Adult Mental Health Services in Ashford

Ashford Community Mental Health Team

Community Mental Health Teams (CMHT) provide services to people living in the community aged between 16 and 65 who are experiencing mental health problems.

Referrals to the CMHTs are usually made directly through a GP.

The intake element of a CMHT acts as a single point of access for all referrals to mental health services that we provide.

If you are referred to a team they will assess you, signpost and offer short-term treatment as close as possible to your home.

Your support package may include a personal budget to give you more choice and control over how some of your needs are met. For more information about personal budgets visit the Live it Well website.

Teams are made up of social workers; community psychiatric nurses; occupational therapists; technical instructors; Support Time and Recovery Workers; consultant psychiatrists; clinical psychologists and medical staff and administration and secretarial staff.

Visit the Ashford CMHT page.

Crisis Resolution Home Treatment Team

The Crisis Resolution Home Treatement Team (CRHT) offer a service 24 hours a day 365 days a year. They provide services in response to crisis with community based assessment and treatment. They act as a Gatekeeper to inpatient care and offer an alternative to hosptial admission and facilitate early discharge.

Visit the South East Kent Crisis Resolution Home Treatment Team

Acute Inpatient Wards and PICU Facilities

Acute admission wards provide inpatient care with intensive support for patients in periods of acute psychiatric illness. Patients who are in an acutely disturbed phase of a serious mental health disorder, are detained in designed Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) facilities.

Admission to acute inpatient wards is through our Crisis Teams.

Acute Inpatient Wards

Arundel Unit

William Harvey Hospital
Kennington Road
Willsborough
Ashford
TN24 0LZ

Edgehill ward: Tel: 01233 616897 Fax: 01233 616810
Newington ward: Tel: 01233 651804 Fax: 01233 616754

Woodchurch Ward, Thanet Mental Health Unit

164 Ramsgate Road
Margate
CT9 4BF

Tel: 01843 234405
Fax: 01843 230150

Anselm Ward, Canterbury

Find out about Anselm Ward Canterbury

Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit

Dudley Venables House

Psychological Services

Find out about Psychologial Services including Primary Care Counselling.

Rehabilitation Service

Rehabilitation Services aim to prepare patients to become independent and live fulfilling lives in the local community. Inpatient units are staffed on a 24 hour basis. These provide care to people with severe and enduring mental illness who are judged to be too unwell or chaotic to tolerate the environment of a residential placement in the community.

We also have a vocational rehabilitation service providing vocational opportunities for people with severe and enduring mental health problems to have gainful work opportunities in a supportive environment.

Find out about vocational rehabilitation.