The Acute Home Treatment service provides support to people with acute mental health problems who are experiencing severe difficulties when the stability of their mental health has been interrupted by crisis.
Location
Harplands Hospital, Hilton Road, Stoke-on-Trent, UK
The team has continued their relentless support to prevent admission in order to support service user choice and where treatment at home is a clinically viable option as well as supporting safe discharge. The Home Treatment Team has been flexible in order to meet the challenges of Covid and to ensure safe patient care is delivered. The Home Treatment Team support the gatekeeping of beds and have supported significant pressures in obtaining appropriate support for service users.