Mental Health Services—Hospital & Community Mental Health Services

Mental Health Services are provided by the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust. Services are organised within four Areas, Huntingdon, Peterborough, Cambridge, and Fenland and East Cambridgeshire. The Huntingdon services provide assessment, treatment and care to children, adults and older people with mental illness in the Huntingdon Area and works with a range of voluntary organisations. All services aim to be flexible around the age boundary. The Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service cares for people up to the age of 17. Adult Mental Health Services care for people from 17 and 65. The Older Peoples Mental Health Service cares for people over the age of 65, also providing for patients with early onset dementia (under 65).

The Service is provided to people suffering from both acute and longer-term mental health problems, drug and alcohol problems, dementia and functional illness. Support is also given to relatives and carers both on an individual basis and through formal carer support programmes. An individual’s needs are assessed and care is delivered and co-ordinated using the Care Programme Approach. Each service user has a named Care Co-ordinator.

There are a number of local community services provided by the Mental Health Trust for those with mental health issues. In addition local voluntary groups offer support and activities such as day centres, clubs and visiting schemes.

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust

The mental health trust works in partnership to provide mental health and specialist learning disability services across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough.

Its services include:

  • Child and adolescent mental health services
  • Adult mental health services
  • Older people's mental health services
  • Forensic and specialist mental health services
  • Substance misuse services
  • Specialist learning disability services

Community learning disability services are provided by the Cambridgeshire Learning Disability Partnership and the Peterborough Learning Disability Partnership. See the website for a full list of all services.

Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service
Child and Adolescent Mental Health
Newtown Centre
Nursery Road
Huntingdon
PE29 3RJ

Tel: 01480 415300

The Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) are based at the Newtown Centre in Huntingdon and provides assessment and treatment for children or adolescents under 17 years with emotional, behavioural and developmental problems. The service works closely with other agencies including education, social services and child health services. The team has a wide range of skills and experience. There are a number of professionals, including psychiatrists, psychologists, nurses and occupational therapists, family therapist, community paediatricians and primary mental health workers. There are also social workers in the team, employed by Cambridgeshire County Council. The service is open Monday to Friday. Referrals are accepted from GPs, and other primary are providers, education, social services and the voluntary sector.

The Croylands Day Centre
30 Cambridge road
Ely
Cambs
CB7 4HL

Tel: 01353 616044

It provides support for adults with long-term mental health problems in the north rural sector. Activities include creative writing, art, therapeutic support groups and practical help i.e. careers advice, training, life skills etc. Referrals are via the Community Mental Health Teams only. The site also provides the base for the North Rural Community Mental Health Team. Outpatient's clinics are also held at the centre by consultant pyschiatrists, pyschologists and the drug and alcohol services.

Adult Mental Health Services

East Cambridgeshire and Fenland Mental Health Team
Agenoria House
North Cambs Hospital
The Park
Wisbech
PE13 3AB

Tel: 01945 482129

Local Contacts

Alcoholics Anonymous
Local Helpline 0845 7697 555
Website: www.alcoholics-anonymous.org.uk

They are a voluntary fellowship of people who are alcoholics and who help each other to achieve and maintain sobriety by sharing experiences and mutual support. Telephone the local help line for information on regular group meetings. March have a local branch meeting on Friday evening at 8.00pm at St.Johns Church Hall, Queen Street.

Beds and Cambs Rural Support Group
Wood Farm
Kimbolton Road
Hail Weston
St. Neots
Cambs
PE19 5LA

Tel: 08454 500290
Email: info@ruralsupport-bedscambs.org.uk
Website: www.ruralsupport-bedscambs.org.uk

The Beds & Cambs Rural Support Group is a local charity that offers a confidential listening, sign-posting and advice service to people faced with rural isolation, stress, homelessness, financial hardship and redundancy. The group operates through a network of contacts from farming and training organisations, local churches and trade unions and aims to identify the right source of help for people in difficulty and work with them to obtain it. Working and living in the countryside,
the volunteers can relate to problems at first hand and act as a bridge between those in need and the traditional support and benefit agencies, which are usually town based. They also know about specialist sources of assistance directed specifically at people employed in farming.

