Resource library

This booklet is for anyone on a community treatment order under the Mental Health Act 1983.

If you are detained (‘sectioned’) in hospital under the Mental Health Act, this booklet will help you understand your right to meet one of our Mental Health Act Commissioners when we are visiting your hospital ward, and what you can expect from us. It also explains your rights about taking medication and how to complain if you need to.

Our new rules for checking health and adult social care services.

The Trust value carers and the essential role they play. The Carer Card offers 50% discounts in Trust cafés as well as free parking on all main Trust sites.

Carer Card offers 50% discounts in Trust cafés as well as free parking on all main Trust sites. Please ask a member of Staff

Family, partners and friends play an essential role in supporting people; they are known as carers. Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust will work in partnership with carers to ensure we provide the best care for people who use our services, and to support the needs of the carers themselves. The Trust is committed to the pledges as outlined in this Carer Promise.

Information about how the carer support team at Hopewood Park can work work with carers to provide support during their loved one’s recovery

Information, signposting and support resources for carers.

The Memory Assessment and Management Service provide a range of intervention groups. If one is suitable for you, one of our clinicians will discuss this you, and refer you to the group, if appropriate. If you are unable to attend, this resources may be helpful to you and your carers.

Caring for a person with dementia can be rewarding, but it is also very challenging. The needs of the person you care for will often come before your own, and this can mean that you don’t look after yourself properly.