{"id":423,"date":"2024-03-05T09:50:22","date_gmt":"2024-03-05T09:50:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/ips\/?page_id=423"},"modified":"2026-03-10T08:55:32","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T08:55:32","slug":"carers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/ips\/ketamine-trd\/carers\/","title":{"rendered":"Carers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_86 ez-toc-wrap-left counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\"><p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Sections<\/p>\n<\/div><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/ips\/ketamine-trd\/carers\/#Important_information_for_carers\" >Important information for carers<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/ips\/ketamine-trd\/carers\/#Attending_the_appointment\" >Attending the appointment<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/ips\/ketamine-trd\/carers\/#After_treatment\" >After treatment<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/ips\/ketamine-trd\/carers\/#If_you_have_concerns\" >If you have concerns<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/ips\/ketamine-trd\/carers\/#Non-urgent_advice_Downloadable_information\" >Non-urgent advice: Downloadable information<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Important_information_for_carers\"><\/span>Important information for carers<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>We ask patients coming for ketamine treatment to arrange for someone to escort them to their appointment. This page provides information for those who are supporting patients.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Attending_the_appointment\"><\/span>Attending the appointment<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>When you bring a relative or friend for ketamine treatment you will be shown with them to the waiting area before treatment begins. A member of the team will then take the patient through to the treatment room.<\/p>\n<p>The waiting area also serves as a coffee room for patients. To ensure privacy and comfort for those recovering from treatment, this space is reserved for patients only.<\/p>\n<p>While the infusion is taking place, you will not be able to sit with the patient in the treatment room. If you wish to remain nearby, you are welcome to wait in the caf\u00e9 or in the clinic corridors until the treatment has finished.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"After_treatment\"><\/span>After treatment<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>It will be about an hour before the person you are accompanying will finish having their treatment. They must remain in the department for a further hour before being assessed and allowed to go home.<\/p>\n<p>Initially they may still feel a little strange; however, this will pass before they are allowed to leave the department.<\/p>\n<p>After treatment people often feel tired. We encourage them to do very little for the rest of the day. They may have a headache and can take paracetamol as normal for this.<\/p>\n<p>They may describe their experience to you. Sometimes treatments can be an emotional experience of release for some people and can initially feel overwhelming.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"If_you_have_concerns\"><\/span>If you have concerns<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>If you are worried about your friend or relative, you should speak to the team in clinic about any concerns you have.<\/p>\n<div class=\"nhsuk-care-card nhsuk-care-card--non-urgent\">\n                <div class=\"nhsuk-care-card__heading-container\">\n                    <h3 class=\"nhsuk-care-card__heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Non-urgent_advice_Downloadable_information\"><\/span><span role=\"text\"><span class=\"nhsuk-u-visually-hidden\">Non-urgent advice: <\/span>Downloadable information<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n                    <span class=\"nhsuk-care-card__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n                <\/div>\n                <div class=\"nhsuk-care-card__content\">\n<div class=\"nhsuk-action-link\"><a class=\"nhsuk-action-link__link\" href=\"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/36\/2024\/03\/Full-information-about-Oxford-ketamine-service-v2.1-190224.pdf\" target=\"_self\"><span class=\"nhsuk-action-link__text\">Full information about Oxford ketamine service v2.1 19 Feb 2024 (PDF)<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<p>This PDF contains all the text on the website, used for consent.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n            <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Important information for carers We ask patients coming for ketamine treatment to arrange for someone to escort them to their&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":573,"parent":8,"menu_order":6,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-page-vertical-nav.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-423","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/ips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/423","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/ips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/ips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/ips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/ips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=423"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/ips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/423\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":621,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/ips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/423\/revisions\/621"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/ips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/ips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/573"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/ips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=423"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}