Services

The team can support patients regardless of their local settled connection to an area in the UK, including those from abroad or without a connection in the UK

Patients are accepted if they meet all the criteria:
¥ 18+ years old
¥ Patients who are rough sleepers (not suitable for the START Team) living in homeless hostels, B&B, sofa surfers or who have nowhere to go on discharge
¥ Patients with any form of mental illness
¥ Regardless of a settled local connection
¥ Patients currently admitted to a Lambeth or Southwark hospital ward

The team doesn't usually work directly with patients who have a care coordinator either in the community or on admission. They will be happy to give advice and signposting where this required as we appreciate that situations and services can be complex and challenging to navigate.

Peckham Befrienders is a Black & Minority Ethnic (BME) people (aged 18-65yrs) who are currently receiving care from our Trust

The aims/objectives of Peckham Befrienders: are to increase the social networks of our service users. We do this by providing a space for Service Users and Befrienders to form friendships within a befriending framework. We operate a group approach to befriending.

Our twice weekly drop-ins offers a space for service users to access, support and befriending, culturally appropriate meals and other activities such as: Indian head Massages, support, talks and presentations on a host of subjects (e.g. how to look after your Heart, Diabetes, and controlling stress) and our reflexology service.

In addition to services we offer we are also looking for people from the BME communities who want to become volunteers.

To access Peckham Befrienders services people can be referred by CHMT's, Doctors, Social Workers, CPN's, or by self-referrals.

We also offer drop-in sessions on Tuesdays drop-in from 3pm-6pm at St Mathew's Church Community Centre, Medow Row, SE1 2EA.

Thursdays drop-in sessions 3pm-7pm at Sojourner Truth Community Centre, 161 Sumner Road, SE15 6JL. Anyone enquiring about the service or wanting to refer, please call 07969587292 or email pamela.vincent@slam.nhs.uk.

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The Mental Health Liaison Service provides psychiatric assessments for people, aged 18 and above to determine if they need mental health care and treatment.

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

Our aim is to ensure that people get the expertise they need to address their mental health problems.

For an overview of our National Perinatal Services - please visit: https://slam.nhs.uk/service-detail/service/perinatal-service-128/

Our service is an internationally recognised research and treatment unit, which provides a specialist diagnostic assessment and treatment for people with persistent physical symptoms. This includes fatigue, pain, irritable bowel symptoms and non-cardiac chest pain. We have developed models for understanding and treating persistent physical symptoms and continue to be at the forefront of research and development in this field. We offer specific treatment for chronic fatigue, irritable bowel syndrome, fibromyalgia as well as other persistent physical symptoms.

We also treat fatigue in the context of long-term conditions such as cancer or if people have finished medical treatment but continue to experience symptoms. Our evidence-based treatments are routinely evaluated. Our goal is to increase the person’s functioning, improve quality of life and wellbeing, reduce the severity of their symptoms and facilitate a return to work or education where possible.

Powell Ward is in the Ladywell Unit at University Hospital Lewisham. We provide services for men, aged 18-65, with acute psychiatric illnesses. Acute illnesses start quickly and have distressing symptoms. We provide care for people who live in the London Borough of Lewisham and outside borough

We offer psychiatric assessment, care and treatment in hospital, which helps reduce the risk to self and others.

The Primary Care Mental Health Support Service (PCMHSS) works with Croydon adults residents (18-65 years) that have experienced severe and enduring mental illness and have achieved some stability in their recovery that they are ready for transfer to Primary Care. The client group will be motivated to increase self management and independence in preparing for transfer to primary care. The PCMHSS works in collaboration with the patients, carers/family and their GP practices towards full transfer from secondary mental health service to Primary Care. Our team brings together mental health practitioners including a psychiatrist that will support the transfer process.

Patients accepted into the PCMHSS will meet certain criteria e.g. their mental health (mainly psychosis) and social situation is stable, and the prescribed medication can be managed by the doctor's surgery.

Patients will be transferred from the service, to primary care, following a formal multi-disciplinary review with the prescribing GP, practice staff and our service.

In the event of needing input from secondary service, the referral process will be the same as it is now for all.

Our service is an integrated provision provided in partnership with Bromley, Lewisham and Greenwich MIND. Our joined up approach enables seamless support and interventions for Lewisham service users. Our Mental Health Advisors and Peer Support Workers possess expertise and experience in social prescribing and care navigation.

