Support at Every Stage signposts users to services available across Hull and East Yorkshire
A new interactive website provides signposting to the range of mental health support available across Hull and East Yorkshire(Image: Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust)
Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust has launched a new interactive website, providing signposting to the range of mental health support available using a unique timeline of life’s stages. NHS services can sometimes be difficult to navigate, with medical terminology and unfamiliar service names making it hard for people to know where to turn for help.
The Support at Every Stage website takes a different approach, organising mental health and wellbeing support around familiar stages of life rather than clinical services. Through an interactive, scrollable timeline, visitors can explore support for early years, growing up, adulthood, family life and later life, alongside a dedicated section on recovery.
The website was launched to coincide with World Mental Health Day (Saturday, October 10). It offers a simpler, more relatable approach to help people find the right information and support for themselves or someone they care about, without needing to understand how NHS services are structured.
At this time of year families in particular are going through periods of transition, with children starting a new year of school and teenagers leaving for university. For others, the colder days and darker nights can have an impact on their mood and wellbeing.
This new website is for accessing support at any stage of life, signposting to the mental health and wellbeing services the Trust provides across Hull and East Yorkshire. World Mental Health Day had the theme this year of Lived Experience, something reflected throughout the website.
Real-life stories from people who have accessed mental health services help bring the resource to life, showing the difference that support can make and offering hope and reassurance to others who may be facing similar challenges. The Trust plans to continue developing the website, adding new content and resources to ensure it remains relevant and responsive to the needs of local communities.
Support At Every Stage can be accessed at support.humber.nhs.uk
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