Hospital stays and hospital discharge

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Hospitals

The local hospital in Peterborough is Peterborough City Hospital, which is part of North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust.

Other hospitals in the area are:

Stamford and Rutland Hospital in Stamford

Addenbrookes in Cambridge

Hinchingbrooke in Huntingdon

If you need help and advice about your treatment in hospital, contact the Patient Advice and Liaison Service (PALS) for the individual hospital.

Hospital discharge

If you are recovering from an illness or a stay in hospital you may need some help when you get home. This could be received from the Reablement Service. This could be practical help like getting in and out of bed, washing, dressing and making a meal, or helping you to get back on your feet again.

The hospital might arrange for you to have ‘intermediate care’, which is a health funded service and is to provide you with some short term support.

The Transfer of Care team, based in the hospital, would complete your assessment and referral for Reablement and any Technology Enabled Care that would support your discharge.

You can find out more about what happens if you need care and support when you leave hospital in our 'What happens if you need care and support when you leave hospital?' information leaflet

You may receive health funded intermediate care. You can find out more about paying for your own care and support when you leave hospital on our 'Paying for your own care and support when you leave hospital' leaflet.

You can find out more about what happens if you need care and support when you leave hospital in our 'What happens if you need care and support when you leave hospital?' information leaflet

You can find out more on the Reablement page and the Technology Enabled Care page.

Local authorities must take all reasonable steps to protect the moveable property of an adult with care and support needs who is being cared for away from home, in a hospital or in accommodation such as a care home, and who cannot arrange to protect their property themselves; this could include their pets as well as their personal property (for example, private possessions and furniture). Local authorities must act where it believes that if it does not take action there is a risk of moveable property being lost or damaged.

For example, protecting property may include arranging for pets to be looked after when securing premises for someone who is having their care and support needs provided away from home in a care home or hospital, and who has not been able to make other arrangements for the care of their home or pets.

Learning disability nurses provide extra support within the hospital for people with learning disabilities and their families or their supporters.

Some of the nurses work with children, others will work with adults. However often the paediatric wards are so well suited to reasonable adjustments and additional support that they are rarely called upon for children, even those accessing outpatient appointments as they are so well supported by the play therapist

Learning Disability Nurses understand the needs of people who have a learning disability and/or autism and also understand how hospitals work.

If you phone the switch board at any of the hospitals they should be able to put you through to the Learning Disability Nurse. The number for the Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals is 01733 678000.

The Learning Disability Nurse Advisor for Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals is Sue Bates. Her direct line number is 01733 673832

The Learning Disability Nurse Easy read document includes more information and contact details.

The video Learning disability nurses and how they can help us has lots of information too.