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Please be advised that it must be completed in a single session, as the option to save progress is not currently available.
Deconditioning is the decline in physical and mental functioning due to inactivity or bed rest.
It may affect many systems in the body. Deconditioning may happen in hospital as we are often in bed for a lot of the time.
Make an appointment for your prenatal immunisations.
Our specialist immunisation nurses and midwives will be able to administer the following vaccines at one of our dedicated clinics:
- Seasonal Flu
given between 1 September and 31 March at any gestation - Pertussis (Whooping Cough)
given throughout the year ideally between 16 weeks and 32 weeks gestation but can be given up to the birth of the baby - RSV (respiratory syncytial virus)
given throughout the year after 28 weeks gestation
Maternity and Neonatal (MatNeo) safety champions focus on improvement and progression of safety. They are leaders who consist of unit level specialists to trust board members.
They champion MatNeo safety in our organisation and contribute to the implementation of your locally developed safety improvement plan. They also ensure there are appropriate links to the Trust Board, Local MatNeo System (Sussex LMNS), the local clinical network and our regions health quality improvement programme.
The board-level MatNeo safety champion acts as a link between the Trust Board and the Obstetric, Midwifery and Neonatal champions.
Please contact one of the Champions if you have any concerns about MatNeo Safety.
Useful links to websites and resources.
General
Balance
Benefits and financial help
Bladder and bowel
Communication
Driving
Emotional changes
Exercise
Fatigue
For carers/loved ones
Memory and thinking
Pain
Reducing stroke risks
Sex and relationships
Spasticity
Swallowing
Vision
Work
Younger (Working age) stroke survivors
Other
Our specialist Diabetes clinic cares for women who have type 1 and 2 diabetes and also for those women who develop diabetes in pregnancy (Gestational Diabetes) refer to www.diabetes.co.uk
When you attend this clinic both an Obstetrician and Endocrinologist (Diabetes Consultant) will discuss and plan your care with you.
Dietary advice and support will be provided by a diabetic nurse specialist and a dietician. This will be provided in the diabetic department. The diabetic nurse specialist will also help monitor and control your diabetes.
Close monitoring of both yourself and your baby will be required. A glucose meter will be given to you to monitor your blood glucose level. Frequent visits will be necessary and when required an ultrasound scan examination will be performed.
The clinic lead midwife is available for advice and support and your care is also shared with your Community midwife and GP.
Safeguarding means protecting a citizen’s health, wellbeing and human rights; enabling them to live free from harm, abuse and neglect.
It is a concept embedded in The Children Act 1989, 2004 and the Care Act 2014. We believe that safeguarding is everybody’s business and have put measures in place to protect those least able to protect themselves.
We recognise that harm can occur anywhere, not just at home and we have a dedicated safeguarding team. Our safeguarding team works closely with partner agencies with the aim to ensure every baby, child, young person and adult who uses our services is free from abuse or neglect. Everyone at the trust works to help protect them and promote their welfare.
One aspect of care where this is evident is that of domestic abuse. We host a specialist worker for domestic abuse and our staff have established systems to support the recognition of domestic abuse and work with the aim of reducing violence against women and girls (VAWG).
Mental Capacity and Deprivation of Liberty
We recognise that some patients using our services, might not be able to make decisions about a specific health issue when they need to. This could be due to a diagnosis of dementia or other mental disorder; diagnosis of a learning disability; acquired brain injury; stroke; delirium or the effects of alcohol and/or drugs etc. Our staff are encouraged to adhere to the principles of the Mental Capacity Act 2005 (MCA) and its code of practice.
The MCA 2005 provides a legal framework for people from 16 years of age who lack capacity to make specific decisions for themselves and sets out who can take decisions, in which situations, and how they should go about this. All staff complete mandatory training on MCA. Further training and advice are offered by specialist staff within the safeguarding team.
If a patient on one of our hospital wards cannot consent to their care and treatment on the ward and restrictions are placed on them, staff are required to consider the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DOLs). DOLs is part of the Mental Capacity Act. It provides a legal framework for depriving someone of their liberty on the ward who cannot consent to this and who meets the criteria for DOLs. If a patient meets the criteria a referral is made to the Local Authority.
Reasonable adjustments are small changes that can help people with a learning disability be treated equally. The law says that reasonable adjustments should be put in place.
It is a person’s right to have reasonable adjustments made when they have an appointment for their health.
Reasonable adjustments could be the way that the staff treat the person, or things that the person needs when they are at their appointment.
Every person is different and will need different changes but there are some which are more common. Examples of reasonable adjustments that could be asked for include:
- Staff who speak clearly and use easy words
- A longer appointment
- A hospital passport which tells people all about the person
- A quiet place to wait
- Easy read information
- An appointment at a time which is better for the person
- Support workers or family members with the person
- Help from a learning disability nurse
- Better physical access and help to get around
Staff at our hospitals may have already put reasonable adjustments in place for the person, but it is important that we are told if the person needs anything else.
By completing the Reasonable Adjustments for my health appointment form below and sending it to our Acute Learning Disability Liaison Nurse in advance of an appointment can aid us to understand what reasonable adjustments we need to consider for a person’s appointment in order for them to attend.
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