CAUSEWAY HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES TRUST

Directory of Trust Services

Service	Description of Service	Where Service is Provided
Acute Hospital Services	Acute hospital services include a range of in-patient, out-patients, day procedure, emergency medicine and maternity services	Causeway Hospital
Audiology	An out-patient service provided to adults and children by United Hospitals Trust. Services include audiology testing and hearing aid fitting and repair	Causeway Hospital
Ballymoney and Moyle Family and Child Care Team	This team provides the initial assessment of referrals in the Ballymoney and Moyle areas. It also provides services to children in need of protection.	Armour Complex
Child & Adolescent Psychiatry	Service provided jointly by Causeway and Homefirst	Newal Road, Ballymoney
Child Bereavement Counselling	A Child Bereavement Counsellor helps the bereaved understand their grief and cope with their loss.	Dalriada Hospital
Child Care – Social Work Services	These include: Ballymoney and Moyle Family and Child Care Team Causeway Family Resource Centre Child Care Fieldwork Teams Children in Need Team Children with Disabilities Coleraine Reception and Intake Team Dhu Varren Adolescent Unit Early Years Service Family Placement Team Family Proceedings and Assessment Team Family Support GAP Project Looked After Children Team Share the Care Service for Children with Disabilities (Respite) Further details are given under each of the above.
Child Health	The Child Health Department provides services including vaccination and immunisation scheduling, pre-school and school health surveillance and welfare foods distribution.	Armour Complex
Child Protection Senior Nurse	Provides guidance and advice to nursing staff within the Trust who are involved in Child Protection.	Ballymoney Health Centre
Children in Need Team	This team provides on going support services to children in need, including children in need of protection in the Coleraine area.	7A Castlerock Road, Coleraine Armour Complex
Children with Disabilities Team	This team works with young people up to the age of 18 who have severe learning or physical disabilities or sensory impairments. The team liaises with a range of health professionals in the assessment and provision of specialist equipment for children with sensory impairments.	Riverside House
Clinical Psychology	Service provided within mental health programme	Trust wide service
Coleraine Reception and Intake Team	This team provides the initial assessment of referrals in the Coleraine area. The team responds to emergencies including child protection issues.	7A Castlerock Road, Coleraine
Combined Children’s Services	The Child Development Centre focuses on the needs of children. The multi-disciplinary team offers a combined approach to the diagnosis, assessment and management of treatment and provides information for both parents and children.	Robinson Hospital
Community Dental Services	The Community Dental Service (CDS) provides screening and treatment for people who find it difficult to attend a family dentist. This includes such groups as, children in playgroups and primary school, residents in nursing homes, people with learning and/or physical disabilities, those with dental phobia, significant medical conditions and those who are housebound. The CDS also undertakes Health Promotion and Public Health Functions and organises the Dental General Anaesthetic Service within the Causeway Area	Ballymoney Health Centre Coleraine Health Centre Dalriada Hospital Causeway Hospital
Community Nursing	Community Nurses provide care, assessment and treatment in the patient’s own home or in residential accommodation. This group of staff includes: Health Visitors Midwives District Nurses School Nurses Some Specialist Nurses	Ballymoney Health Centre Bushmills Medical Centre Coleraine Community Clinics Dalriada Hospital Garvagh Health Centre Glens of Antrim Medical Centre Killowen Medical Centre Kilrea Health Centre Liffock Surgery Lodge Health Mountsandel Health Centre Portrush Medical Centre Rasharkin Health Centre Rathlin (Manor House) The Country Medical Centre The Frocess Medical Centre The Portstewart Medical Centre
Community Psychiatric Nursing	These nurses run clinics where medication can be administered and monitored. They also offer advice and education about mental health issues.	Armour Complex Coleraine Mental Health Resource Centre Dalriada Hospital Dementia Services Coleraine Mental Health Resource Centre Roddens
Coronary Care / Medical Monitoring	The function of the unit is to care for critically ill patients suffering from acute coronary artery disease and a range of acute medical conditions. Individual advice on health promotion and cardiac rehabilitation is also provided to patients	Causeway Hospital
Dalriada Hospital	This facility has 25 beds shared between GPs and the Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Centre. Additional 4 beds have been opened for the Orthogeriatric Project.