Primary Care Mental Health Teams (PCMHT) support service users who are referred in conjunction with their GP. We use the same electronic note system to improve information sharing and communication.

PCMHTs are the 'front door' service, and you may be 'stepped up' into secondary care following assessment if there is no need for further assessment. PCMHTs also provide care to those who are in transition from secondary care mental health services ensuring people receive the right care at the right time.

Our GP area covers:

• Dr Banerjee: Clifton Rise Surgery
• Deptford Medical Centre Grove Medical Centre
• Kingfisher Surgery
• New Cross Medical Centre
• Queens Road Partnership
• Burney Street Practice (Greenwich GP if service user lives in Lewisham)
• Dr Kabra: Amersham Vale Practice
• Deptford Surgery
• Vesta Road Surgery Park
• Medical Centre Silverlock Practice (Southwark GPs if service user lives in Lewisham)

We provide care and support for people, aged 18-65, who have severe mental illness. We care and support people who live in the London Borough of Croydon.

People eligible for our service must be on the Care Programme Approach (CPA). The CPA is a way of describing what you need in order to get the best care. It is for patients who need to see several people or organisations for their mental health care and treatment.

We provide people with a care co-ordinator to plan their care and make sure they get the best available help. They are usually a community psychiatric nurse, social worker or occupational therapist. We also run an outpatient clinic for people who are able to live more independently.

Our service brings together teams of health and social care professionals, including nurses, social workers and psychiatrists.

We provide care and support for people, aged 18-65, who have severe mental illness. We care and support people who live in the London Borough of Croydon.

People eligible for our service must be on the Care Programme Approach (CPA). The CPA is a way of describing what you need in order to get the best care. It is for patients who need to see several people or organisations for their mental health care and treatment.

We provide people with a care co-ordinator to plan their care and make sure they get the best available help. They are usually a community psychiatric nurse, social worker or occupational therapist. We also run an outpatient clinic for people who are able to live more independently.

Our service brings together teams of health and social care professionals, including nurses, social workers and psychiatrists.

We provide care and support for people, aged 18-65, who have severe mental illness. We care and support people who live in the London Borough of Croydon. People eligible for our service must be on the Care Programme Approach (CPA). The CPA is a way of describing what you need in order to get the best care. It is for patients who need to see several people or organisations for their mental health care and treatment. We provide people with a care co-ordinator to plan their care and make sure they get the best available help. They are usually a community psychiatric nurse, social worker or occupational therapist. We also run an outpatient clinic for people who are able to live more independently. Our service brings together teams of health and social care professionals, including nurses, social workers and psychiatrists.

Our service offers cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) and family interventions for people with distressing positive symptoms of psychosis (including those with a diagnosis of bipolar disorder). This includes delusions and hallucinations, or those with a history of psychosis whose main difficulties are secondary emotional problems. We do not offer treatment for those who have predominantly negative symptoms, learning disabilities, are not distressed or do not want help.

Our service is psychology-led, headed by international, clinical and academic experts. PICuP was one of the two national demonstration sites for the Improving Access to Psychological Therapies for Severe Mental Illness (IAPT for SMI) project which aimed to increase access to psychological therapies for psychosis, bipolar disorder and personality disorders.

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We strive to:

• treat people with dignity and view our service users as experts in their own experiences
• place no pressure on people to change their view of the world and always work collaboratively with them towards achieving their goals
• include families, carers and other mental health professionals involved in the person’s care, if the patient wishes to
• disseminate knowledge and skills to other mental health professionals through training and supervision, both in the UK and overseas
• work towards improved quality of life for people with psychosis through clinical research and audits
• aim to increase access to psychological therapies for psychosis and bipolar disorder

The team offers a range of specialist, evidence based, psychological interventions to people aged 65 and over who are experiencing moderate or severe mental health difficulties or dementia. We also see younger people who are experiencing memory or other cognitive problems. We work with families and others caring for people with behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia. Services offered include:

- Cognitive behaviour therapy
- Family therapy
- Psychodynamic psychotherapy
- Assessments of cognitive function and advice on strategies to manage these difficulties
- Assessment and advice on managing challenging behaviours in the context of dementia
- We see people in local clinics but can offer home visits

Assessments of cognitive function currently suspended due to Covid**