Physical Health & Wellbeing

When young people move to Aaban we will help them register with local health services like a doctor, a dentist and an optician. Our nursing team alongside the ward doctor monitor their physical health on the unit and will support them to attend any appointments.

Whilst young people are at Aaban, we can complete health checks on the unit, such as an ECG and requesting bloods tests. If we think these are required we’ll discuss them with the young person. We will keep each young person’s medication in the clinic on the unit and we will give it to them as prescribed.

Any young person who has a prescription will be invited to attend any reviews of their medication in which changes may be discussed. Young people may also have an opportunity to administer their medication themselves. Such changes are agreed with young people and a plan put in place to support them to do this safely.

Staff on the unit take young people’s physical health seriously.