Nottingham County Council operate a hospital discharge scheme in Mansfield and Ashfield (audio link)
The Hospital Discharge Scheme provides support to patients and their carers when discharged from hospital. It is run by paid staff and volunteers who will visit you in your home and provide a range of help.It is available in the Ashfield and Mansfield districts, and some of the surrounding areas.
You do not need a social worker to qualify for this support. It is a free and confidential service
- A room with a view - Surroundings
- Are you sitting comfortably - Physical comfort
- Cleanliness is next to godliness - hygeine
- Food glorious food - Appetising food
- Getting to know you - Communication
- It's childsplay - All about children
- Let me entertain you - Coping with boredom
- Pleased to meet you - The welcome
- Relatively speaking - Relatives and carers
- The waiting game - Waiting rooms
- There's no place like home - Going home
- Trumpet voluntary - All about volunteers
- A death in the family - Empathy and compassion
- Long Term Care - The long and winding road
- Mobility - Getting there