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Published by the Patient Information Centre 2016 Copyright, , NHS Foundation Trust Ref, PIC/765/0916 September 2016 V3 www.ntw.nhs.uk/pic Tel: 0191 246 7288 Review date 2019

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12 Sunderland and Gateshead Community Acquired What some people have told us about our service Brain Injury Service [CABIS] CABIS offer a range of rehabilitation for people who are experiencing difficulties in their day to day life following an injury or infection involving the brain. Injuries may be caused by a Your help, support trauma to the head or an infection, for example encephalitis or and hard work has meningitis. People can also have concussion symptoms that been invaluable. impact on the day to day life following a mild head injury. Thanks for everything. We provide a service for residents of Sunderland and Gateshead I have really enjoyed who are 16 years and above. the time I’ve spent with the team. How do I access the service? You can refer yourself or be referred by a family member, your doctor, a therapist or other agencies. Contact us by telephone, email, or in writing, using the details below: Thanks for all your help and support Sunderland and Gateshead Community Acquired Brain over the past 2 years. Injury Service (CABIS) Hospital Many thanks Sunderland for all your help, support SR5 1NB and encouragement during this difficult time, which I am sure Telephone: 0191 566 5650 has made my recovery Fax: 0191 566 5651 quicker. Email: [email protected]

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2 11 What if I have a comment, suggestion, compliment or This leaflet contains the following information about the service complaint about the service? and what to expect. If you want to make a comment, suggestion, compliment or complaint you can: • The Service • Talk to a member of the CABIS staff involved in your • The Team rehabilitation and request a Feedback Form. • About assessments • How to get to Sunderland CABIS office • Complete the form on the NTW Trust website at • How to get to Gateshead CABIS office www.ntw.nhs.uk (click on the “contact us tab”). • How to give comments, compliment or complaints • Telephone the Complaints Department Tel: 0191 245 6672. If you have any questions or comments about the services we • You can also e-mail us on [email protected] (please offer, please ask a member of the CABIS team or contact us on note that information sent to the Trust via email is sent at your 0191 566 5650. own risk).

• We are always looking at ways to improve services. Your feedback allows us to monitor the quality of our services and act upon issues that you bring to our attention. – Points of You - available from staff. – Friends and Family Test - available from staff or online at www.ntw.nhs.uk/fft

10 3 Sunderland and Gateshead Community Acquired Brain Injury Service (CABIS) The Health Centre, Prince Consort Road, Gateshead NE8 1NB. The Team Tel: 0191 566 5650 The following personnel work in the team. All or just one of them From the A167 Southbound A696 may work with you. We also work with many other services (via Tyne ) in order to help you and your family with your recovery and Exit the A167 at signs for Felling then at roundabout take the B1426 exit. A1058 A69 rehabilitation. A167 Continue to traffic lights and turn left, signed Bensham. At the next lights turn left, signed NEWCASTLE WE ARE Leisure Centre, and we are a hundred metres UPON TYNE HERE Specialist Occupational Therapists along on the right. Focus on helping to manage day to day activities more From the A167 Northbound independently. This can be with personal care routines like Exit at signs for Shipcote onto Prince Consort A184 A184 Road. Follow this road for half a mile and GATESHEAD Wardley getting washed and dressed, or doing things in the community, Metro Felling we are on the left. A694 Centre such as using public transport, going shopping and leisure A167 By Public Transport activities. Help can involve advice and guidance for the individual We are located just to the south of A692 A1 A194(M) and their family or staff. Gateshead Town Centre and are about a 10 Sunniside minute walk from N Metro and Bus Stations. WE Angel of Returning to work or finding a new job is important for many Buses 29, Q2 and TB29 stop on Prince S the North 65 Consort Road next to the Health Centre. Birtley Washington people. This includes paid work, volunteering and education. If 2 miles there are barriers preventing a return to work, the occupational A1(M) therapist can assist with this, alongside other organisations and From Tyne Newcastle employers. Bridge A167

