Adult Acute Inpatient services

Adult Acute Inpatient services are for people whose mental health needs and associated risks mean they cannot safely receive treatment at home.

Type

Adult Inpatients Acute

We have 6 acute inpatient wards for people who need mental health treatment and care in hospital. Our inpatient wards are based at the Welland Centre at St Mary's Hospital in Kettering and at Berrywood Hospital in Northampton.

Our wards provide a modern, needs-led, trauma-informed acute mental health service where we aim to treat service users with dignity and respect in an environment that is appropriate, safe and supportive for service users, staff and visitors.

Through a multi-disciplinary and multi-agency approach, we provide a range of services that are suitable for people's individual needs. Staff work together with service users in a non-discriminatory way that accepts and is framed around the service user's understanding of their own issues. This involves recognising the service user's culture, life experience, protected characteristics and strengths to support their recovery.

Each service user will take part in a multi-disciplinary team assessment of their needs and safety which will inform their treatment and care during their admission.

Who is this service for? Adults aged 18 and over.

How do I register for this service?

The Urgent Care and Assessment Team (UCAT) manages all admissions to the Adult Acute Inpatient service.

The service user may have been assessed by a Trusted Assessor from another team within NHFT, but there is an expectation that the admission will have been managed by UCAT.

Referrals are also received from Approved Mental Health Practitioners for service users liable to be detained under the Mental Health Act 1983.

UCAT North (North Northamptonshire)

Telephone: 0300 1111 005

UCAT South (West Northamptonshire)

Telephone: 0300 1111 004

I need urgent mental health help

Contact us

North Northamptonshire - the Welland Centre

The Welland Centre
St Mary's Hospital
London Road
Kettering
NN15 7PW

Avocet Ward

  • Telephone: 03000 273 506

Kingfisher Ward

  • Telephone: 03000 273 500

Sandpiper Ward

  • Telephone: 03000 273 500

West Northamptonshire - Berrywood Hospital

Berrywood Hospital
Berrywood Drive
Upton
Northampton
NN5 6UD

Bay Ward

  • Telephone: 03000 271 764

Cove Ward

  • Telephone: 03000 271 757

Harbour Ward

  • Telephone: 03000 271 755

Meet the team

Our ward multi-disciplinary teams (MDTs) include:

  • A Responsible Clinician (Consultant Psychiatrist)
  • Ward Matron
  • Occupational Therapist
  • Psychologist
  • Nurses
  • Support staff

Each service user will take part in an MDT assessment of their needs and safety which will inform their treatment and care during their admission.

Mental health, learning disability and autism services

  1. Acute Liaison Mental Health Service
  2. Adult ADHD, Autism and Tourettes Team (AAATT)
  3. Adult Acute Inpatient services
  4. Adult Inpatient Specialist
  5. Adult Inpatient PICU
  6. At Risk Mental State Service
  7. Community Mental Health Adult - Early Intervention NSTEP
  8. Complex PTSD service
  9. Community mental health team
  10. Crisis cafés
  11. Crisis Houses: The Warren and The Martins
  12. Crisis Response Unit
  13. Eating Disorders Service
  14. ECT and Ketamine Therapy - The Treatment Centre
  15. Forensic Team
  16. Health Based Place of Safety
  17. IPS Employment Service
  18. Learning Disabilities
  19. Liaison Psychiatry for Older People
  20. Maternal Loss Psychology Service
  21. Memory Assessment Service
  22. The Mental Health Number
  23. Northants Personality Disorder Hub
  24. NHS Northamptonshire Talking Therapies
  25. Older Adults Community Mental Health Services
  26. Older People’s Inpatient Acute
  27. Peer support service
  28. Police Liaison and Triage
  29. Recovery College
  30. Specialist Perinatal Mental Health Service
  31. Urgent Care and Assessment Team
  32. Younger People with Dementia Team