Mental Health Support for patients
Which service?
The attached Professionals 4-way grid may be useful in deciding which mental health service is required.
AWP 24/7 Advice & Support line for patients
AWP have set up a 24hour, seven day a week telephone response line to provide advice, guidance and support over the phone to existing patients, families and carers, who may be worried about their own or someone else's mental health.
The telephone line - 0800 953 1919 - provides round-the-clock support for adults and children, seven days a week, 365 days a year.
Find out more information about the telephone line on their website.
VitaHealth 24/7 Support & Connect
Immediate emotional and practical support helpline. Open: 24/7 365 days a year.
See 24/7 Support & Connect page of Remedy
IAPT Services
The VitaHealth service continues to receive referrals as usual and is now delivering the service fully remotely. They have also set up online access to CBT modules and other resources. See IAPT page in Remedy
Please also see Second Steps Wellbeing Service (Bristol & North Somerset registered patients)
PCLS/Triage
Receives and triages referrals to secondary care MH services See Primary Care Liasion Service - AWP for more details
Mental Health Capacity Act and COVID-19
Please see the link for Implications of COVID-19 on the Mental Capacity Act (updated 3.4.20)
COVID 19 Mental Wellbeing Toolkit
As we enter uncertain times during this Covid-19 pandemic, we are aware that patients will have significant mental health needs. The CCG Medicines Optimisation team, with the help of Dr Jess Wynter Bee, has adapted the Mental Wellbeing Toolkit to help during this covid pandemic, so that people are following government guidance, as well as being signposted to Covid related resources. The Mental Wellbeing toolkit can be found here
Charity & Third Sector Mental Health Support
Please see the Social Prescribing page for details of organisations offering Wellbeing and Mental Health support.
CAMHS mental health 24/7 response line
The CAMHS mental health 24/7 response line is now available as a dedicated telephone line for parents, children and young people living in BNSSG who may be worried about their own or another young person’s mental health. The telephone line offers out-of-hours care for children and young people in crisis 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year.
To access the service, please call 0800 953 1919.