How to Access Mental Health Social Work

Referrals into the CMHT are made via GPs in order to ensure that any physical health issues are addressed or ruled out before mental health support is requested. These are assessed by the Single Point of Access( SPoA). All referrals are triaged and processed by the SpoA team to ensure appropriateness of referrals and allocation to the correct team.

Referrals can also be received directly from other teams such as the Memory Assessment Service, Home Treatment Team, the Adult Team, Inpatients and out of area teams and are assessed to see if it is appropriate then CMHT link in directly with the referrer.

Referrals can also be made via the Older Adult Mental Health Liaison Service based within the physical health hospitals in the area including Blackpool Teaching Hospital and Royal Preston.

CMHT also accept direct referral back into service for care co-ordination for any Service User that is under 117 review or remains under the 12 months of the Shared Care Protocol for physical health.

See: AMHP Procedure.