Treatment Centre, St Georges Park – Patient Information Leaflet

This leaflet provides you with information that you will find useful whilst attending the Physical Treatment Centre. If you are not sure about anything in this leaflet please ask a member of staff

The Treatment Centre is based on the ground floor of the East Wing corridor, St Georges Park, Morpeth, Northumberland.

The services provided are:

• Electrocardiograph (ECG) – A monitoring test on your heart that involves the placement of some stickers and leads on the chest area, a reading is taken of the electrical activity in your heart.
• Clozapine Monitoring Clinic – Blood sampling at a frequency determined by Clozapine Monitoring Service and physical health monitoring.
• Phlebotomy -Taking of blood samples as requested by your Doctor.
• Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) – Is a well established treatment, used for a smaller number of more serious conditions. It involves a small amount of electricity being passed across the brain for usually 0.2-0.8 seconds. ECT is only given under general anaesthetic and with a drug to relax the body’s muscles. This produces an artificial epileptic fit that affects the entire brain, including the parts which control thinking, mood, appetite and sleep.

The services provided by the Treatment Centre support your overall treatment plans.

When you arrive in the department you will meet one of four qualified mental health nurses, who work within the department consisting of a Manager and three Staff Nurses. They will explain what will happen during the time you may be in receipt of our services.

• Please note that referral to any of our clinics needs to be made through your key worker on the ward or your ward doctor.
• The centre staff liaises closely with doctors and nurses on the wards as well as pharmacy staff and those you may have contact with in the community.
• The Treatment Centre provides services for in-patients and some out-patients.
• Staff at the Treatment Centre will be happy to provide information to you and/or your carer about any treatment or therapy that may be recommended for you.
• Please ask your named nurse or doctor about this and one of our staff could visit you on the ward, or a visit to our department could be arranged, as appropriate.

People usually attend appointments in the Treatment Centre for approximately 15-30 minutes depending on which service you are receiving.

Timetable of services

Monday
AM – Phlebotomy
PM – ECG, ECT work up clinic

Tuesday
AM – ECT, Phlebotomy
PM – ECT follow up clinic, ECG

Wednesday
AM – Phlebotomy
PM – ECG, ECT work up clinic

Thursday
AM – Clozapine Clinic
PM – ECT, ECG, ECT work up clinic

Friday
AM – ECT, Phlebotomy
PM – ECT follow up clinic, ECG

Staff can arrange an interpreter if you need one.

Contact Traveline: Tel: 0871 200 22 33

Website: www.traveline.info/

If you want to make a comment, suggestion, compliment or complaint you can:

• talk to the people directly involved in your care
• ask a member of staff for a feedback form, or complete a form on the Trust website www.cntw.nhs.uk (click on the ‘Contact Us’ tab)
• telephone the Complaints Department 0191 245 6672
• email [email protected] Please note that information sent to the Trust via email is sent at your own risk
• We are always looking at ways to improve services. Your feedback allows us to monitor the quality of our services and act upon issues that you bring to our attention.
  You can provide feedback in the following ways:
  – the quickest way for you to do this is to complete our short online survey at
  www.cntw.nhs.uk/poy
  – complete a Points of You survey, available from staff.

Pharmacy (Clozapine enquiries)
Tel: 0191 245 6606
National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence
Tel: 0300 323 0140
NICE Website
Pharmacy Medicines Information Line ( Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust)
Tel: 0191 245 6604

Information on ECT, Royal College of Psychiatrists, March 2022
TA59 Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) understanding NICE Guidance, May 2003

Treatment Centre
St George’s Hospital
Morpeth
Northumberland
NE61 2NU
Tel: 01670 501 759

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Published by the Patient Information Centre
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Ref, PIC/562/1023 October 2023 V5
www.cntw.nhs.uk Tel: 0191 246 7288
Review date 2026