Services

Hayworth Ward is in the Ladywell Unit at University Hospital Lewisham. We provide inpatient assessment, treatment and care for people aged over 65 with acute mental illness or under 65 for people who have dementia.

We care for older adults who are admitted to hospital in a crisis. We support them back into the community.

Address: Ladywell Unit
University Hospital Lewisham
Lewisham High Street, London, SE13 6LW

Category: Mental Health of Older Adults and Dementia

The Helping Families Team is an innovative community-based team that is working to improve outcomes for families in which parents are affected by mental health difficulties.

We aim to bridge the gaps between CAMHS, adult mental health, education, and children's services by providing:

• Early intervention and support in collaboration with alongside existing services
• Specialist parenting assessment and intervention to parents with mental health difficulties and complex psychosocial needs
• Specialist advice, consultation, and training

Our team uses a proactive outreach and therapeutic approach to positively engage families. The team primarily works with parents, however, we do also work directly with children and young people, where appropriate.

The Team's work uses a whole-family approach that:

• Improves the life chances of children, builds family resilience, and reduces risk
• Recognises the inter-related needs of children, parents, and the family as a whole
• Uses partnership-based and family focused approaches that share and enhance the knowledge and expertise of the family and professional network
• Tailors effective invention, care, and support to meet the needs of the family.

The Helping Families team is a programme developed by the Centre for Parent and Child Support (CPCS). We work in partnership with other programmes developed by CPCS:

• Empowering Parents Empowering Communities
• Family Partnership Model

Address: Michael Rutter Centre
Maudsley Hospital
De Crespigny Park, London, SE5 8AZ

Category: Child and Adolescent services (National)

We are a multi-professional team of HIV Mental Health Specialists.

Our aim is to increase the capacity for mainstream mental health & HIV services to support people living with HIV, who also have a significant mental health problem.

We provide advice, training and liaison work to a wide range of statutory and non-statutory mental and physical health care services in the Boroughs of Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham.

We embrace diversity and difference and endeavour to reduce the marginalisation of people living with HIV.

*Please note we do not care co-ordinate patients, and will be co-working clients alongside other professionals that are involved.

Services we provide:

1. Psychiatric Liaison, assessment and support for clients referred by the HIV Clinics and medical inpatient wards

2. Psychiatric Liaison, second opinions, support and advice, to SLaM's inpatient wards, mental health community teams & Addiction Services

3. Screening, cognitive assessment and onward referral for HIV related cognitive impairment

4. Psychiatric Liaison, assessment and support for patients with HIV related neurocognitive problems in specialist nursing homes

5. Assessment, formulation, short term work and onward referral for complex psychological problems

6. Liaison work with Primary Care and other HIV organisations

7. Health Promotion and Prevention, education and training

8. Pre and post test counselling for HIV testing

9. A clinical psychology service to children and young people who attend paediatric HIV clinics

Address: 1st Floor
Reay House
Lambeth Hospital
108 Landor Road, London, SW9 9NT

Category: Adult Mental Health Service (Local)

The Croydon Home Treatment Team provides a short-term community-based treatment and care package aimed at facilitating recovery at home for people in crisis, who would otherwise require inpatient care.We provide care for people between 18-65 years old, who live in the London Borough of Croydon.

Our service brings together different health and social care staff, working closely with service users, their family/carers, GPs and other agencies, as required.

Croydon Home Treatment Team...

Address: New Admin Block
Bethlem Royal Hospital
Monks Orchard Road, Beckenham,  London, BR3 3BX

Category: Adult Mental Health Services (Local)

Home Treatment Team (Lewisham) is for people, aged 18-65, with severe mental illness, who would benefit from assessment, treatment and care at home as an alternative to in hospital. We provide care for people who live in the London Borough of Lewisham.

Our service brings together different health and social care professionals, including nurses, social workers psychiatrists and psychological therapists. We also work closely with patients, their carers, GPs, local day care centres and housing providers as required.

Lewisham Home Treatment Team...

Address: Lewisham HTT
4th Floor
Ladywell Unit
University Hospital Lewisham
Lewisham High Street, London, SE13 6LW

Category: Adult Mental Health Services (Local)

Our Home Treatment team (Southwark) provides a community based service to support people, aged 18-65, at home, rather than in hospital. Our service helps to avoid the stress, anxiety and upheaval that can happen with a hospital admission. We support people who live in the London Borough of Southwark.

Our team includes both health and social care staff.

We determine what clinical services people need to be referred to in Southwark in order to meet their mental health needs. For people who require hospital admission, we provide a rapid secondary assessment service, but we try to treat as many people as possible at home.

Address: 5 Windsor Walk
Denmark Hill, London, SE5 8BB

Category: Adult Mental Health Services (Local)

Home Treatment (Croydon) care for people aged 65 and over with severe mental illness who would benefit from assessment and treatment at home as an alternative to hospital.

Our aim is to provide short-term treatment for people who are having a mental health crisis. Wherever possible, we avoid the need for hospital admission.

Our service brings together different health care professionals, including nursing, occupational therapy and psychiatry. We work closely with patients, carers and professionals involved in their care.

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

Category: Mental Health of Older Adults

**The service is temporarily moved with Greenvale due to Covid**

Home Treatment (Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham) care for people aged 65 and over with severe mental illness who would benefit from assessment and treatment at home as an alternative to hospital.

Our aim is to provide short-term treatment for people who are having a mental health crisis. Wherever possible, we avoid the need for hospital admission.

Our service brings together different health care professionals, including nursing, occupational therapy and psychiatry. We work closely with patients, carers and professionals involved in their care.

