Crisis Resolution Home Treatment team

therapy, consultation, acute mental health Our Crisis Resolution Home Treatment Teams provide intensive support for people experiencing an acute or ‘crisis’ episode during their mental illness. Also known as ‘hospital at home’ teams, this service is available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

We know that people usually feel safer, more relaxed and recover better when they are in their own homes. Even when very unwell, our support is there to help people remain independent and continue living as normal a life as possible.

What we do

Our team of psychiatrists, clinical psychologists, nurses, occupational therapists and support workers want to work with you to keep you out of hospital. However, if together we decide the best thing for you would be a short stay in hospital, we’ll make sure we find you a bed to get this support. From the start of your time in hospital, we will create a plan with you to get you back home as soon as possible.

Once a patient starts to feel better, no longer needing the support of our Crisis Resolution Home Treatment teams but still requiring ongoing support, they’ll be referred back to their local Community Mental Health Team.

Accessing the service

If you feel that you need support from our Crisis Resolution Home Treatment team, please speak to your GP to request a referral.

We also accept referrals from other sources such as:

other health services (e.g. midwives, health visitors and practice nurses)
emergency services
people who are already known to our services and their families
agencies other than health services that support people with mental health problems.