Akenside – Patient Information Leaflet
This leaflet provides helpful information for your stay on Akenside, a specialist inpatient ward for older people with functional mental health conditions.
Akenside Ward – Older Peoples Inpatient Service (Newcastle) – NTW158
Akenside is an inpatient unit with 18 beds providing assessment, treatment and rehabilitation by a multi disciplinary health and social care team. Akenside is for older people with mental health problems arising from functional disorders such as depression.
How to get referred
People can be referred by a Specialist Mental Health Service, which is accessed via your GP.