What can single point of access do?
The Single Point of Access (SPA) is a team of clinicians who review your emotional and mental health concerns and help establish the best way to support you.
What does a single point of access mean?
A central place, site or phone number (e.g., 999, NHS Direct, GP out-of-hours, NHS 111) which provides a gateway to a range of health and social services.
What is a single point of access team?
The Single Point of Access is a multi agency team, managed by Achieving for Children, who work closely with a wide range of teams and partner agencies and facilitates different levels of support depending on the needs of the child, young person and their family. Making referrals to Children’s Social Care Services.
What is a Nelft referral?
If your child is seen by a health visitor, please discuss your concerns with them first and if their needs cannot be met through their intervention, they can make a referral. This ensures that your child is seen by the most appropriate team within our service and jointly with other therapy services if appropriate.
What is single point of referral?
The Single Point of Referral (SPOR) team is an assessment and signposting service, providing a single point of entry and a first level gatekeeping service into mental health services between 9am and 5 pm Monday to Friday.
What does Nelft stand for?
North East London NHS Foundation Trust
About NELFT leaflet updated April 2020. North East London NHS Foundation Trust.
What is triage referral?
The purpose of triage is therefore to look at the referral sent by your dentist and to assess the complexity and determine where you would be best be treated. The NHS provides details on the levels of complexity that are applied to referrals and our triage staff will follow these.
How old do you have to be to get single point of access in Sheffield?
Single Point of Access (SPA) for Adult Community Mental Health Services The Single Point of Access (SPA) dovetails with the Out of Hours (OOH) Service, creating a single point of referral 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to people who are between 18 and 65 years of age, who are registered with a GP practice in the city of Sheffield.
When is single point of access ( spa ) available?
The Single Point of Access (SPA) is a service that manages patient referrals from health professionals into all community health services. It is available 365 days a year, from 8 am to 10pm.
When to speak to single point of access?
If you are in a mental health crisis you can speak to the Single Point of Access at any time of the day – you do not need to be referred. The team also accept referrals from GPs and other health and social care professionals, as well as from people working in the housing, voluntary and charity sectors.
Where are the adult mental health services in Sheffield?
Contact details Single Point of Access for Adult Mental Health Services Netherthorpe House 101 Netherthorpe Road Sheffield S3 7EZ Tel: 0114 2263636 Fax: 0114 2716106