We provide mental health care at The Royal Oldham Hospital if you attend A&E or are staying on one of the hospital wards and need support with your mental health.
Our aim is to make sure you get the right mental health support from the right professional while you are in hospital.
We will listen to you, understand your needs, and work with you to agree a plan for your care and support.
Our team helps improve your wellbeing, supports recovery, and can help reduce the time you need to stay in hospital.
In our team we have mental health practitioners who can be either a registered mental health nurse, social worker (green tunic) or occupational therapist (white tunic).
Our mental health practitioners are classed as specialist nurses and wear royal blue tunics.
We also have clinical leads within our team who are registered mental health nurses and wear navy tunics.
We have an operational manager who is a registered mental health nurse who wears a navy tunic. We have a service manager who oversees our team and wears a purple tunic.
We have several support workers who are available to help and support you, they wear lilac tunics.
We also have 2 consultant psychiatrists and 2 registrars who work within our team to provide and enhance patient care.
Visit our NHS staff uniforms page for more information about the different colours worn by each professional in our team.
We are available at Royal Oldham Hopsital 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. This means you always have access to a mental health professional should you need one.
If you arrive at A&E, staff will ask you some questions to understand your needs. If you need mental health support, they will refer you to our team. We will aim to see you within one hour, often starting with one of our support workers. A mental health practitioner will then talk with you to understand your situation, discuss your needs, and work with you to create a plan to help keep you safe and support your recovery.
If you are staying on a hospital ward, we aim to see you with 24 hours after being referred to us. A mental health practitioner or doctor will talk with you to understand your needs and work with you to create a plan for your care and support. Our support workers can also check in with you regularly and provide emotional support, as we understand that staying in hospital can be difficult.
Throughout your time with us, you can have your carer, family or friend involved in your care and treatment if you wish.
We also provide training and education to colleagues from Northern Care Alliance NHS to help promote better care for mental health patients across Royal Oldham Hospital.
We value your feedback, if you do not receive a feedback form and wish to provide some, please ask a member of our team.
If you are struggling, you can attend any A&E and receive support from a liaison mental health team. You can also call 111 and press option 2 for NHS 111 Mental Health, to speak with a mental health professional.