The Care Home Team provide professional nursing expertise and clinical leadership in order to support residential and nursing homes in Portsmouth City to maintain the health of their residents. This includes:- • Assessment of patients with complex mental of physical health needs. • Providing an urgent triage response within 4 hours for complex nursing care to avoid hospital admission. • Providing support, training to care home staff, patients and relatives. • Provide patient related clinics within the care homes. • Provide educational clinics within the care homes.
Patients must be registered with a Portsmouth City GP and be resident within care homes / nursing homes within the local area
Referrals Via SPA ( SIngle Point Access) 0300 300 2011 Direct referral when visiting care home.
Contact Information |
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Contact | Care Home Team |
Phone | 0300 300 2012 |
Fax | 023 92 340240 |
Address | Civic Offices, 3rd Floor, 1 Guildhall Square, Portsmouth, Hampshire, PO1 2GJ |
Monday | 8:30 am - 5:00 pm | |||
Tuesday | 8:30 am - 5:00 pm | |||
Wednesday | 8:30 am - 5:00 pm | |||
Thursday | 8:30 am - 5:00 pm | |||
Friday | 8:30 am - 5:00 pm |
This service endeavours to provide support to care / nursing home residents to remain in their care / nursing home to avoid their being admitted to hospital unnecessarily. It responds to daily referrals and requests for assessment by care home staff and other professionals through Single Point of Access.
Residents at risk of deterioration are identified through referral from other professionals and also when the care home team are visiting care homes or nursing homes to conduct clinics.
The Care Home Team :-
Patients must be registered with a Portsmouth City GP and be resident within care homes / nursing homes within the local area
Referrals Via SPA ( SIngle Point Access) 0300 300 2011 Direct referral when visiting care home.
Clinical Lead | Joanne Sealey |
Clinical Lead Title | Service Lead |
Clinical Lead Phone | 023 92 683460 |
Clinical Lead Address | Management Team 3rd Floor Civic Offices Portsmouth |
Clinical Lead Postcode | PO1 2GJ |
Clinical Lead e-mail | joanne.sealey@solent.nhs.uk |
Service Manager | Tim Hodgetts |
Service Manager Title | Operations Manager- Adult Services Ports |
Service Manager Phone | 023 92 683425 |
Service Manager Address | Management Team 3rd Floor Civic Offices Portsmouth |
Service Manager Postcode | PO1 2GJ |
Service Manager e-mail | tim.hodgetts@solent.nhs.uk |
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