Own Bed Instead

Own Bed Instead

Patient Information Leaflet

Why have I been referred to your service?

Own Bed Instead (OBI) is a seven-day rapid response service based at Brierley Hill Health and Social Care Centre. We are a team of occupational therapists, physiotherapists, and therapy assistants. You will be seen by the most appropriate health care professional.

We are available 8am-7pm Monday-Fridays and 8am-4pm on weekends and bank holidays.

We are able to offer up to four weeks of therapy input dependant on clinical need, including the provision of any equipment you may require.

We work in conjunction with the Dudley Clinical Hub. Our aim is to keep people as safe as possible in their own homes and avoid unnecessary hospital admissions. We also provide two-hour urgent care response to falls.

Your needs will be assessed and a plan will be agreed. This may be a one-off treatment or a therapy plan. Your treatment schedule will be agreed in conjunction with you, and you will be seen in your own home. As we are a rapid response service, your treatment plan with OBI will last up to a maximum of four weeks.

During or at the end of your treatment we may need to refer you to other services to meet your needs.

You have been seen by: ________________/_________________
Your next appointment will be:

Date:

Time:

You may have been provided with equipment as part of your treatment; this is on long term loan from Community Equipment Services – If you no longer require the equipment, please call 01384 813468 to arrange the collection of the equipment.

Contact Details

OBI team – 01384 323817, Monday-Friday 8am-4pm.
Dudley Clinical Hub – 01384 321234, Monday-Sunday 8am-9pm.

If you have any questions, or if there is anything you do not understand about this leaflet, please contact:
Own Bed Instead – 01384 323817
Russells Hall Hospital switchboard number: 01384 456111

If you have any feedback on this patient information leaflet, please email dgft.patient.information@nhs.net