Older people’s mental health inpatient services consultation
The local NHS has launched a consultation on improving mental health care for older people on inpatient wards across Calderdale, Kirklees and Wakefield.
About the consultation
The local NHS wants to know what people think about proposals to create specialist inpatient wards for older people with dementia, and other mental health needs (such as anxiety, depression or psychosis), in Calderdale, Kirklees and Wakefield.
South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust and NHS West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board are working together on the consultation.
At the moment there are older people’s mental health inpatient wards based in The Dales at Calderdale Royal Hospital, Priestley Unit at Dewsbury and District Hospital, Fieldhead Hospital in Wakefield, and The Poplars in Hemsworth.
The proposals are to create a specialist dementia ward at either the Priestley Unit, Dewsbury and District Hospital or at Fieldhead Hospital in Wakefield. Patients living with a functional mental health need would be cared for in a dedicated ward at the other main hospital locations. The proposals do not include The Poplars in Hemsworth which is no longer suitable for an older people’s mental health inpatient ward.
This consultation is important for people in Calderdale, Kirklees and Wakefield and in particular for people who are living with dementia, or a functional mental health need, their families, carers, loved ones and health and care staff.
Further information
Your views are really important. You can read about the proposals on the website – www.southwestyorkshire.nhs.uk/opsconsultation – where you will also find a link to the consultation survey.
The consultation will close on Friday 29 March 2024. All the feedback received will be used to help them make the right decision for patients, their families, loved ones and staff.
Join us on Zoom to find out more about proposed changes to older people’s mental health inpatient services in Calderdale, Kirklees and Wakefield
This event will offer the opportunity for the VCSE sector to find out more about the proposed changes and how to get involved in the consultation.
Date: Monday 4 March 2024, 2-3pm
Joining details:
Zoom Meeting link:
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81642587537
Meeting ID: 816 4258 7537
(there is no password – use link or type in meeting ID)
The digital event is open to anybody, so please do dial in to find out more, and ask any questions you may have, or pass the details on to somebody you know who may want to attend.
Can’t make it?
Come and speak to the team at one of their roadshow events, find out more about these on the website: www.southwestyorkshire.nhs.uk/opsconsultation/events