Community Mental Health Services
Mental Health Commissioning in Oxfordshire
NHS Oxfordshire and Oxfordshire County Council have launched a county-wide plan to talk to local people about their ideas. This is a powerful way to enable service users, carers, members of the public and local organisations that provide mental health services or have an interest in mental health, to have a say in the way local mental health services are shaped and provided. To get involved and find out the latest on consultations for the programme for Better Mental Health in Oxfordshire, click here.
Mental Health Services
A range of mental health services are provided across the county by a variety of organisations. Specialist services are provided by Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (external link) and include a range of community services as well as inpatient facilities. Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Mental Health Partnership is now an NHS Foundation Trust. They hope that many local residents will join them, and participate in their decision making and planning. To join, please click on the above link and then on 'Become A Member'.
The Oxfordshire Mental health Information website is an online database which aims to provide accessible information about local mental health services. This database is run in partnership between two local mental health charities, Oxfordshire Mind and Oxfordshire Mental Health Matters, which both have a track record of providing information services.
The county council also run a number of services, as do a significant number of voluntary organisations. These range from information and advice services, to day centres and residential accommodation.
Primary Care (GPs and other members of the primary care team) play a significant role in supporting individuals with mild to moderate mental health problems and also act as the gateway to the more specialist services provided by the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. If you need to access these services, you need to visit your GP.
The following booklet was produced to make it easier for people to find and directly access the help and support they think they might need. It aims to give enough explanation of what services offer and enough contact information to enable the user to follow up a number of routes to obtain the information they require. Although the target group is anyone seeking information or support around for mental health issues, it is a guide that could be used by a wider audience equally as well.
Learning Disability Services
Learning disability services are provided via the Ridgeway Partnership NHS Trust (external link), based in Headington, Oxford.
Acute Sector Hospitals
The Warneford Hospital
Based in Headington and is set in its own grounds. It has four in-patient areas and also provides day care as an alternative to admission for General Adult Services. Eating Disorder Services are also provided from the Warneford Hospital. The site also accommodates the Oxford University Department of Psychiatry and Neurosciences, which lead in the research field, and the Oxford Brookes University Isis Education Centre. The Highfield Adolescent Unit is situated on the Warneford Hospital site and provides local and regional mental health services for adolescents and their families.
The Littlemore Mental Health Centre
Littlemore as two in-patient areas for Adult Services, four Rehabilitation Units, the Oxford Clinic that provides Forensic Services for Mental Health and Learning Disabilities and the Oxford Group Homes Organization who provides sheltered accommodation through a cluster-housing complex.
The Park Hospital
Park Hospital is situated in Headington and provides local, regional care for up to 46 people. and national mental health and neuropsychiatry services for children and their families.
The Fulbrook Centre
Fulbrook Centre is based in Headington and has three in-patient areas that provide services to older adults. It is a modern building that opened in 1996 and provides in-patient care.