SLaM 24 hr
Information line:
Help line gives
information and
support to people
in Croydon with
mental
health
problems.
0800 731 2864
SAMARITANS
A 24 hour service providing
confidential emotional support to any person who are suicidal or despairing
020 8681 666
A 24 hour confidential help line providing
advice and information on a range of health issues.
0845 46474
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Orchard House 15a Purley Road,
South Croydon, CR2 6EZ
020 8681 6888
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Gresham PICU & 136Gresham House
Bethlem Royal Hospital
Monks Orchard Road
Beckenham
Kent
BR3 3BX
020 3228 4074 or 020 3228 4075
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Gresham Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) is an 8-bed ward at Bethlem Royal Hospital. They provide inpatient assessment, treatment and intensive nursing care, for men, aged 18-65, who have severe and ongoing mental health problems and whose behaviour makes them unsafe, either to themselves or others, and who cannot be treated in an open ward. They provide care for people who live in the London Borough of Croydon.
There team includes health and social care staff from a range of professions. A small number of people are brought to hospital under the Mental Capacity Act and Section 136 of the Mental Health Act. This is a power that police officers can use if someone is in a public place and the police have concerns about them. They have a separate, designated place of safety, a ‘136 Suite’, where they can be admitted, assessed and cared for.