There are three community mental health teams for older people's mental health services.
Services provided include:
- specialist services, e.g. dementia care
- residential and short break services
- day care at residential and day care facilities across the borough.
Referrals for services are usually made by doctors to consultant psychiatrists, or you can make a referral direct to the Central Duty Team. If you have a social worker, the social worker will make a referral on your behalf.
Once a referral has been made, a health professional from one of the community mental health teams will screen the referral, based on need and the level of risk identified. They will then make a decision as to the intervention required - it may be a face-to-face assessment, or referral to another agency for support.
An assessment helps us to decide whether or not you are eligible to receive services. We use Department of Health guidance 'Fair Access to Care Services' to work out your eligibility for services.
