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Inpatient and Community Based Services

The links on this page detail both inpatient and community based services that are accessible to the west of Berkshire.

Bluebell Ward

Type: adult mental health inpatient service
Ward Manager: Kenny Byrne
Age group served: working age adults
Service cover: West Berkshire
Location: Prospect Park Hospital

Description: Inpatient ward for adults from the Wokingham and Newbury localities.

Common conditions: services are for people with severe and / or enduring conditions: bipolar disorder (manic depression); depression; obsessive compulsive Disorder (OCD); personality disorders; schizophrenia; serious self harm.

You can access our services through: home treatment teams and emergency services.

Address: Prospect Park Hospital, Honey End Lane, Reading, RG30 4EJ
Telephone: 0118 960 5000
Email: andrew.burgess@berkshire.nhs.uk
Opening hours: 24 hr service

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Daisy Ward

Type: adult mental health inpatient service
Ward Manager: Albert Zvenyika
Age group served: all adults
Service cover: West Berkshire
Location: Prospect Park Hospital

Description: inpatient ward for adults in Reading.

Common conditions: services are for people with severe and / or enduring conditions: bipolar disorder (manic depression); depression; obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD); personality disorders; schizophrenia; serious self harm; substance misuse.

You can access our services through: home treatment teams and emergency services.

Address: Prospect Park Hospital, Honey End Lane, Reading, RG30 4EJ
Telephone: 0118 960 5000

Email: andrew.burgess@berkshire.nhs.uk
Opening hours: 24 hr service

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Early Intervention in Psychosis Service

Type: community outreach; community service
Age group served: 16 - 35 years old
Service cover: West Berkshire
Location: Wokingham

Description: our Early Intervention Psychosis (EIP) team works within the local community mental health teams in Berkshire to provide a specialist service for people aged 16 > 35 experiencing their first episode of psychosis.

Our team has access to a variety of different disciplines and includes nurses, doctors, social workers, psychologists and family workers.

Early Intervention (EI) in severe mental illness has been found to prevent individuals becoming long-term psychiatric patients and greatly improves the likelihood of stable recovery with reduced incidence of relapse.

Our aim is to promote recovery for a happy and healthy future for people who use our service.

We also link to access services provided by Berkshire Adolecent Unit in Wokingham. Out of hours EIP patients have access to 24/7 crisis /Home Treatment Team.

Common conditions: services are for people with severe and / or enduring conditions: bipolar disorder, (manic depression); schizophrenia.

You can access our services through: Community Mental Health Access Team.

Address: various locations across the county
Telephone: 0118 949 5019
Opening times: Various

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IAPT Increasing Access to Psychological Therapies Service

Type: commissioned by West of Berkshire Primary Care Trust Community Service
Age group served: adults
Service cover: West Berkshire
Location: Our main office is in Shinfield, near Reading but we have clinical space across the West of Berkshire

Description: Offers help for common mental health problems - mild to moderate and moderate to severe. After assessment the most appropriate way forward will be decided, which may include, structured individual work, well-being courses, telephone follow-up, computerised cognitive behavioural therapy, guided self help, short term counselling, links to employment and advice about other services that could help.

Common conditions treated: anxiety, depression, stress and phobias

You can access our services via: GPs; self referral; all other referral routes.

Address: Shinfield Health Centre, School Green, Shinfield, RG2 9EH
Telephone: 0118 9769121
Fax: 0118 9769156
Text: 07500 915968

Opening hours: 8am - 8 pm Monday to Thursday; 8am - 5pm on Friday

Visit the Talking Therapies website

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Jasmine Ward

Type: Ward for older adults for assessment and treatment of dementia.
Ward Manager: Bill Johnson
Age: older adults
Service cover: West Berkshire
Location: Prospect Park Hospital

Description: inpatient ward for the assessment and treatment of individuals with an organic illness.

Common conditions: services are for people with severe and / or enduring conditions, mainly dementia.

You can access our services through: home treatment teams; community mental health teams and other emergency duty teams.

Address: Prospect Park Hospital, Honey End Lane, Reading, RG30 4EJ
Telephone: 0118 960 5000
Email: andrew.burgess@berkshire.nhs.uk
Opening Hours: 24 hr service

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Orchid Ward

Type: intensive rehabilitation inpatient service
Ward manager: Trevor Langrish
Age group served: all adults
Service cover: Berkshire-wide service
Location: Prospect Park Hospital
Description: inpatient ward for intensive rehabilitation

Common conditions: services are for people with severe and / or enduring conditions: bipolar disorder (manic depression); depression; obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD); schizophrenia; serious self harm.

You can access our services through: other wards and community mental health teams in Berkshire.

Address: Prospect Park Hospital, Honey End Lane, Reading, RG30 4EJ
Telephone: 0118 960 5000
Email: andrew.burgess@berkshire.nhs.uk
Opening hours: 24 hr service

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Out of Hours Crisis Response Team

Type: access and crisis services community service
In partnership with: Crisis Resolution Home Treatment Team
Age group served: all working age adults
Service cover: West Berkshire
Location: various locations across the county
Description: care coordinator; GP / local doctor referral; self-referral.

Common conditions: services are for people with severe and / or enduring conditions.

You can access our services through: this is an emergency out of hours number normally used for existing service users. People can self-refer on an emergency basis only. Please visit our Need help Now section

Address:Accident & Emergency Department, Royal Berkshire Hospital,Reading,Berkshire,RG1 5AN
Telephone: 0800 7839505
Opening hours: 9pm to 9am and weekends and bank holidays

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Rose Ward

Type: inpatient service for adult rehabilitation and continuing care
Ward manager: Steve Gilbert
Age group served: all adults
Service cover: West Berkshire
Location: Prospect Park Hospital

Description: inpatient ward for people with a long term mental illness.

Common conditions: services are for people with severe and / or enduring conditions; bipolar disorder (manic depression); schizophrenia.

You can access our services through: no referrals are currently being taken by the unit.

Address: Prospect Park Hospital, Honey End Lane, Reading, RG30 4EJ
Telephone: 0118 960 5800
Email: andrew.burgess@berkshire.nhs.uk
Opening hours: 24 hr service

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Rowan Ward

Type: Ward for older adults with common mental health disorders
Ward Manager [Acting]: Ralph Chananda
Age: older adults
Service cover: West Berkshire
Location: Prospect Park Hospital

Description: inpatient ward for older adults with a functional mental health problem.

Common conditions: services are for people with severe and / or enduring conditions: bipolar disorder (manic depression); depression; obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD); personality disorders; schizophrenia; serious self harm.

You can access our services through: home treatment teams and emergency services.

Address: Prospect Park Hospital, Honey End Lane, Reading, RG30 4EJ
Email: andrew.burgess@berkshire.nhs.uk
Opening hours: 24 hr service
Telephone: 0118 960 5000

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