Services
These services may include:
- NHS Continuing Health Care
- Intermediate Care
- Social Services Care
- District Nursing Services
- End of life care
- Signposting to housing and homelessness services
Location
Discharge Manager Office
First Floor Rehab Block
Manchester Royal Infirmary
Oxford Road
Manchester
M13 9WL
Conditions dealt with
Any patients who require any health and/or social services to facilitate discharge from hospital.
Staff
Head of Service: Sr. Janet Whitehead
Senior Discharge Manager: C.N. Sean Henry
Rapid Response: Sean Henry, Lainet Pinto and Manchester City Council Reablement Assistant Practitioners Debra Ryan and Sheila Taylor
Team 1: Sally Thomson, Michelle Anderson, Alison Drayson, Helen Roberts and Mark Richards
Team 2: Anne Black, Fiona Murray, Christina Wells, Margaret Tougher, Claire Moreau-Batallan and Naomi Simpson
Office Managers: Jill Davies and Andrea Ryan
Administrators: Sam Bedford, Amy Woodbridge and Rebecca Farrell
The Discharge Service has also co-located with Manchester City Council Hospital Social Work Team.
Social Work Manager: Joanne Briggs
Senior Social Worker: Grace Douglas
Team: Paul Graham, Stacey Farmer, Jennifer Morrison, Shirley Walters, Lorraine Jackson, Bernie Boruch, Anthony Pope and Sarah Southworth.
Social Work Tel. 0161 276 6521
Fax: 0161 2764104
Referrals
For the Complex Discharge Service the ward staff are to complete a Section 2 via the hospital Clinical Work Station
For Rapid Response Discharge Service the ward staff are to complete a Section 2 via the hospital Clinical Work Station or Bleep 6677 via hospital switchboard
Department Contact Details
Tel: 0161 2764608
Fax: 0161 2766863