NHS CPFT Adult Locality Team - Cambridge

What to expect

The Cambridge Adult Locality Team use a multi-disciplinary team approach to assess, provide treatment and signpost to relevant services and support people in the community. The team covers a geographical area including Cambridge City, South Cambridgeshire and East Cambridgeshire.

The locality team support those experiencing symptoms of mental illness which may include:

• Bipolar affective disorder
• Chronic and/or treatment resistant depression
• Severe anxiety disorders
• Severe obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD)
• Severe Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
• Schizophrenia and other forms of non-affective psychoses

THIS SERVICE IS BY PROFESSIONAL REFERRAL ONLY. Referrals are accepted from the Primary Care Mental Health Service, FRS, Crisis team, Inpatient wards, Liaison Psychiatry, other MH teams, LADs and GPs.

More information

Following assessment by senior qualified members of the team you may be supported in a number of ways:

• Support to manage and understand your illness and assistance to reach your potential
• Information and involvement in treatment
• Advice, information and signposting to community resources and support networks
• Involvement of family/carers
• Relapse prevention, including a plan of what to do in a crisis
• Risk assessment and management
• Education about your illness
• Planning and preparing for discharge

The Cambridge Adult Locality Team includes:

• Admin staff
• Community psychiatric nurses
• Doctors
• Occupational therapists
• Operational and Clinical Leads
• Peer support workers
• Psychologists
• Social workers
• Students
• Support, Time & Recovery workers

Other support

If you need support with your mental health, remember you can always reach out to your GP. If you need urgent help, please call the First Response Service on the NHS 111 helpline and select the mental health option.

Other information about mental health support can be found on the Keep Your Head website.