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 - 03000 271 717

More information

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