Help for people with poor mental health at Scarborough Hospital
Scarborough Survivors are set to help people with poor mental health at the town's hospital.
Scarborough Survivors are set to help people with poor mental health at the town's hospital.
Staff members will be at the entrance of the A&E department to meet everyone as they come in.
They will be there on a Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
Andrea Woolcott, Chief Officer at Scarborough Survivors, said:
"So anybody presenting at the A&E department who is need of emotional support through poor mental health or a physical illness, our staff will be on hand to help.
"Due to the pandemic when people have been presenting at the A&E, they've not been able to have anybody go in with them or sit with them, so that's quite a stressful thing; and I think more people are accessing mental health support via A&E, possibly because they don't know any other resources.
"They will be very easy to spot as they will be wearing the hospital scrubs but they will be in a different colour to the A&E staff. They will be wearing identity badges with support worker lanyards, but part of their role is to meet-and-greet people as they come into the department."