Address: Aubrey Lewis
Ground Floor
Maudsley Hospital
Denmark Hill, London, SE5 8AZ

Category: Mental Health of Older Adults and Dementia

Home Treatment (Lambeth) provides a service for people, aged 18-65, with severe mental illness who would benefit from assessment and treatment at home as an alternative to Hospital. We provide care for people who live in the London Borough of Lambeth.

We provide short-term treatment for people who are having a mental health crisis. Wherever possible, we avoid the need for hospital admission.

Our service brings together different professional health and social care professionals, including nurses, social workers and psychiatrists. We also work closely with the patient, their carers, GP, local day care centre and housing provider as required.

Lambeth Home Treatment Team...

Address: Orchard House
Lambeth Hospital
108 Landor Road, London, SW9 9NT

Category: Adult Mental Health Services (Local)

Homeless Outreach (START) is a small multi-disciplinary assessment team for street homeless people in Lambeth, Southwark and Croydon. Our role is to engage and assess homeless people with severe mental health problems and to refer them on to local mainstream services.

We provide short-term care coordination. We do not have access to our own accommodation.

Address: Multiple sites,

Category: Southwark Complex Care

The Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) Service is provided by the Lewisham Primary Care Psychological Therapy Service. We provide brief treatment, including self-help therapy for people, aged over 18, with depression or anxiety. Currently all treatments are offered remotely either video, digital or telephone consultations.

We also offer Employment Advice for people who are unemployed, or who are at risk of losing their job.

We provide care for people who are registered with a Lewisham GP.

For more information visit: www.slam-iapt.nhs.uk .

Improving Access to Psycholoigical Therapies...

Address: IAPT Lewisham
PO Box 73883, London, SE8 9EA

Category: Adult Mental Health Services (Local)

At the IAPT Service (Southwark) we help people, aged 18 and over, cope with depression and/or anxiety. We are based at the Maudsley Hospital. Our service is for people who live in the London Borough of Southwark and/or people registered with a Southwark GP.

We provide a range of therapies including one to one, group, and home-based online support programmes.

SPTS also provide advice on employment related issues for people coping with depression and/or anxiety.

We can be contacted directly, or your GP can contact us for you. Our service is provided in different locations, including GP surgeries, hospitals and local community centres.

Improving Access to Psychological Therapies...

Address: Eileen Skellern House
Maudsley Hospital
Denmark Hill, London, SE5 8AZ

Category: Adult Mental Health Services (Local)

Imagining Futures is a programme combining mental wellness strategies and arts practice for young women living in Lambeth or Southwark.

Imagining Futures uses drama, creative writing, music, photography and film combined with dialectical behaviour therapy and mindfulness to support mental wellness of young women aged 14 to 18 years old.

The project supports young women whose immediate and longer-term mental health may be affected by issues including self-harm, social exclusion, exploitation, vulnerability, deprivation and gang association.

This project is aimed at young women who live in Southwark or Lambeth and have a history of self-harm or are at risk of self-harm.

Our weekly workshops will:

• Use creative writing, photography and drama with DBT and mindfulness
• Aim to build self-esteem, empathy and confidence
• Be a caring, supportive and safe environment
• Develop group skills and social behaviour

Imagining Futures is a project developed by the Adolescent At-Risk and Forensic Service (AAFS), and is part of national and specialist CAMHS at the Maudsley Hospital.

Address: Michael Rutter Centre
Maudsley Hospital
De Crespigny Park, London, SE5 8AZ

This is a specialist service, available to people from across the UK.

GPs, consultants, health professionals, referrers and commissioners can receive comprehensive information about this national service by contacting the service directly.

Overview
Our clinic provides injectable opiate treatment for people with a severe heroin addiction, where previous optimised first line drug treatment, such as oral methadone maintenance, has been shown to be insufficient.

Patients are prescribed injectable heroin (diamorphine) or methadone, which is administered at the clinic under supervision and supplementary oral medication can be provided between injecting sessions to prevent opiate withdrawal and also if it is desirable or necessary for them not attend a session. The clinic is open every day and all injectable doses are supervised, so there is no potential for abuse or transference into the community. People typically attend the clinic up to twice daily, seven days a week.

In addition to this specialised pharmacotherapy intervention, our nurses, doctors and recovery support workers work alongside existing local providers to compliment and bolster existing recovery focussed care plans that address the underlying causes of addiction, and the related health issues an individual may be experiencing.

Where appropriate skills and expertise exist we support local community teams to develop their own injectable opiate treatment services, allowing the patient to return to their local service provider at the earliest opportunity, once sufficient progress and stability of their recovery has been achieved.

For more information about SLaM's national and specialist services see: www.national.slam.nhs.uk

Address: AAU Annex
Middle House
Maudsley Hospital
Denmark Hill, London, SE5 8AZ

Category: Addictions

The Integrated Community Mental Health Team is a service providingcare and treatment for service users with severe mental health difficulties, including but not limited to psychotic illnesses, mood and personality disorders, and other co-morbid disorders.

We are a multi-disciplinary service with range of professionals including social workers, nurses, doctors, psychologist occupational therapists and specialist workers providing employment support, benefits advice and social inclusion. We provides a broad range of medical, psychological and social treatments and interventions.

We works close with acute and crisis service, and mental health services in primary care to ensure that service uses receive the right care at the right time.

The service is provided in alliance with Bromley Lewisham and Greenwich MIND, Lewisham Adult Social Care, One Health Lewisham and Lewisham Clinical Commissioning Group. This is currently a pilot service which will evaluate mental health interventions in secondary care with a view to extending this model of service provision across Lewisham.

Address: 62 Speedwell Street, London, SE8 4AT