Community Services in Brent and Harrow

Description

CHILDREN'S SERVICES: Children Nursing (Brent) - Specialist community nursing support to CYP with acute short term conditions, long term conditions, disabilities and complex conditions (including requirement for continuing care), life-limiting & life-threatening illnesses, palliative and end of life care. Team includes children's community nursing, specialism in diabetes, palliative care, asthma, continuing care Children Looked After (Brent) - Supports local authority in promoting health and wellbeing of CYP in their care. Undertakes review of adult health assessments of foster carers and prospective adoptive parents who are assessed and approved by LBB. Support and advice on adoption and permanency matters to professionals, carers and the Adoption and Permanence Panel. Consultant Paediatric (Brent) - Assessment, treatment and review service for CYP with physical, sensory, learning or neurological disabilities or other developmental delay or disorder or serious emotional or behavioural disorders or nutritional difficulties. Paediatric Occupational Therapy (Brent) - Occupational Therapy assessment and treatment service for CYP with Autistic spectrum disorders, social communication disorders, special needs or specific developmental disorders Safeguarding (Brent) - Specialist advice, support and training to promote the welfare of children and protect them from harm Paediatric Speech & Language Therapy (Brent) - Assessment and treatment service for CYP with complex communication and/or swallowing problems Paediatric Physiotherapy (Brent) - Physiotherapy assessment and treatment for CYP with disabilities, respiratory, neuro-developmental, neuromuscular and orthopaedic needs Paediatric Audiology (Brent) - CYP Tier 2 assessment, diagnostic, referral or discharge. Paediatric Asthma (Brent) - Provides a service for children to improve their asthma control and reduce their reliance on emergency care ADULT SERVICES: Nutrition & Dietetics (Brent & Harrow) Assessment and education service for adults with medical conditions, to prevent illness and promote good health Respiratory (Brent) - Education and exercise classes for adults diagnosed with COPD and other chronic respiratory disease Podiatry (Brent) - Assessment and treatment service for adults with foot and lower limb pathologies Integrated Diabetes (Brent) - Prevention & health promotion through to intensive care and support (case management & self-management programmes) for adults with Type II Diabetes. HIV (Brent) - The service provides comprehensive specialist nursing services relation to the physical, emotional, psychological and social needs for People Living with HIV Bowel and Bladder (Brent) - Assessment and treatment service for adults with faecal and/or urinary incontinence District Nursing (Brent) - Community based nursing support for adults with disability, long-term conditions or following discharge from acute setting Tissue Viability (Brent) - Assessment and treatment service for adults with impaired tissue viability Stoma (Brent) - A specialist nursing service designed to undertake a full range of Stoma care. The service provides advice in relation to prescribing needs to ensure that all prescriptions are in line with patients' needs Community Neuro-Rehabilitation Bedded Service (Brent) - This is a specialist neurological rehabilitation service (level 2) providing inpatient neurological rehabilitation for patients with acquired brain injury of any cause, progressive neurological conditions, partial spinal cord injury or other neuro muscular disorders. Integrated Rehabilitation and Reablement (Brent) - Section 74 Agreement with Brent LA. The Rehab and Reablement service supports people to achieve independence in daily living skills and/or rehab goals in own home. Promote, encourage, and support self-care and self-management in the community. Palliative Care (Harrow) - Rapid and planned palliative nursing support for patients (and their carers) for adults in the end of lif…