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R treatment. O 400 metres A DURHAM RD D From A167 A1 Jct 66 4 Location map by Active Maps Limited www.activemaps.co.uk. 9 Map contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2016 Sunderland and Gateshead Community Acquired Brain Injury Service (CABIS) Monkwearmouth Hospital, Newcastle Road, Sunderland, SR5 1NB Tel: 0191 566 5650 Neuropsychologists From Sunderland From From Work with the person with an acquired brain injury and their Head over following signs families. They can assist you with things such as: for ‘A1018 South Shields’. Keep following these A19 Whitburn signs and Monkwearmouth Hospital is one mile • Adapting to changes caused by the injury. along on the right hand side. A184 A184 A1018 A19 from the North (The Tyne Tunnel) West East • Understanding and dealing with the impact of an acquired brain Exit the A19 at signs for ‘Sunderland North Boldon Boldon WE ARE A184’. Continue for 3.5 miles to roundabout HERE injury on your emotions and your thinking. joining to the A1018. Take the second exit, signed A194(M) ‘City Centre’. A1231 Monkwearmouth Hospital is then one mile along • Helping you devise a rehabilitation programme to achieve your on the left hand side. goals. A19 from the South () A19 Sunderland N Exit the A19 at signs for ‘Sunderland North Washington A1231’. At the roundabout follow the Sunderland Hendon WE signs. S If members of your family are struggling with the effects of the A690 After 3 miles pass the Football A1018 injury or circumstances around this, they also have access to Ground then turn left at sign for ‘South Shields A1018’. neuropsychology for advice and treatment. Monkwearmouth Hospital is then half a mile Moorside along on the right hand side. By Public Transport A690 A19 Headway Coordinators We are about a 10 minute walk from the Stadium A1(M) of Light Metro Station & Metro Station. Houghton Headway is a national brain injury association. Headway le Spring Buses 9, 20, 20A, E2, X20 stop in front of the 3 miles hospital. coordinators are part of the CABIS Team and offer patients, From A19 From Car Parking family members and carers support or information in a number of (if travelling from the Tyne Tunnel) A184 South Shields RD There is a pay and NDS LA W areas such as: YKE D I display car park at T

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& A19 (if travelling from the south) HERE C A • Work and volunteering S T Toyota L A1231 Southwick E Roker Our Location WE R SS D INGTO within the N WAY A1290 KIE Stadium of Light R H M AR Metro Station Hospital DIE WA Speech and Language Therapist Y Once through the A183 main hospital Speech and language therapists can assess, treat and help you entrance we are the ROKER AVA1018 second door on the work through difficulties with swallowing and communication. We A1018 left. Queen Stadium of have dedicated time from a speech and language therapist from ST Alexander Bridge Light DAME DOROTHY the local hospital to ensure that you can access this key service A1231 Wearmouth Bridge N and work with the team to devise a rehabilitation programme. WE S Sunderland A1018 1/2 Mile University of Location map by Active Maps Limited www.activemaps.co.uk. 8 5 Map contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2016 Physiotherapist Typical areas assessed: We have dedicated time from a physiotherapist from the local • Cognition (thinking skills including memory, attention, hospital to ensure that you can access this key service and reasoning). These involve pen and paper tests and practical work with the team to devise a rehabilitation programme. tasks to help us understand the difficulties caused by the brain injury.

Your initial assessment • Day to day function (what you can and can’t do at present) The first appointment is usually about getting to know you including barriers to work or meaningful activity. and discussing how we can help you. A family member or close friend is welcome to attend if you feel this would help us • Changes you have noticed and what your priorities are for understand more about how the injury is affecting you (and treatment. them). • Your general health and how to improve upon this.

This will be at a venue that is suitable to your needs and those • Mood assessments to help us understand how you are feeling of your family. Suitable venues could include your own home, and what difficulties you are experiencing. our offices in Monkwearmouth Hospital or Gateshead Health Centre, a GP Practice, a hospital ward, at the probation service You may also be offered referral to other departments, services or at a suitable community venue. or organisations depending upon your needs. The team members involved will help make sure you are accessing the This first meeting can last up to one hour (sometimes more if correct services. this is needed), but if this is difficult we can always reduce the time of the appointment.

There may be questions that you wish to ask, therefore we advise you to write them down before the appointment and we will do our best to answer them.

Bring reading glasses/hearing aids if you need to use them.

Following your initial assessment you may be offered other types of assessment or screening. These will help us to identify the type of support and rehabilitation you will need and how long this is likely to take.

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