News items from July 2014
Free First Aid training for carers - Hinckley
The Carers Centre and St John Ambulance are giving carers the chance to gain your First Aid Certificate free of charge.
The training session will take place on Friday 26th September from 10am to 4pm at The Meeting Centre, 1 Marchant Road, Hinckley, LE10 0LQ and will cover emergency First Aid including CPR.
Gaining your First Aid Certificate could even help to save a life!
To find out more or book your place please call Debbie at The Carers Centre on 0116 2510999 or emai:
[email protected]
Lunch and refreshments will be provided.
Free training session for mental health carers - Loughborough
Do you care for someone with a mental health condition?
The Carers Centre and LAMP are running a FREE training session on Wednesday 10th September from 10am to 4pm, designed to help you find out more about mental illnesses, medication and side effects, being able to say 'No', taking care of yourself, coping strategies and where to get help.
The session will take place at Gorse Covert Community Centre, Maxwell Drive, Loughborough, LE11 4RZ.
To find out more or book your place call Debbie at The Carers Centre on 0116 2510999 or email:
[email protected]
Lunch and refreshments will be provided.
NHS: Proposal to provide integrated physical and mental healthcare, closer to home
Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust is proposing to enhance care for older people, which would lead to patients being treated closer to home and having all their care needs met in one place.
Patients using the Trust's community hospitals across Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland are predominantly frail older people. With an ageing population and an increasing number of people being diagnosed with mental health conditions such as dementia or depression, more people are being admitted to wards with both physical and mental health needs.
To provide the best possible care for these patients, the Trust is proposing to improve integrated physical and mental health care, with the introduction of a specialist mental health team to work alongside nursing and medical staff in community hospitals.
If the proposal goes ahead, it will result in a change for Ward 4 at Coalville Community Hospital. People from across Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland are currently admitted as inpatients to the ward, which provides a 'step down' service from the Trust's mental health wards for older people. When patients no longer need intensive levels of care from wards at the Evington Centre and the Bennion Centre they may be admitted to Ward 4 to prepare them to return home, or to stay whilst waiting for a place in a care home.
The introduction of a specialist mental health team in all community hospitals would mean patients living outside Coalville and neighbouring areas would, in the future, and where appropriate, receive their care closer to home, in the community hospital close to where they live.
People living in Coalville and neighbouring areas would continue to be admitted to Coalville Community Hospital and would continue to receive their care close to home. As with other community hospital wards, Wards 1 and 2 at Coalville would receive the support of the specialist mental health team and benefit from integrated support and the improved assessment, treatment and care this would bring.
Ward 4 at Coalville Community Hospital would no longer need to admit patients and the ward would be out of use temporarily until a decision is made regarding how this facility could be used in the future.
If the plans go ahead, the Trust expect the changes to take effect from October 2014.
The Trust welcomes your views and comments. Please click here to find out more about the proposal and complete a short questionnaire
