Services

The Croydon Flow team works within the borough of Croydon to manage and support clinical decisions around service users movements through the healthcare service.

We work closely with other services both inside and outside of South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust to ensure the best care outcome is achieved for every service user.

We work closely with the South London And Maudsley (SLAM) bed management structure and across teams to effectively manage and support services users' safe discharge from our in-patient settings in a timely manner.

The team provides Home Treatment Assessment, suitable follow up no later than 48 hours after discharge from in-patient wards and support for in-patient and community teams which encourages; right care, at the right time, at the right place, considering the most least restrictive options at all times.

The team consists of; Advanced Nurse Practitioners, Senior discharge coordinators Home treatment assessors, HAWK advisors, and a Community Clinical Service Lead who works proactively with care coordinators and community team leaders for swift support.

Address: Croydon Flow Team
New Admin Block
Bethlem Royal Hospital, Beckenham,  London, BR3 3BX

Category: Adult Mental Health Services (Local)

Croydon IAPT is a free and confidential NHS talking therapies service. We offer a range of psychological therapies to adults 18 years and over, who are registered with a Croydon GP or live in the borough of Croydon. Our main offer of treatment is Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) or treatments based on these principles. We are currently also expanding into couple therapy for depression and Interpersonal Therapy (IPT).

Our aim is to help improve the mental well-being of people experiencing difficulties such as:

¥ Low mood
¥ Feeling down due to unemployment or difficulties at work
¥ Sleep problems
¥ Low self-esteem
¥ Panic attacks
¥ Sadness that won't go away
¥ Excessive worrying or anxiety
¥ Relationship or family problems related to how you feel
¥ Low mood or anxiety related to a medical condition such as diabetes, Irritable bowel Syndrome and Fatigue
¥ Experience of a traumatic event
¥ Stress
¥ Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
¥ Phobias

We are available at many GP surgeries and other clinics around Croydon

Address: Wickham Park House
Bethlem Royal Hospital
Monks Orchard Rd, Beckenham,  London, BR3 3BX

Category: Primary Care

CIPTS is a comprehensive established team of psychologists and psychotherapists delivering a range of talking therapies including Cognitive Analytic Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Psychodynamic Psychotherapy, Eye Movement Desensitisation Reprocessing Therapy (EMDR) and Narrative Exposure Therapy (NET).

CIPTS provides psychological assessment and treatment for adults mostly aged between 18-65 years who present with complex mental health difficulties that require a secondary care level of treatment. We support people who live in the London Borough of Croydon. CIPTS is an equivalent service to the Integrated Psychological Therapy teams (IPTT) in Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark.

We receive referrals from the Croydon Assessment & Liaison Team, the Croydon Improving Access to Psychological Therapies Service (IAPT) and the Croydon Treatment Team. GP referrals for secondary care psychological treatment come via the IAPT team and Assessment & Liaison Team. We work closely with other teams, providing consultation and teaching.

Please contact the service for information about the referral process, inclusion and exclusion criteria.

Address: Jeanette Wallace House
1 Edridge Road
Croydon, London, CR0 1FE

Category: Adult Mental Health Services (Local)

Our Mental Health in Learning Disabilities (Croydon) is a specialist, community-based service based at Bethlem Royal Hospital. We provide outpatient and community assessment, inpatient liaison, advice and treatment for people, aged over 18, who have learning disabilities together with mental health problems. We provide care for people who live in the London Borough of Croydon.

We are psychiatrists employed by SLaM. We are part of the Behavioural and Developmental clinical academic group. We work locally as part of the Croydon Joint Community Learning Disabilities Team (JCDLT) which includes multidisciplinary health and social care professionals not employed by SLaM.

We provide mental health assessments and advice on services and treatment options to help people with learning disabilities and mental health problems maintain their health and independence.

How to make a referral to our service

Please complete the referral form and return this form via email to MHLDCroydon@slam.nhs.uk .

Or alternatively by post to:

Team Leader Croydon MHLD
1st Floor
Monks Orchard House
Bethlem Royal Hospital
Monks Orchard Road
Beckenham
BR3 3BX

Monks Orchard House...

Address: 1st Floor
Monks Orchard House
Bethlem Royal Hospital, Beckenham,  London, BR3 3BX

Category: Adult Mental Health Services (Local)

Croydon Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) is a 10 bedded unit that provides high quality care for men aged 18-65, who have severe and ongoing mental health problems. We also provide short-stay intensive assessment and treatment for people with acute mental illness with distressing symptoms who have been referred from other inpatient services. Our team is comprised of multi-professional staff including nurses, doctors, occupational therapist, psychologist, pharmacist etc.

We provide assessment, treatment and intensive nursing care. We work closely with other services both inside and outside of South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust to ensure the best care outcome is achieved for every service user.

We care for people who live in the London Borough of Croydon.

Address: Gresham House
Bethlem Royal Hospital
Monks Orchard Road, Beckenham,  London, BR3 3BX

The Croydon, Lambeth and Lewisham Adult Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) Service is also known as the 3 borough service. This service launched in August 2020, and is a local, specialist outpatient service for adults registered with a GP in Croydon, Lambeth and Lewisham. Referrals can be made by GPs or NHS secondary mental health teams.

The team offers diagnostic assessment for adults who have suspected Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and/or Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Initiation and titration of ADHD medication and annual reviews for ADHD are also offered. Following a positive diagnosis from the service (ADHD and/or ASD), patients may be offered some brief post-diagnostic psychological support.

For more information and to obtain a referral form, please email 3Breferrals@slam.nhs.uk

Three Borough Service...

Address: Bethlem Royal Hospital
1st Floor
Monks Orchard House
Monks Orchard Road, Beckenham,  London, BR3 3BX