Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust (UK)

Who we care for and how we do it

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We are the Mental Health & Learning Disability NHS Trust for County Durham and Darlington, Teesside, North Yorkshire, York and Selby.

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From education and prevention, to crisis and specialist care — our talented and compassionate teams work in partnership with our patients, communities and partners to help the people of our region feel safe, understood, believed in and cared for.

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We nurture the recovery journey of people in our care. Patients and careers have a say in how they are supported and treated because we know how important it is to listen and treat people as individuals. Our patients, their families and carers work together with us towards better mental health.

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We’re committed to new thinking that improves the wellbeing of our region, and connecting with our communities and partners to deliver mental health care. We also provide mental health care within prisons, and an immigration removal centre, located in the north east, Cumbria and parts of Lancashire.

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Almost 7,500 staff work across more than 90 sites, including Foss Park, a state of the art 72-bed hospital and research space in York which opened in 2020. We’re involved in cutting edge mental health research through our partnerships with universities, research funders, neighbouring NHS Trusts and other non-NHS organisations. We also sponsor prestigious national research programme grants in behavioural activation, an approach to treating depression, each in excess of £2 million.

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Patients and carers are at the heart of everything we do so the emphasis is always on research which is relevant and will make a difference to the lives of local people and those we care for. That desire to improve has led to involvement in local, national and international research studies across the age span including questionnaire studies, psychological therapy, dementia sleep studies and drug trials, and a world-first COVID-19 vaccination study.

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Most importantly, everything we do is guided by Our Journey to Change and our values. Our Journey to Change sets out where we want to be and how we’ll get there. It includes our goals that we co-created with patients, carers, colleagues and partners. We are working hard to embed our values and make sure everyone, in every role across our Trust, demonstrates respects and compassion and takes responsibility for the care we give.

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For more information, visit our website: www.tewv.nhs.uk