Day Care Services	Day Care creates a supportive environment where vulnerable persons can access services to help them maximise their potential for life in the community. Following a comprehensive assessment of need, each day centre member is involved in developing and agreeing an individual care plan which may include: Sports and recreation Rehabilitation Education and Training Employment Specialist day care for persons with learning disability is offered at Millbrook, Mountfern and Rathmoyle Centres. The Pavestone Centre is aimed at people with physical disabilities or mental health problems. Pavestone helps members engage in centre-based work activity and assesses work potential with a view to clients joining the general workforce.	Armour Complex Glenmona Millbrook Mountfern Pavestone Rathmoyle
Day Centres	The aim of these centres is to create a caring, supportive environment where members can be helped to build the lives they would wish for themselves in the community. The centre comprehensively assesses the needs of each member on a multi-disciplinary basis and develops an individual care plan. They often provide: Sports and Recreation Rehabilitation Education and Training Occupation / Employment Therapeutic and Sensory stimulation	Armour Complex Glenmona Resource Centre Millbrook Resource Centre Mountfern House
Day Procedures	The function of the Day Procedure Unit is to provide a patient-centred service for patients, who require surgical or medical procedures, which do not necessitate an overnight hospital stay.	Causeway Hospital
Dementia Services	The dementia team provides support at home to those suffering from dementia who otherwise would require residential care. They promote early diagnosis and provide clinical diagnostic assessment.	Trust Headquarters, Ballymoney
Dermatology	The Dermatology Department provides a comprehensive, specialist Dermatology Service to patients with skin complaints. This service is provided on an out-patient and in-patient basis.	Causeway Hospital
Dhu Varren Adolescent Unit	Residential accommodation for young people aged 12-17 years.	Dhu Varren
Diabetic Services	The diabetic service is delivered by a multi-disciplinary team including Medical Staff and a specialist Diabetes Nurse. Care is provided on an out-patient and in-patient basis.	Causeway Hospital
Domiciliary Care Services	Domiciliary Services offer a two-strand approach to home care which enables people to remain within the community whilst maintaining a quality of life. Home help – assists with domestic tasks Home Care – assists clients requiring long term care with personal care tasks	Armour Complex
Early Years Service	This service is responsible for the registration, monitoring and inspection of Day Care provision for children under 12 years of age in the Causeway area. The service also has an active role in Community development.	Riverside House
Elderly Care	This service, through assessment, may provide a variety of services to the elderly population ranging from residential care to services provided within the clients own home.	Armour Complex Ballycastle Social Services The Fort Centre
Emergency Department	24 hour emergency medicine service	Causeway Hospital (Tel: 028
ENT (Ear, Nose and Throat)	A comprehensive out-patients ENT service is provided to adults and children by a visiting consultant from United Hospitals Trust.	Causeway Hospital
Family Placement Team	This service undertakes the recruitment, training, assessment and management of foster carers and adoptive parents. The Family Placement Team provides counselling to young people and adults, including adoptive parents who are experiencing difficulties in parenting which are linked to their child’s adopted status.	Riverside House
Family Planning	These clinics offer a range of services including: advice and counselling on sexual health issues advise and provision of contraceptives pregnancy testing referral to other services (as appropriate).	Ballymoney Health Centre Coleraine Health Centre
Family Proceedings & Assessment Service	Provides Article 8 Welfare Reports to the Courts, in accordance with the Children Order (NI) 1995.	Brookgreen (temporary premises)
Family Resource Centre	The centre aims to provide a special place for families and individuals who are under stress and who want to make positive changes in their lives. A multi-disciplinary team carries out a balance of preventative, assessment and therapeutic work and aims to work collaboratively and in partnership with service users and other professionals.	Sandel Centre (temporary premises) Permanent premises will be at 7F Castlerock Road, Coleraine (Approximately April 2004)
Family Support	This service offers short-term assistance to parents in the home setting in assessed areas of need, to improve parenting and to prevent family breakdown through support in the following areas: Childcare Management Personal Hygiene Homecare Management Budgeting and Shopping Cooking and Nutritional advice Home safety advice Contact between parents and children who are not living at home	Trust Headquarters (temporary premises)
F. MacCool & Co.	Shelter-business for people with physical disabilities or mental health problems - aiming to enhance their skills and improve their work potential.	Mountfern Complex
