Health services

Description

Provision of community services for patients within Merton localities. These service support people to stay well in the community, manage their own health with the right support and avoid stays in hospital. Services work across a wide range of health centres, hospitals, GP surgeries, children’s centres, local council facilities and in community settings – including in people’s homes. Provision of community haemoglobinopathy, homeless, refugees and Asylum Seeker team (HRAT) and special school nursing support services for patients within Wandsworth borough. Community services includes provision of the following: 1) Adults (a) unplanned care (i) domiciliary therapies; (ii) HARI service; (iii) falls; (iv) in-reach; (v) merit urgent; (vi) intermediate care (bedded + home + COD); (b) planned care; (i) Merton case management; (ii) continence; (iii) dementia; (iv) end-of-life care; (v) tissue viability; (vi) community nursing; (c) specialist therapies; (i) adult dietetics; (ii) adult SLT (incl. sysphagia); (iii) diabetes (MDT + Education); (iv) neurotherapies (incl. ESD + PD); (v) podiatric surgery; (vi) podiatry; (vii) HIV; (viii) cardiology; (ix) respiratory; 2) Children's; (a) children's therapies; (i) speech and language therapy; (ii) physiotherapy; (iii) dietetics; (iv) OT; (v) SN special schools; (vi) educational health care plan team; (vii) LAC; 3) Merton other; (a) medicines management; (b) safeguarding; (c) clinical management; (d) Marie Curie Night Sitting Service; 4) Wandsworth Services; (a) Community Haemoglobinopathy Service; (b) Homeless, Refugees and Asylum Seeker team (HRAT); (c) Special School Nursing Support; Local Authority Commissioned Services; 1) 0-19 services (administration); 2) 0-19 health visiting; 3) 0-19 school nursing; 4) Child healthy weight; 5) Safeguarding; 6) Clinical management.