Community Mental Health - adults of working age (CMHT - A)
We operate 13 community mental health teams (CMHTs) across Dorset (including Bournemouth and Poole) to support people at home and prevent unnecessary admissions into hospital.
The CMHTs provide care, advice and information for people aged 18 and over with significant mental health problems, including:
- schizophrenia and psychotic or delusional disorders
- affective disorders such as mania, manic depression and moderate/severe depression
- eating disorders
- organic mental disorder
- significant mental health problems following childbirth
- phobias, anxiety disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder and obsessive-compulsive disorder
- personality disorders that cause significant distress or risk to the individual or others.
Our goal is to help people manage, or recover from, their conditions and lead healthy, fulfilling lives. Our friendly, specialist CMHT staff offer support with accessing housing and employment opportunities, as well as physical healthcare services, and can also advise on specialist treatment options available. They work in partnership with individuals, and their relatives/carers, to tailor care to a person’s own specific needs and aspirations.
CMHTs work closely with GPs, day hospitals, social care day centres and care homes. They provide care in accessible, safe locations, and treat people with dignity and respect.
Where to access the service:
Referral
Adults
If you or your loved one would like to see your local CMHT and have not used the service before, please ask your GP – or any other local health/social care professional – to make a referral.
16-17 years of age
If aged 16 or 17, you can self refer to our child and adolescent mental health service (CAMHS). To do this, complete this self-referral form.
Under 16s
Children under 16, who require urgent mental health support, can call Connection or seek information and advice on the CAMHS website.
Healthcare professionals
Healthcare professionals using SystmOne should use the referral form available on the software. Referrals from other healthcare professionals can be made via letter, telephone or email, provided they contain the relevant clinical information. Please use the service contact details below.
All referrals received will be screened and triaged by appropriate clinician to ascertain if the referral meets the service criteria.
Carers
If you provide regular and substantial support to someone with mental health problems, you are entitled to an assessment of your own needs. CMHTs employ carers officers, who can help to arrange this – simply contact the team which is supporting the person you care for.
More general information about the support available to carers is available on our carers page.
Access Mental Health
If you are struggling to cope or feel yourself nearing a breakdown, Access Mental Health is here to provide help.
Visit the Access Mental Health page for a range of services which provide support at times and places when people need it the most.
Locations
Community Mental Health Team - Adult (Blandford - The Milldown Unit)
Community Mental Health Team,
Blandford Community Hospital,
Blandford Forum,
Dorset,
DT11 7DD
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WiFi: Yes
Parking: Yes but limited
Disabled Access: Yes
Opening times: Monday to Friday from 09.00 to 17.00 – Bank holidays and weekends closed
Community Mental Health Team - Adult (Bridport - Bridport Community Hospital)
WiFi: Yes
Parking: Yes
Disabled Access: Yes
Open Hours: Monday to Friday from 09:00 to 17:00, closed weekends and Public Holidays
Community Mental Health Team - Adult (Dorchester - Maiden Castle)
WiFi: Yes
Parking: Yes
Disabled Access: Yes
Open Hours: Monday to Friday from 09:00 to 17:00, closed weekends and Public Holidays.
The Dorchester AMH (Adult Mental Health) Team are based at Maiden Castle Road. The building was once a nursing home which has been converted to house a number of specialist teams working for Dorset Healthcare. The Dorchester AMH Team offer assessment and specialist talking, social and medical treatments to people of working age who have a moderate to severe mental health conditions. The team is a fully integrated team and is made up of Nurses, Psychologist, Psychiatrist, Social workers, Occupational Therapist and support workers, all offering specialist interventions which support people in managing their mental health. The team link extensively with a wide range of partners from the Health Service, Dorset County Council and Local Community in enabling individual needs to be met.
Community Mental Health Team - Adult (Poole - Alderney Hospital)
WiFi: No
Parking: Yes
Disabled Access: Yes
Opening Times: Monday to Friday from 09:00 to 17:00, closed weekends and Public Holidays.
Community Mental Health Team - Adult (Purbeck)
Clinics held at
Swanage Community Hospital,
Queen's Road,
Swanage,
BH19 2ET
01929 422282
WiFi: Yes
Parking: No
Disabled Access: Yes
Upton Community Health Centre,
Blandford Road North,
Upton,
BH16 5PW
01202 624747
WiFi: No
Parking: Yes
Disabled Access: Yes
Wareham Community Hospital,
Streche Road,
Wareham,
BH20 4PG
01929 552433
WiFi: Yes
Parking: Yes
Disabled Access: Yes
Community Mental Health Team - Adult (Shaftesbury - Abbey View Medical Centre)
WiFi: No
Parking:Limited
Disabled Access: Yes
Opening times: Monday to Friday 09:00 - 17:00 - Bank holidays and weekends closed
Community Mental Health Team - Adult (Sherborne - Yeatman Hospital)
Wifi: Yes
Parking: Yes but charged (2 hospital car parks, 1 local public car park on Acreman Street)
Disabled access: Yes - Wheelchair access available, Disabled toilets available in main hospital
Opening hours: Monday to Friday from 09:00 to 17:00, closed weekends and Public Holidays
Community Mental Health Team - Adult (Weymouth and Portland - Westhaven Hospital)
WiFi: No
Parking: Yes
Disabled Access: Yes
Open Hours: Monday to Friday from 09:00 to 17:00, closed weekends and Public Holidays.
The aim of our service is to provide you with a seamless high quality care, closer to your home. Working in partnership with your GP, Social Services and local health providers. Our ambition is to support you in keeping healthy and in your home for as long as possible. We provide skilled and competent health and social care professionals, who will work in partnership with you and your carers to assist you in regaining or understanding your physical, emotional, and mental well-being.
Community Mental Health Team - Adult (Wimborne - Oakley House & Oakley Bungalow)
WiFi: Yes
Parking: Yes
Disabled Access: Yes
Open Hours: 09.00-17.00 Monday - Friday