Fracture Services	The Fracture Clinic provides consultation, assessment and treatment on an out-patient basis	Causeway Hospital
GAP	This is a developing project aiming to provide support to care leavers and to vulnerable young people who are aged over 16 years, to enable them to make the transition to adult independence successfully. The project works in partnership with young people to help them make positive choices for themselves within a supportive framework.	Riverside
General Medicine	General Medicine services are provided in 2 in-patient wards and at various out-patient clinics	Causeway Hospital
General Surgery	General surgery services are provided in 2 in-patient wards and at various out-patient clinics	Causeway Hospital
Genito-urinary medicine	A confidential GUM clinic is held weekly in the Out-Patient department.	Causeway Hospital
Geriatric Assessment	Delivered as part of Elderly Programme/Rehabilitation by two consultants on an in-patient, out-patient and domiciliary basis	Causeway Hospital Dalriada Hospital Robinson Hospital
Gynaecology	Gynaecological services are provided by an in-patient ward and out-patient clinics	Causeway Hospital
Health Promotion	The Health Promotion department works with organisations, communities and individuals to promote health and well being. It offers advice and resources to target specific aspects of health promotion.	Ballymoney Health Centre Mountfern House
Health Visiting	Health Visitors meet with parents in their own homes and offer advice on child health problems and child development.	Ballycastle Health Centre Ballymoney Health Centre Bushmills Medical Centre Coleraine Community Clinics Dalriada Hospital Garvagh Health Centre Glens of Antrim Medical Centre Killowen Medical Centre Kilrea Health Centre Liffock Surgery Lodge Health Mountsandel Health Centre Portrush Medical Centre Rasharkin Health Centre The Country Medical Centre The Frocess Medical Centre The Portstewart Medical Centre
Home from Hospital Rehabilitation	The Home from Hospital Rehabilitation Team provides short-term support to help people adjust to living at home following discharge from hospital.	Mountfern
Homes for the Elderly	These homes provide residential care for elderly patients who are unable to continue living at home.	Brookgreen Rathmoyle Home for the Elderly The Roddens
Intensive Care	The Intensive Care Unit provides 24-hour nursing and medical support to critically ill and highly dependent patients.	Causeway Hospital
Laboratory	Causeway Laboratory provides routine and emergency services in microbiology, clinical chemistry, haematology and blood bank. The service is provided to all Trust hospitals and local GPs.	Causeway Laboratory
Learning Disability	Social work team providing a service to this programme including respite.	Mountfern House
Learning Disability Special Needs Unit	This team provides social work and nursing care to adults with a learning disability.	Mountfern House
Looked After Children Team	This service provides a social work service to children and young people who have been “Looked After” or “Accommodated” by the Trust for over a year. The role of the social worker is to: Seek to return the child to their birth family or find a legal, permanent alternative. Visit the child to monitor well being and listen to their views. Encourage the pursuit of hobbies/interests and possibly arrange funding for extra tuition. Work with them in preparation for independent living as they move towards adulthood. A second team, with the same remit will be created in early 2004	Riverside House
Maternity Services	The Maternity Ward in Causeway Hospital provides facilities and staff to deliver ante-natal and post-natal care to mothers and new-born babies in a safe environment.	Causeway Hospital
Medical Investigations	The Medical Investigation Unit is a diagnostic and investigation unit whose purpose is to support medical/surgical care by providing cardiac, respiratory and gastro-intestinal tract investigations and provide support to clinical departments	Causeway Hospital
Mental Health	Services include: Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Clinical Psychology Community Psychiatric Nursing Psychiatric Liaison Psychiatric Unit Further details are given under each of the above.	Causeway Hospital
Mental Health Resource Centre	This service provides assessment, treatment and rehabilitation for adults suffering from mental illness through counselling, therapy and group work. It also attempts to create a greater understanding of mental illness within the community by providing information and advice.	Coleraine Mental Health Resource Centre Dalriada Mental Health Resource Centre
Midwifery (community)	The midwife attends antenatal clinics and visits patients both during and after pregnancy to provide support and advice.	Ballycastle Health Centre Ballymoney Health Centre Coleraine Community Clinics Dalriada Hospital (weekly) Garvagh Health Centre Glens of Antrim Medical Practice Lodge Health Mountsandel Health Centre Portrush Medical Centre The Portstewart Medical Centre
MS Centre	This specialist unit offers planned respite care solely to patients with Multiple Sclerosis. Clients from across Northern Ireland benefit from holistic care in an informal environment.	Dalriada