Bowthorpe Centre (The Richmond Fellowship)
North Cambridgeshire Hospital Site
The Park
Wisbech
Cambs
PE13 3AB

Tel: 01945 582840
Email:bowthorpe@callnetuk.com

The Centre aims to respond to individual needs, to promote mental health, reduce the need for hospital admission and act as a stepping-stone for members to resume their lives in the community. The service is for up to 30 people a day in the age range of 16 - 65 years. it operates Monday to Friday between the hours of 9.15am - 4.15pm with Tuesday and Thursday evening support, alternate Sunday drop in and Saturday trips out once a month. An in-house meeting is held once a month to promote communication and involvement between the staff and members. Transport is available for those who have difficulty getting to the centre.

CADS (Community Alcohol & Drugs Service)
North House
Goodwins Road
Kings Lynn
Norfolk
PE30 5DP

Tel: 01553 761623 (drug and information appointments)
Monday to Friday 9.00am - 5.00pm
Thursdays 9.00am - 8.00pm

CADS - Wisbech
9.00am - 4.30pm (Tuesdays by appointment only)
Tel: 01553 761623

CADS offer free counselling, advice and information, to anyone who feels they have an alcohol or drug related problem, or are concerned about the risks of AIDS/HIV infection. Advice, information and support to family members, colleagues and friends of people misusing alcohol or other drugs.

Community Drug Team
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust
The Bungalow
Gables Drive
Thorpe Road
Peterborough
PE3 6DA

Tel: 01733 318129

The Community Drug Team (CDT) seeks to provide an open and accessible service, offering choice and flexibility in the community aimed at meeting local need in Peterborough and Fenland.

Substance Misuse Services
Tel: 01733 898385

A range of in-patient and day services for adults who are having problems connected with their use of alcohol and/or illicit drugs. Services for adolescents are provided in collaboration with the child and adolescent mental health services.

Drinksense (Fenland Alcohol Service)
Fenland March Office
20a Deerfield Road
March
Cambs
PE15 9AH

Tel: 01354 650457
Email: fenland@drinksense.org
Website: www.drinksense.org

Drinksense (Fenland Alcohol Service)
Fenland Wisbech Office
Queen Mary Centre
Queens Road
Wisbech
Cambs

Tel: 01945 474153
Email: fenland@drinksense.org
Website: www.drinksense.org

Drinksense (Fenland Alcohol Service) is a professional service providing free counselling, support, advice and education to anyone - people/families and carers with alcohol related problems or concerns. Referral is by self or third party. Contact the service for initial interview and/or general information.

Lifecraft
The Bath House
Gwydir Street
Cambridge
CB1 2LW

Tel: 01223 566957
Email: info@lifecraft.org.uk
Website: www.lifecraft.org.uk

Lifecraft is a voluntary organisation that is run by users and ex-users of the mental health services. As well as providing information about mental health problems, treatments and resources they also have a guide to complementary medicine that describes, among other things, how much research has been done on that particular therapy and whether there seems to be any scientific basis for it.

Lifeline - A Lifecraft Project
The Bath House
Gwydir Street
Cambridge
CB1 2LW

Tel: 0808 808 2121
Email: info@lifecraft.org.uk
Website: www.lifecraft.org.uk

Open 7.00pm-11.00pm 365 days a year
(24 hour answerphone at all other times) "We're here to listen"

Lifeline is a Lifecraft Project that provides an out of hours mental health help line. The trained volunteers are on line to provide:

  • Someone to talk to
  • Emotional support
  • Guidance through a crisis
  • Liaison with other agencies
  • and information on local and national resources, treatment, patients rights, self help groups etc.

Someone who cares, someone who listens and someone who won't point a finger. Lifeline recognises the caller's absolute right to a confidential service.

Peterborough and Fenland Mind
5 York Road
Peterborough
Cambridgeshire
PE1 3BP

Tel: 01733 758211
Email: general@pfmind.org.uk

Services provided:

  • Advice/information
  • Advocacy
  • Anger Management
  • Drop In
  • Volunteer Opportunities