The team has community mental health nurses, occupational therapists, psychologists, support workers and medics. The team offers assessment of mental …
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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 …
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 …