Important information for patients, carers and staff Tuesday 24 March 2020

Last updated Thursday 23 April 13:27

Following the advice from the Prime Minister on 23 March 2020, we are asking patients and carers not to visit any of our sites at this time.

If you need to speak to your mental health team, please call them on the usual number. 

For more information about services, please see the documents below.

More information for alternative arrangements and guidance for our other services will be added to the website shortly.     

We hope that you and your family keep well- please avoid going out of your home unless for essential food or medicines, as the Government advises.

If it is not possible for others to help you to get food or medication, go to www.gov.uk/coronavirus-extremely-vulnerable  or call 0800 028 8327. 

For more information on the government guidance, please visit https://www.gov.uk/coronavirus 

Useful documents and links 

Patients and carers

• Visitor letter NEW

• Secure Care 
• Secure Care - letter to families and carers
• Acute Care

• Community Mental Health Team letter
• Complex treatment Veterans

• Dementia and Fraility inpatient letter
• Dementia and Fraility visitors

• Home Treatment Team information for patients

• Kooth Covid 19 Response Poster

• Mood Disorder service awaiting assessment appointment
• Mood Disorders cancelling assesment appointment

• Specialist Psychotherapy Service (SPS) Interim arrangements during Covid 19

• Easy Read guidance on protecting people most likely to get very poorly from coronavirus (shielding) 

• Alcohol harm reduction information

• https://www.sahf.org.uk/covid19 

• https://www.healios.org.uk/services/thinkninja1

• World Health Organisation Covid - 19 multilingual advice

• Information about Coronavirus in British Sign Language

Staff

• Find out if you are eligible for financial help from Cavell Nurses’ Trust
  

• Clinical guide for front line staff to support the management of patients with a learning disability, autism or both during the coronavirus pandemic – relevant to all clinical specialities

• Clinical guide for staff supporting patients with a learning disability, autism or both during the coronavirus pandemic: Easy read
  

• Coronavirus Act – excess death provisions information and guidance for medical practitioners

Other

• Information about clothes and food banks

• West Midlands Fire Service response to Coronavirus

• Mental health support offer launched for Birmingham and Solihull children, young people, adults and key workers

• Coronavirus fact sheet for children

• Coronavirus video for children

• Coronavirus outbreak FAQs: what you can and can't do 
  

• Advice and information on how to look after your mental health and wellbeing during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak.

• Guidance on social distancing for everyone in the UK, including children, and protecting older people and vulnerable people.