Help leaving hospital
We will work with you to assist getting you safely and comfortably out of hospital. Croydon Council staff work with with our health professional colleagues at Mayday University Hospital, Croydon Primary Care Trust and South London and Maudsley Trust, as well as out-of-borough hospitals. If you are a Croydon resident and in a hospital outside of the borough our START Team will be able to help you.
Assessment
So that we can decide what's best for you we will have to carry out an Assessment of Need. This is carried out by a multi-disciplinary team including our own Care Management Team based in Mayday University Hospital.
About what we do
We work to return people back to their own homes and arrange domiciliary care for up to six weeks to help you settle back into your own routine.
As the six-week period comes to an end, we will contact you to remind you about this and see whether there is a need for any more care.
Cost
You may need nursing care once you are out of hospital. In that case you may need continuing care at Level 1 which is funded by Croydon Primary Care Trust. At Level 2 or 3 you will be given a contribution to your nursing care and we will assess whether you need to make a contribution to the cost of the care.
If you are assessed as being able to afford your own care, the Mayday Care Management Team, or the START Team if you are in a hospital outside of the borough, will help you with advice and provide lists of accredited homes. They will also move you into interim care or provide short-term reablement to assist you in moving out of hospital as quickly as possible once you are well enough and your condition is stable.
Who to contact
Mayday Hospital patients should contact the Mayday Care Management Team on the number below. Patients of a hospital outside the borough (but only Croydon residents) should contact the START Team through Social Services for Adults.
Contact Details
- Contact name
- Social services for adults
- Telephone
- 020 8726 6500
- Minicom
- 020 8760 5797
- Referral.team2@croydon.gov.uk
- Address
- Taberner House
Park Lane
Croydon CR9 3JS
- Contact name
- Mayday Care Management Team
- Telephone
- 020 8401 3148
- Website
- www.maydayhospital.org.uk
