If you are concerned about your mental health, or someone you care for, you can contact the 24/7 All Age Access Team directly, available any time of day or night, for any age on 0800 0 328 728 (option 1).
If you have a hearing impairment and are unable to utilise the telephone, you can text the All Age Access Team on 07739 775202 and the team will respond as soon as possible (please note: this text service is charged at your network provider’s rate).
If you are concerned about an immediate risk of harm – either to yourself or someone else – then phone 999.
Patient Leaflet
We provide a range of services for people of all ages
By clicking on the links below, you will find out more about the services we provide to care for:
- Adult inpatient services
- Adult community services
- Older people with mental health needs
- People of all ages with learning disability needs
- People requiring support for substance misuse
- Children and young people with mental health needs
For general telephone enquiries, please call our switchboard team who will put you through to the relevant service – 0300 123 1535
If you are feeling unwell, your first point of contact should be the named contact in your care plan.
Support is also available from the following…
Staffordshire Mental Health Helpline
Tel: 0808 800 2234
Text: 07860 022821
Email: staffordshire.helpline@brighter-futures.org.uk
Online chat: www.brighter-futures.org.uk
Staffordshire Mental Health Helpline is available from 7pm-2am during weekdays and 2pm-2am during weekends.
NHS 111
Trained nurses can give you help and support 24-hours- a-day via telephone on 111.
Samaritans
Tel: 116 123 (free) or 01782 213555
Samaritans offers a 24-hour confidential telephone helpline. You can also get in touch via or by writing to them. More information is available on their website here.
Please click on the link for more information on the subjects below:
- Access to health records
- Complaints
- Freedom of Information
- Diversity and inclusion
- Information for carers
- Interpretation and translation services
- Mental Health Liaison Team
- Patient Advice and Liaison Service (PALS)
- Patient confidentiality
- Patient and Public Involvement/ Experience