Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Talking Therapies
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About the service
Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Talking Therapies (formerly Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Wellbeing Service) is a NHS Talking Therapies Service that provides NICE (National Institute for Clinical and Health Excellence)-approved, evidence-based talking therapies and self-help courses for people with common mental health difficulties such as anxiety and depression who can be treated in primary care.
The service has therapists with additional training who specialise in working with people who are anxious or depressed and also have a long-term physical health condition – for example, diabetes, respiratory illness, chronic pain, cancer, cardiac disease and other long-term conditions.
The service has an Employment Advisor Service that provides help related to gaining, returning or staying in work who may be receiving a talking therapy in the service.
It is available to people aged 16 years old and above with no upper age limit who live in Stoke-on-Trent or North Staffordshire or who are registered with a Stoke-on-Trent or North Staffordshire GP.
Psychological therapies are commonly known as ‘talking therapies’ or ‘talking treatments’. Many people may benefit from talking treatments. They provide treatment for people with depression, anxiety and other common mental health issues. They can stand alone or be used alongside medicine or tablets prescribed by the doctor.
Talking treatments can also help people to deal with difficult issues in life, such as relationship problems, bereavement, difficult emotions such as anger, concerns at work or physical illness. Where people have long-term physical conditions, such as diabetes, talking treatments have been proven to support them to manage their condition more effectively.
Referrals
For more information and to refer please visit: Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent Talking Therapies
Location
The service is based at various locations throughout Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent; please visit the Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Talking Therapies site to find the closest location to you. Sessions are also conducted in person, online or over the telephone.
The below Google map location and AccessAble guide are for the Stoke-on-Trent location based at the Hope Centre.
Contact
To contact the North Staffordshire service, please email: nswellbeing.admin@nhs.net (North Staffordshire) or call 0300 303 0923 (option 2)
To contact the Stoke-on-Trent service, please email: stokewellbeingadmin@combined.nhs.uk or call 0300 303 0923 (option 1)
Your data
The Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Talking Therapies Service has successfully joined a new partnership arrangement with Midlands Partnership Foundation Trust, which launched on 1 April 2020. The new Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Wellbeing Service brings together existing NHS talking therapy teams across Staffordshire who were formally known as the Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) services in the county into one. This enables people to easily access the service.
Prior to this new way of working, North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare Trust managed your data. Going forwards, your data will now be managed by Midlands Partnership Foundation Trust.
Please be assured that both organisations adhere to the same strict guidelines and we are committed to safeguarding the privacy of your data. If you have any queries concerning your personal information, please contact us. For more information about how we process your personal data, please see our privacy statement.
Location
Various – please visit staffsandstoketalkingtherapies.nhs.uk
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