What is it?
- Manages manage acute mental health crisis presentations in 0-18yrs
- Aimed at reducing presentations to A&E across North Central London (NCL)
- Individuals will be seen between 4-24 hours of referral.
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Crisis lines
Description
The team aims to offer an alternative to A&E for CYP in crisis or for families who need extra support in Barnet, Enfield and Haringey. The Hub offers community-based assessment within 4 hours emergency and 24 hours for urgent cases between 9am-5pm, Mon-Friday, to CYP who are experiencing urgent mental health crisis. After 5pm, individuals can contact the crisis line.
We aim:
- To provide a faster response to CYP in crisis and prevent crisis escalation.
- To increase accessibility through a flexible approach.
- To work with CYP and families to provide a brief intervention until the crisis is resolved, and there is no longer a role for the Hub.
- To reduce CYP presenting to A&E and Tier 4 admission.
- To promote resilience and self-management for CYP in crisis.
Accordions
- Who is this service for?
Although this service is based in Barnet, any young person presenting in the Hub will be attended to by the Hub clinicians.
We support young people who present to the Hub with acute mental health crisis issues. Any cases on the exclusion criteria are transferred to the A&E, this includes:
- suspected or confirmed over dose
- new onset psychosis
- severe agitation/aggression
- medication over-dose
- significant self-harm
- suspected medically unexplained symptoms
- The team
The team includes doctors, specialist nurses,
social workers and therapists. - What will happen if I see this team?
The Hub will evaluate any urgent cases within four to twenty-four hours of referral. If a young person arrives at the Hub in person, they will also receive immediate attention.
Support available:
- Short-term relational support to CYP/families/carers in distress
- Telephone or face to face support
- Signpost to alternative services within CAMHS or Secondary Mental Health Services
- Self-management techniques
- How can I be referred to this team?
Children and young people are referred to the Crisis hub via:
- The crisis line
- 24 Hours Crisis Line
- Accident and Emergency (A&E)
- Single Point of Access team (SPOA)
- Direct GP referrals (High Risk YP)
- Crisis Duty Clinicians
- Schools
- Social Care
- London Ambulance Service
Young people can also self refer through the Crisis Hub’s duty contact line which is 02087026476 (open Mon-Fri 9am-5pm)
Contact info
Contact Information
Address:
Edgware Community Hospital - Dennis Scott Unit, Barnet CAMHS Holly Oak.
Crisis Hub, Burnt Oak Broadway, Edgware, London, HA8 0AD
Duty Crisis Hub: 02087026476 (Mon-Fri, 9am-5pm)
CAMHS Crisis line: 08001510023, which is a 24 hours service
Recommended by Barnet CAMHS Crisis Hub
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