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Supporting patients in Rotherham

Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust – known as RDaSH for short - supports people with a learning disability or mental health issues in the local borough.

RDaSH runs specific services for people aged over 65 including memory service, care home liaison, young onset dementia and older people’s community mental health teams.

The Trust’s Older People’s community Mental Health Teams, are based at Ferham Clinic and Swallownest Court. The teams provide a comprehensive community based mental health service. The teams offer assessment of psychological, social, physical and functional problems; advice and monitoring of mental health issues; stress and anxiety management, and specific therapies relating to older people with mental health needs. The teams are made up of community mental health nurses, occupational therapists, community support workers, psychologists and medics. For more information about this service visit https://bit.ly/2NKPFG2 All referrals to these teams are made via the Rotherham Care Coordination Centre usually by a GP by calling 01709 426600. RDaSH also runs The Woodlands, a modern, purpose-built unit, with two wards called The Brambles and The Glade, where staff care for people predominately aged over 65, who are in need of acute care for functional and organic mental health problems. The Woodlands is based behind Rotherham Hospital, on Oakwood Hall Drive, off Moorgate Road. To contact staff at The Woodlands ring (01709) 447001. Patients are usually referred to this service via their GP or Rotherham Hospital. RDaSH also runs a number of other mental health services in the borough for adults of all ages, including the new assessment and formulation teams for the North and South adult community mental health teams, for further information please visit: https://www.rdash.nhs. uk/services/our-services/adult-mental-health-services/ adult-community-mental-health-services/rotherhamaccess-team/

RDaSH also offers adult mental health inpatient services, an adult mental health rehabilitation ward and also a psychiatric intensive care unit. For information on this please visit: https://bit.ly/2N8hdYR The Trust also runs a mental health hospital liaison service for patients who attend Rotherham General Hospital. The team provides assessment, treatment and management of mental health problems to adults over 18. RDaSH also offers specialist services including an attention deficit hyperactivity disorder service, autism diagnostic service, assertive outreach team, early interventions and a perinatal service, please see the website for more information.

While Rotherham residents needing support for mental health needs such as depression and anxiety can access RDaSH’s Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) programme,

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known as IAPT. RDaSH has been delivering IAPT services since 2008. The highly skilled team of psychological wellbeing practitioners, cognitive behavioural therapists and counsellors now see over 2,000 people every month across Rotherham and neighbouring Doncaster and North Lincolnshire. To access this service please visit: http://iapt. rdash.nhs.uk

RDaSH can also support people in a mental health crisis. If you, or someone you know has concerns about someone’s immediate mental health and they are already registered with a RDaSH service please use the following contact methods to get the help needed:

During office hours

• Phone your GP. • Phone your care co-ordinator / lead professional or other mental health worker.

Outside of office hours

Please ring the Rotherham Crisis Team on 01709 302670 One of RDaSH’s trained call handlers will signpost the person needing support to the most appropriate service depending on their level of need. This may include the out of hours GP, a voluntary organisation or RDaSH’s Access/ Crisis Team. Alternatively someone needing support can call The Samaritans free of charge on 116 123. In an emergency, and only if concerned about someone’s immediate safety please go to the nearest Accident and Emergency unit at hospital. In a life threatening situation please ring the emergency services on 999 immediately. Full details of what to do in a crisis are here: https://bit.ly/2ozmElp To see the full range of services provided by RDaSH please visit: www.rdash.nhs.uk or ring the switchboard on 01302 796000.