Manchester Community Response – North Manchester
Manchester Community Response (MCR) offers people a short-term period of rehabilitation for up to 6 weeks, according to the assessed needs of the person.
In North Manchester, the following services come under the umbrella of MCR:
- North Manchester Crisis Response
- Home Pathway
- Bed-based Units
- Reablement
- Discharge to Assess
- Community IV
Our aim is to:
- Reduce hospital admissions
- Reduce long term admissions to care or nursing homes
- Support faster discharge from hospital
- Maximise people’s independence by helping them to remain in their own homes, supported in their own communities.
- People who need a short-term health and social care rehabilitation intervention
- People at risk of hospital admission who can be safely supported and managed in their own home or care/nursing home.
- Placing the person at the centre of support planning activity
- Promoting wellbeing and independence and enabling self-care – by focusing on the person’s strengths, goals and what matters to them
- Multidisciplinary working by health and social care professionals.
- Integrated working can reduce barriers and duplication and focus on what’s most important to the person we are helping.
- MCR also plays a big part in helping to relieve the pressure on our hospitals and primary care system, by providing a quick and timely response to cases that may have previously ended up going to hospital, unnecessarily.
- Over 18 years old
- Live in Manchester and / or registered with a Manchester GP
- Have a suitable home environment to return to or remain in (own home or care home)
- Able and willing to respond to a programme of care promoting rehabilitation and independence
- Able to have medical and nursing needs met in the community
- Deemed ‘medically fit’ if referred from an acute hospital bed
- The person must give their consent to the service
Crisis Response
Harpurhey District Office,
Moston Lane
Manchester
M9 4DD
Phone: 0161 667 3292 / 0161 667 3293 /0161 617 3292
Reablement, home pathway and other services under the MCR umbrella operate seven days a week from 8:00am to 5:00pm.
The Crisis Response Service runs seven days a week, 4:30pm to 10:00pm. Last referrals are 8:30pm.
Crisis Response Out of Hours Phone: 07816 064 131