NHS mental health
Many people go through periods of difficulty in their lives. If you, or someone you know, needs support, there are services and people available to make sure anyone with a mental health problem has someone to turn to for advice and support.
Find out how to access NHS mental health services below.
NHS mental health services
There are NHS therapy and counselling services available for people who need support for their mental health. NHS talking therapies services are for people in England aged 18 or over, to talk about their mental health.
NHS talking therapies service can help treat conditions like:
- Depression
- Generalised anxiety
- Social anxiety
- Panic and agoraphobia
- Other phobias
- Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)
- Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
- Body dysmorphic disorder.
You can speak to your GP about NHS talking therapies, or you can get in touch with the service directly.
Local Mental Health Services
Avon & Wiltshire Partnership:
Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust (AWP) provides healthcare for people with serious mental illness, learning disabilities and autism in inpatient and community-based settings. We service a population of around 1.8 million across Bath and North East Somerset (BaNES), Swindon and Wiltshire, and Bristol, North Somerset, and South Gloucestershire.
Our aim is to be recognised as outstanding AWP, provider of specialised mental health and learning disabilities services. We are committed to providing outstanding care, through our outstanding people, ensuring our services are sustainable and delivered in partnership. Outstanding care is our first priority to ensure our service users receive the best possible treatment.
We are proud of the comprehensive range of services we offer and the compassionate care our staff provide. We remain committed to working in partnership with service users, carers, healthcare system partners, other healthcare providers, the police, criminal justice system, local authorities and a wide range of voluntary sector organisations to ensure we can be responsive to individual needs.
If you need help right now, call AWP’s 24-hour urgent response line free on 0800 953 1919.
For someone to talk to, you can also contact The Samaritans for free on 116 123. The Samaritans offers 24-hour telephone emotional support and befriending in complete confidence.
If you need help right now, call AWP’s 24-hour urgent response line free on 0800 953 1919.
For someone to talk to, you can also contact The Samaritans for free on 116 123. The Samaritans offers 24-hour telephone emotional support and befriending in complete confidence.
Wiltshire IAPT Service:
https://iapt-wilts.awp.nhs.uk
Offer a wide range of support. from psycho-educational courses to one-to-one intervention, as everyone’s needs and preferences are different.
Wiltshire IAPT Service
Lodge 3 – Green Lane Hospital
Devizes
SN10 5DS
01380 731335 – Please note the Phone line is open Monday to Friday between 09:00 – 17:00 (Outside of these hours or during busy periods you will be able to leave a message)
Email: awp.wilts-iapt@nhs.net Wiltshire IAPT are not a Crisis Service – If you are need of immediate help please click here : Crisis team
SHOUT Text support Services Text: 85258
Shout offers you free, 24/7 text messaging support wherever you are in the UK. If you need someone to talk to about how you're feeling
Stay Alive App :
https://www.stayalive.app/
For those at risk of suicide and people worried about someone
Family Support - Home-Start Kennet
Home-Start Kennet is a voluntary organisation committed to promoting the welfare of families who have at least one child under the age of five.
They provide emotional and practical support to families through our trained home visiting volunteers, family groups and professional Family Support Organisers, helping families through their most challenging times.
They are open and currently offering support via telephone and Zoom. Now it's even easier to get in touch if you are feeling overwhelmed and have a child under 5yrs text the word FAMILY to 66 777
Home-Start Kennet
Tel: 01672 569457
Email: hskadmin@homestartkennet.co.uk
Op COURAGE: The Veterans Mental Health and Wellbeing Service
After serving in the Armed Forces, some people find it hard to adjust to civvy street. If you’re struggling with your mental health and wellbeing, Op COURAGE: The Veterans Mental Health and Wellbeing Service is here to help.
Op COURAGE is an NHS service in England that’s been developed with people who’ve served in the Armed Forces and experienced mental ill-health. Every member of staff within the service is either from the Armed Forces or has experience of working with the military community. In partnership with Armed Forces charities and NHS services, the staff at Op COURAGE provide specialist care, support and treatment for those due to leave the military, reservists and those who’ve served. Since its launch in 2017, the service has helped nearly 30,000 veterans.
What does Op COURAGE offer?
Op COURAGE provides a range of specialist support and treatment, depending on the needs of the individual – there’s no ‘one size fits all’. This might include helping you to recognise and treat early signs of mental ill health, as well as providing care and support for more advanced mental health conditions and psychological trauma.
In addition, the service provides support and treatment for a range of addictions, such as alcohol and drug misuse and gambling, and can refer you to other NHS services if needed. Op COURAGE also works with charities and local organisations to provide support for your wider health and wellbeing needs, which may include help with housing, relationships, finances and employment.
We know that when someone is unwell it may affect the rest of the family, so Op COURAGE can support them access help and care too.
Who can Op COURAGE help?
Op COURAGE supports UK Armed Forces veterans living in England, as long as they have served a minimum of one full day, and regardless of how long ago they left the military.
Op COURAGE also provides support to serving personnel due to leave the Armed Forces and reservists.
How do you access Op COURAGE?
You can contact Op COURAGE directly to make an appointment or ask someone else, such as a family member, friend, charity or health professional to make it for you. You can also ask your GP to refer you, but you don’t have to go through your GP to get an appointment.
Mental health services for children and young people
There is help available for children and young people who need support with their mental health.
If you are a parent, guardian or carer of a child or young person who needs support with their mental health, then you can contact their GP. They will be able to help point you in the right direction to support them.
There are local services in the community to help children and young people. You may have heard about the Children and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) that help children and young people to cope with their mental health.
You can also visit the Mental health services page on the NHS website for more information about the support available and to get advice.
Social prescribing
Find out more about social prescribing and the support available in your community.
Book an appointment
You can book an appointment online to see your GP.