Footballing hero Martin Keown opens Banbury Keystone hub
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Banbury’s new excessive road Psychological Well being & Wellbeing Hub has opened its doorways due to footballing hero Martin Keown.
The previous Arsenal and England participant pulled again the curtain to formally open the Psychological Well being & Wellbeing Hub Banbury as a part of a gala occasion on Thursday, July 20 at Citadel Quay Procuring Centre in Banbury.
Celebrated soccer pundit Martin Keown mentioned: “We’ve bought to be trustworthy with ourselves, proper now individuals have varied points, only a phrase right here and there can assist individuals. You possibly can go right here, its aligned along with your GP it’s an NHS initiative, its much less formal. I feel this can carry lots of people by way of the doorways. “In soccer psychological well being is one thing we prepare for. We’ve got psychologists now that have a look at key issues in your sport and your make-up. I feel native individuals ought to are available in and make that first step.”
Visitor on the celebratory occasion included MP Victoria Prentis, Banbury mayor Fiaz Ahmed, Vice-Chairman of Cherwell District Council Councillor Dr Chukwudi Okeke, Imam Shouaib Ahmed and assistant curate Sarah Cotterill.
And amid native psychological well being, native authorities and third sector professionals, members of the general public and consumers popped in to search out out extra.
The hub might be residence to a Main Care Psychological Well being Staff and embrace professionals from well being and social care together with psychological well being professionals from the NHS, the third-sector and individuals who have skilled psychological well being challenges themselves.
Adults experiencing psychological well being challenges might be enabled to thrive amongst pals, household and their group, drawing on help from the hubs that are linked to their native GP surgical procedures, NHS psychological well being providers, and third-sector psychological well being providers.
The Banbury hub has been developed with adults who use psychological well being providers in Banbury after they mentioned they want to see extra specialist care out there at native degree by way of their GP surgical procedure, and improved communication between GPs and psychological well being providers.
A keystone is the central stone, or precept, which holds a constructing or system collectively. It’s a part of a collection of Keystone Psychological Well being & Wellbeing Hub opening up on the town centres and communities throughout the county.
Hub supervisor and psychological well being nurse David Naidoo mentioned: “We’re open each weekday 10am to 2pm for individuals to pop in, discover out about what we do, and get help with their psychological well being. That’s alongside common appointments and help for sufferers on the hub from 9am to 5pm. Name in and discuss to us, the place right here to assist.”
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Dr David Chapman, Medical Psychological Well being Lead for the Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West Built-in Care Board (which is accountable for commissioning and funding of native well being and care providers), mentioned: “Our precedence is to assist individuals with critical and complicated psychological well being sickness lead higher lives with the help they want. Keystone hubs will assist these sufferers by offering them with entry to a group of devoted psychological well being professionals of their communities throughout Oxfordshire. This new NHS service will even allow GPs to work very intently with well being employees within the hubs to make sure their sufferers obtain care and therapy nearer to their houses making it simpler to get the help they require.”
Chief Government of Elmore Neighborhood Companies, one of many third sector Keystone suppliers, Tom Hayes mentioned: “Elmore’s caseworkers play a vital position, offering help to individuals with psychological sick well being nearer to their houses and communities. Our caseworkers work intently with our NHS colleagues to supply versatile and person-centred help. Elmore is proud to be supporting the brand new psychological well being hubs and belong to the Oxfordshire Psychological Well being Partnership.”
Councillor Phil Chapman, Cherwell District Council’s Portfolio Holder for Wholesome and Protected Communities, mentioned: “This new Keystone hub is a good addition to Citadel Quay and Banbury city centre. Psychological well being is a key part of individuals’s wellbeing, and fortunately the popularity that it’s okay to hunt assist when it’s needed is changing into more and more widespread. Entry to this help in a central and handy location can solely be factor for the wellbeing of our residents and communities.”
Oliver Wren, Centre Director at Citadel Quay, mentioned: “This can be a vastly welcome addition to the centre. The entire Banbury group stands to learn from this hub by way of entry to high-quality, mental-health care inside a handy, native setting. Serving to individuals handle their psychological well being, and finally dwell a greater life, is one thing we’re very proud to help.”