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Community Hospital Mental Health Liaison Service (CH MHL)
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The Community Hospital Mental Health Liaison Service (CH MHL) offers a single point of access for advice, assessment, care, and treatment for patients of any age admitted to community hospitals in Worcestershire.
- Service hours: Monday - Friday 9:00am - 5:00pm
About the service
The service supports patients presenting with mental health needs while receiving physical health treatment and rehabilitation in community hospitals in Worcestershire. Patients within the Princess of Wales Community Hospital - Bromsgrove, Evesham Community Hospital, Malvern Community Hospital, Worcester City Inpatient Unit, Wyre Forest Ward - Kidderminster, Tenbury Community Hospital and Pershore Community Hospital can access support from the service.
The clinical team includes advanced clinical practitioners (ACP), a trainee non-medical approved clinician, and consultant psychiatrists.
Referrals for patients who are known and open to community services will be triaged, with time-sensitive advice provided to the wards or service delivering their care. Following this, the patient will be transferred to the care of the responsible community mental health team, who can assist with further advice, review, or support around hospital discharge.
Information for professionals
Referrals to this service can be made by professionals only. Patients needing the support of the Community Hospital Mental Health Liaison Team should be referred by the team or professional delivering their care. Professionals should complete the Community Hospital Mental Health Liaison Referral Form returning it to: whcnhs.mentalhealthliaisoncomhosp@nhs.net.
All referrals will be triaged by a clinician within 24 hours (Monday - Friday). Referrers will receive a response within 3 working days.
Urgent advice for older adults (over 65) via Duty & Triage
- Hours: Monday - Friday 9:00am — 5:00pm
- Phone: 01527 488226
Urgent advice for patients of any age via Urgent Mental Health Helpline
- Hours: 24 hours
- Phone: 0808 196 9127
Mental Health Act assessments
Requests for Mental Health Act assessments should be discussed with the ‘urgent advice’ services detailed above, to explore if alternative arrangements are more appropriate e.g. urgent mental health assessment, DoLS.
Should a Mental Health Act Assessment be required, the referring professional will be required to complete MHA referral form for the Approved Mental Health Professionals service. The form should be sent to amhpteam@worcestershire.gov.uk.