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Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust - Colchester and Tendring Specialist Community Mental Health Team

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About this service

The Colchester Specialist Mental Health Team (CSMHT) and the Tendring Specialist Mental Health Team (TSMHT) provide assessment and treatment for individuals who are registered locally with a GP and experiencing a Serious Mental Illness (SMI). Each team covers each borough within the North East Essex region, Colchester and Tendring.

Both teams are part of the North East Essex Health & Wellbeing Alliance, and we’re actively committed to working collaboratively with other services to improve the health and wellbeing of our service users and local residents. This includes partnership working with the many member organisations currently involved.

The Specialist Mental Health Team’s offer assessment and treatment for individuals registered with a local GP who suffer from a Serious Mental Illness (SMI). Each team has a Multi-Disciplinary Team comprising of Mental Health Nurses, Occupational Therapists, Social Workers, Psychiatrists and Support Workers. All the staff work collaboratively with service users to define needs and goals, working with service user’s own strengths.

The Colchester Specialist Mental Health Team (CSMHT) and the Tendring Specialist Mental Health Team (TSMHT) provide assessment and treatment for individuals who are registered locally with a GP and experiencing a Serious Mental Illness (SMI). Each team covers each borough within the North East Essex region, Colchester and Tendring.

Both teams are part of the North East Essex Health & Wellbeing Alliance, and we’re actively committed to working collaboratively with other services to improve the health and wellbeing of our service users and local residents. This includes partnership working with the many member organisations currently involved.

The Specialist Mental Health Team’s offer assessment and treatment for individuals registered with a local GP who suffer from a Serious Mental Illness (SMI). Each team has a Multi-Disciplinary Team comprising of Mental Health Nurses, Occupational Therapists, Social Workers, Psychiatrists and Support Workers. All the staff work collaboratively with service users to define needs and goals, working with service user’s own strengths.

Service type

This service offers support in person.

This service is provided by the NHS.

Referral (how to access)

GPs and other professionals can refer via their primary care mental health nurses or directly to the team via the single point of access.

Catchment restrictions

Tendring

Amenities & Accessibility

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Last updated 22/09/2025 1:30pm

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