Neo-natal	The Neo-natal Unit provides facilities and staff for the admission, assessment and neonatal care of all babies requiring special and/or short-term intensive care. NB: This unit is not currently operational	Causeway Hospital
Neurology	Neurological services are concerned with the nervous system and its disorders and are provided on an out-patient basis by visiting consultants.	Causeway Hospital
Nutrition & Dietetics	The Nutrition & Dietetics Service provides assessment, treatment and information for people on a wide range of nutrition related problems. Dieticians specialise in nutritional assessment which is used together with clinical information to prescribe appropriate dietary treatment. Diet is the cornerstone of treatment in many conditions such as diabetes, coeliac disease, malnutrition, renal and hepatic diseases and certain paediatric disorders. Their overall aim is to educate patients to make informed food choices required for the dietary management of their condition and ensure nutritional needs are met.	Ballymoney Health Centre Coleraine Community Clinics Dalriada Hospital Garvagh Health Centre (part-time via Diabetic Clinic) Robinson Hospital The Fort Centre
Obstetrics	See Maternity
Occupational Therapy	Occupational therapists treat people of all ages with mental, physical and social problems with a view to improving their everyday function and prevent disability. They specialise in understanding the link between occupational roles and health, by engaging people in the everyday activities of life related to self-care, work and leisure.	Armour Complex Ballycastle Social Services – Dalriada Brookgreen Causeway Hospital Coleraine Mental Health Resource Centre Dalriada Mental Health Resource Team Dementia Team – Trust HQ Homebridge Robinson Hospital (Child Development Centre) Roddens Ross Thomson Unit Sandelford School The Fort Centre
Ophthalmology	This service assesses, diagnoses and treats diseases and disorders of the eye. The service is provided on an out-patient basis by a visiting consultant.	Causeway Hospital
Oral Surgery	A visiting consultant provides this service on an out-patient basis. It may involve the removal of teeth and the repair and treatment of other oral problems, such as tumours and fractures.	Causeway Hospital
Orthodontics	The assessment, diagnoses and treatment of a wide range of dental problems requiring the movement, adjustment and in some cases the extraction of teeth. A visiting consultant provides this service.	Causeway Hospital
Orthopaedics	This service involves in the preservation and ‘restoration of function’ of the musculoskeletal system that includes treatment of spinal disorders and peripheral nerve lesions. A visiting consultant provides this service.	Causeway Hospital
Orthoptics	The Orthoptic Department assess, diagnose and treat visual function problems, abnormalities of eye movements and dysfunction of eye co-ordination in all age groups on an out-patient basis.	Causeway Hospital
Paediatric Neurology	A service for infants, children and adolescents with conditions affecting the nervous systems. A visiting consultant provides this service on an out-patient basis.	Causeway Hospital
Pain Relief	Acute and chronic pain service provided on an out-patient, in-patient and daycase basis.	Causeway Hospital
Palliative Care	This can involve a period of recuperation following treatment, management of pain, a period of respite or the total care that is necessary towards the end of life.	Robinson Hospital
Pavestone Centre	Work based programme for adults with a physical disability.	Brookgreen
Pharmacy	The Pharmacy department provide pharmaceutical care for all patients in Causeway Hospital	Causeway Hospital
Physical Disability & Sensory Impairment	This team provides a social work base and rehabilitation service to adults who have a physical disability and or a sensory impairment.	Brookgreen
Physiotherapy	This service is involved in the diagnosis and management of people with a broad range of physical problems. Physiotherapists use manipulation, therapeutic handling and exercise. Their assessment and evaluation of need takes into account variations in health status, in order to promote and maximise the individual’s physical, psychological and social well being.	Dalriada Hospital Millbrook Mountfern (Learning Disability) Robinson Hospital The Fort Centre
Podiatry	Podiatrists specialise in assessing, diagnosing and treating disease and conditions affecting the feet and lower limbs. Podopaediatrics is a specialist service provided for children – assessing and detecting problems that may affect them in later life.	Ballycastle Health Centre Ballymoney Podiatry Care & Resource Centre Causeway Hospital Day Procedure Unit Causeway Hospital In-patient facilities Causeway Hospital Out-patient Departments Coleraine Community Clinics Day Care Facilities Dunluce Medical Centre, Portrush Garvagh Health Centre Glens of Antrim Medical Centre, Cushendall Kilrea Health Centre Lodge Health, Coleraine Mill Road Medical Centre, Portstewart Mountsandel Surgery, Coleraine MS Regional Respite Centre, Ballycastle Nursing and Residential Rasharkin Health Centre The Fort Centre , Coleraine
