The Community Mental Health Team (CMHT) is a multidisciplinary team based at The Balfour in Kirkwall, offering a community based service to the whole of Orkney.
The team accepts referrals from GP practices, and referrals are considered by team members at a weekly referral meeting.
Members of the CMHT work in partnership with the service user, their family and any carers, where appropriate, to look at the difficulties that they are experiencing, and to assess the effects that the Service User’s mental health needs are having on their life.
It is important to enable the person using the service to identify their strengths and the sources of support that are available to them. We work closely with other statutory and voluntary agencies.
Phone the Community Mental Health Team on 01856 888280 during office hours (9 am to 5 pm) and on 111 (NHS 24) for out of hours. For the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS), call 01856 888950.
