Powys teaching Health Board (PtHB) are seeking your views on the provision in Powys, of psychological support for people with, or caring for someone, with a neurological condition.

Bernadette Bustin from PtHB has been tasked with a short term project to look at the entirety of service provision from volunteer befriending at one end right through to specialist psychological input at the other – and everything in between. The output from this project is to present a paper to Powys tHB Board with a summary of findings and recommendations.

The ultimate, long term aim is that, Powys-wide, PtHB have a comprehensive ‘package’ to meet the psychological needs of this population. They envisage this package covering immediate (hospital based), return to home/ community, and longer term difficulties (e.g. when problems arise say, 1, 2 or 3 years post stroke).

They would like there to be a wide range of support from self-help material all the way through to specialist psychologist intervention and for everyone involved in the care of this client group to know what is available and how to access it. They envisage that meaning being really flexible about who does what, how and where they do it and with whom they do it.

Bernadette is seeking to gather information from both service providers (third sector, social, health, leisure) and service users about their experience of current services and where they think there are gaps.

Questionnaire – respond by Friday 24 Oct 2014

WAMES will be responding. Contact Jan by 22nd Oct if you wish to add your comments to our response.