Camden’s Primary Care Mental Health Network (PCMHN) is a borough wide multi-disciplinary Mental Health Service, embedded in primary care and divided into four GP neighbourhood teams - CHE West, NW5, NW3 and South/CHE-South.

The service acts as a single point of access for referrals, with the exception of referrals into the crisis pathway or to iCope.

It is a partnership between:

Camden & Islington NHS Foundation Trust (lead provider)

Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust (Team Around the Practice)

Mind in Camden (social prescribing)

Camden Council (social care)

Hillside Clubhouse (employment support – IPS)

The key aim of the service is to work with GPs in providing holistic care for citizens in a setting closer to home, integrating services across ‘traditional’ organisational boundaries. The service includes multidisciplinary input from Mental Health practitioners, such as psychiatrists, psychologists and social workers, and the voluntary sector.

Senior Service Manager: Durand Darougar

Team Managers: Lorraine Lloyd and Ophelia Mensah

Further information on what the PCMHN does, can be found in the Mental Health Network Summary document.