Psychiatric Liaison	The Psychiatric Liaison services provides assessment for those presenting to medical wards or A&E with mental ill health and/or deliberate self harm.	Causeway Hospital
Psychiatric Unit	This is an inpatient unit within Causeway hospital.	Ross Thomson Unit
Radiology	The Department offers a wide range of diagnostic services to the patient which are available to hospital Consultants, Physicians, GPs and Community Health Doctors including cases from the A&E Department. The centralised X-ray service provides 24 hour radiographic cover to all Departments and is also responsible for the mobile X-ray equipment including image intensifiers. Interventional radiological techniques are also carried out with biopsies under fluoroscopic, Ultrasound and CT control being performed.	Causeway Hospital
Rathmoyle Resource Centre	This service provides care for mental health patients, people with learning disabilities, the elderly and head injury patients. Staff provide assessment, respite care, physiotherapy, speech and language clinics and a college to educate patients as well as providing outdoor activities such as horse riding.	Rathmoyle
Rehabilitation	The Rehabilitation Services offers a service to elderly patients, those recovering from stroke and other patients requiring rehabilitation therapy. The service provides multi-disciplinary assessment and treatment to meet the individual needs of patients.	Causeway Hospital
Rheumatology	The assessment, diagnoses and treatment of diseases of the joints, muscles, and connective tissues. A visiting Rheumatologist provides this service on an out-patient basis.	Causeway Hospital
Robinson Hospital	A Community Hospital offering care to patients who need immediate treatment, convalescence and/or rehabilitation. The hospital also offers palliative care and provides accommodation for the Hospice Homecare Team and Cruse Bereavement Care.
Roots	A work-based horticultural programme.	Robinson
Share the Care Service for Children with Disabilities	The purpose of this respite service is to: Enhance the quality of a child’s life by providing opportunities to make new friends and the chance to enjoy new experiences Offer parents a period of rest during which they can spend some time together or with other members of the family, thereby enabling them to cope better with the demands of disabilities.	Riverside
Social Work	The Trust has a legal obligation to fulfil their statutory functions in relation to social care through various pieces of legislation; such as The Children Order, the Mental Health Act, the Personal Social Services Order etc. Social Workers are employed to fulfil these duties.	Brookgreen Coleraine Mental Health Resource Centre Dalriada Hospital Roddens
Specialist Nursing	Specialists nurses are employed in the following areas: Stoma Care Child Protection Diabetes Tissue Viability Continence – adult and child Cardiac Respiratory Smoking cessation
Speech & Language Therapy	Speech and Language Therapists are skilled in assessing, diagnosing and treating communication and eating/drinking/swallowing problems in both children and adults. An important part of this service is offering advice/training to parents, carers and other professionals.	Ballymoney Health Centre Brookgreen/Pavestone Bushmills Health Clinic Causeway Hospital Coleraine Community Clinic Dalriada Hospital (weekly) Garvagh Health Centre Glens of Antrim Medical Centre Kilrea Health Centre Lodge Health Millbrook Mountfern (Learning Disability) Portrush Medical Centre Portstewart Medical Centre Rasharkin Health Centre Rathmoyle Robinson Hospital Sandelford school The Fort Centre (Adults) The Fort Centre (Children with Special Needs)
Tissue Viability	The Tissue Viability Nurse provides clinical advice and education on the management of all types of wounds and tissue damage in adults and children. Referrals are accepted from all members of the multidisciplinary team and works in collaboration with them to provide evidence based care to patients with compromised tissue viability. At present she visits clients both in hospital and in their homes. However the service will be developed to provide wound care clinics across the Trust allowing the needs of a greater number of clients to be met.	Coleraine Community clinics.
Treatment Room Nursing	Nurses apply dressings, give injections, remove stitches following surgery or day procedures, perform blood and urine tests and administer emergency aid if the GP is unavailable. Registered Nurses provide skilled nursing care to mobile patients. They perform technical screening tasks and focus on health promotion and disease prevention activity.	Ballycastle Health Centre Ballymoney Health Centre Bushmills Medical Centre Coleraine Community Clinics Dalriada Hospital Garvagh Health Centre Glens of Antrim Medical Centre Killowen Medical Centre Kilrea Health Centre Liffock Surgery Lodge Health Mountsandel Health Centre Portrush Medical Centre Rasharkin Health Centre The Country Medical Centre The Frocess Medical Centre The Portstewart Medical Centre
Urology	This service involves the diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the urinary or uro-genital tract. The service is provided on an out-patient, in-patient and daycase basis.	Causeway Hospital