Urgent Care & Assessment Team

The Urgent Care and Assessment Team to ensure that a timely and responsive assessment is provided by our multi-disciplinary team. This may result in an urgent short term work either as home treatment, on an individual basis in Primary Care, or through psychological based group work.

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Urgent Care and Assessment Team

The Urgent Care and Assessment Team works to make sure a responsive assessment is given by our multi-disciplinary team to service users in Northamptonshire. This can result in urgent short term access either as a home treatment, on an individual basis in Primary Care, or through psychological based group work.

Who is this service for? This service is for adults in Northamptonshire.

How do I register for this service?

Referral for this service is by a Healthcare professional only.

Contacting us and opening hours

Referral for this service is by a Healthcare professional only.

UCAT South – 0300 11 11 004

UCAT North -  0300 11 11 005

Services are 24/7 all year round. 

In a crisis please visit: I need help

Berrywood Hospital Switchboard - 01604 682682

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More information on Community Mental Health Services - UCAT

More information on Community Mental Health Services - UCAT

The Community Mental Health Service is multi-disciplinary in nature. Within the team, there is a range of professionals with different skills and levels of training to benefit the service provision.

The service provides the following commissioned functions under one umbrella:

  • Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment.
  • Primary Care Liaison Service.
  • Crisis Telephone Support Service.

This is provided through an integrated single service so there is no requirement for referral between services, services can be increased or reduced dependent on service user and or carer need.

Mental health, learning disabilities and speciality services

  1. Acute Liaison Service and Psychiatry for Older Persons
  2. Adult Inpatients Acute
  3. Adult Inpatient Low Secure
  4. Adult Inpatient Specialist
  5. Adult Inpatient PICU
  6. At Risk Mental State Service
  7. Community Mental Health Adult - Early Intervention N’Step
  8. Community Mental Health Transformation
  9. Crisis cafés
  10. Crisis Houses: The Warren and The Martins
  11. Criminal Justice Liaison and Diversion Team
  12. Custody Healthcare Team
  13. Eating Disorders Service
  14. Forensic Team
  15. Health Based Place of Safety
  16. Gender Identity Clinic
  17. IAPT Talking Therapies Northants
  18. IPS Employment Service
  19. Learning Disabilities
  20. Memory Assessment Service
  21. Maternal Mental Health Service
  22. Northants Personality Disorder Hub
  23. Older Adults Community Services
  24. Older People’s Inpatient Acute
  25. Peer support service
  26. Planned Care and Recovery Treatment Service
  27. Police Liaison & Triage
  28. Recovery College
  29. Serenity Sexual Assault Referral Centre (SARC)
  30. Specialist perinatal mental health
  31. Secured Services
  32. The Mental Health Number
  33. Urgent Care and Assessment Team
  34. Younger Persons with Dementia Team
  35. Neuromodulation (rTMS/ECT)