Our Trust has signed up to John’s Campaign.

Our aim is to improve care for patients with dementia when they are on our wards by welcoming their carers to stay with them and supporting them to help us to provide care if they wish to do so.

The campaign strives to provide better care for our patients with the condition, to make them more at ease with a friendly and familiar face as part of their care team.

Other Trusts across the country have also signed up the charter set up after the death of Dr John Gerrard in 2014, who had previosuly been diagnosed with Alzheimer's but continued to live a good life supported by his family.

The campaign works to support sufferer's who may prefer a friendly face to care for them in hospital such as a family member or trusted friend, as hospitals can be an unnerving expereince. 

For more information see here.