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Working in collaboration with community mental health teams and inpatient units, the aim of this service is to treat and support service users with primarily complex needs and their carers in their local communities to avoid admission to hospital and, where admission is unavoidable, to reduce the duration of stay.
Interventions provided by this service include the following:
All referrals to the service will come via the community mental health teams (CMHT's) for older people or inpatient services on behalf of the patients care co-ordinator.