Patient information
Patient information leaflets
Core patient information leaflets - relevant to all SLaM service users
Being an Informal Patient - for service users who come to hospital voluntarily
Complaints and Compliments - how to make a complaint or compliment about SLaM
Guide to Community Treatment Orders - for service users who have left hospital but still need treatment
Guide to the 1983 Mental Health Act - for detained service users
Guide to the 1983 Mental Health Act - for nearest relatives of detained service users
Information for patient and carers - what you can expect from us
PALS (Patient Advice and Liaison Service) - offering information, advice and support to service users
Use of Personal Information - how SLaM uses your information and your rights
Working together - a guide to the Care Programme approach for service users
To find out more about the Mental Capacity Act (2005) please visit the Department of Health website.
Our services - information leaflets
For information about a particular service please see the
service finder.
Easy-to-read leaflets
SLaM has worked with the Estia Centre , a training,
research and development resource for those who support adults with
learning disabilities and additional mental health needs, to
develop easy-to-read leaflets on a range of topics that deal with
treatment and care. To view the full set of easy-to-read leaflets
click
here.
Contact
If you have any questions about our leaflets, please email Roslyn
Byfield, Patient Information Manager, at roslyn.byfield@slam.nhs.uk.