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An update on a number of projects and developments taking place in February 2020.

Nurses and social care staff are working together to help ensure that hospital patients who are fit to go home, get there in a safe and timely way.

Following an assessment of our community hospitals and mental health wards, we are delighted to have scored above the national average for each domain in the Patient-Led Assessments of the Care Environment (PLACE) assessment.

Neighbourhood Teams in Worcestershire are reducing the number of patients admitted to hospital by up to 15 patients per day by treating them in their homes.

A new state of the art sexual health clinic has officially opened in Worcester. The move brings together sexual health services from sites across the city, to provide an integrated, accessible service. 

For the first time children’s mental health services in Worcestershire have been rated Outstanding - the highest rating possible. The CAMHS team provides a countywide service for children up to 18yrs and includes help for those with learning disabilities, a children’s eating disorder team and a youth offending team.

With the NHS experiencing high levels of demand for services, health bosses across Worcestershire are encouraging people to know their health services options.

Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust will take over responsibility for the delivery of Herefordshire’s mental health and learning disability services from April 2020.

An update on a number of projects and developments taking place at the Trust at the start of 2020. 

Community Hospitals are really loved and valued by the communities they serve and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust which runs them is asking for ideas and thoughts on how they can be developed and used even more.

A new partnership led by Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust has secured the contract to deliver public health nursing services for children, young people and families across Worcestershire.

Children supported by Worcestershire’s Orchard Service ​- the County's Children's Community Nursing and Palliative Care Team were treated to a fun-filled performance on Friday, as the cast of Starlight UK arrived in Droitwich to perform their adaptation of panto classic Aladdin.