Patient Experience Team
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Volunteering
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Interpreting
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Friends & Family Test
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Patient, Carer & Public Involvement
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Patient Advice and Liaison Service & Complaints
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Information for Patients who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing
Keeping in Touch with Patients
Letters to Loved Ones
We recognise that it can be difficult for patients and families to keep in touch during a stay in hospital. Families and friends are able to send messages to their loved ones while they are in our care.
Emails can be sent to leedsth-tr.letterstolovedones@nhs.net where the Patient Experience Team will print them, pop them in an envelope and deliver them, along with the help of our volunteers. Please include the patients full name, date of birth and ward (if known)
Letters may be delivered the following working day and we can no longer guarantee same day delivery for LGI and St James’s Hospitals. Please note that if there are extreme weather conditions, there may be a delay delivering the letters.
Letters sent on a Friday may be delivered the following Monday. Please note we are only able to offer this service Monday-Friday, excluding Bank Holidays. Please allow 2 working days for delivery at Chapel Allerton and Wharfedale Hospitals.
JusTalk & Facebook Messenger
Thanks to the support of colleagues in IT, the Patient Experience Team have been delivering iPods to wards with an app installed called JusTalk. The app enables patients to video call their friends and families. Facebook Messenger has also been downloaded on to the iPod and can be used as an alternative method of video calling.
We hope these initiatives will go a little way towards helping people connect during these challenging times.
Deaf Community
We are working with D/deaf and Hard of Hearing patients to raise awareness of what it’s like to go to hospital during the pandemic and the support available. Please see the Deaf Community page for more information.
Big Leeds Chat
Big Leeds Chat is back! And this time we’re local! Come and tell us how the last 18 months have been for you, what has worked what hasn’t what can be improved. Speak to the people who run and design the services we all use.
We would love to hear from community groups who might like to have their own Big Leeds Chat. The idea is simple, if you have a session/event planned with your service users then, let us know and we’ll get the decision maker to come and make sure your community is heard.
Do you want to be heard by the decision makers in Leeds? Come along to the Big Leeds Chat in your community. Contact the Big Leeds Chat team to find out where your local event will be, blcontour2021@gmail.com or phone 0113 898 0035
Have your say!
Do you want to share your hospital experience with the team to help Leeds Teaching Hospitals improve its service? For more information and how to get in touch, view our Patient Story flyer below.
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