The Veterans Mental Health and Wellbeing Service 

If you or someone you know are in a crisis, and there is immediate threat to life, then call 999. If there is no immediate threat to life call 111.

You may also like to contact the High Intensity Service (HIS) Midlands or East of England Veterans High Intensity Service (elft.nhs.uk) which can be contacted on the 24/7 helpline number: 0300 323 0139.

If already within the service, contact your assigned mental health worker(s).
Speaking with family and friends can also be helpful in these times.

Your assessment, care planning and treatment will take place within our pathways provided by:

• Lincolnshire Partnership Foundation NHS Trust,
• Coventry & Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust,
• Birmingham & Solihull Mental Health Foundation NHS Trust
• St Andrews Healthcare.

Depending on what you need you could be offered a range of specialist support and treatment, tailored to your needs. 

This includes:

• Helping you to recognise and treat early signs of mental health problems, as well as more advanced mental health conditions and psychological trauma.
• Providing support and treatment for substance misuse and addictions.
• Liaising with charities and local organisations to support your wider health and wellbeing, such as help with housing, relationships, finances and employment. 
• Referring you to other NHS services, where needed.
• Recognising that your family may also need help and care and supporting them to access this.

Some of these interventions will also be provided by our partners in:

• Walking with the Wounded - Walking With the Wounded provide therapy with their Headstart programme. Visit their website to find out more

• The Ripple Pond- The Ripple Pond provide specific support to families and carers of veterans. Visit their website to find out more 
• Tom Harrison House- Tom Harrison House provide specialist addiction recovery programme for UK Armed Forces veterans with a 12-week residential programme. View their website to find out more

During 2021, the VMH CTS team supported the Royal College of Psychiatrists in developing and launching the Quality Network for Veterans Mental health Services (QNVMHS). We were delighted to be ranked top of the eight services involved in the pilot following a peer review in 2021.

Below are a few examples of what veterans’ who have left the service recently have said about their treatment:

“I would recommend Veterans Mental Health to any Veteran who is going through the same problem i.e PTSD”

“Best care since being in the British Army, all involved in my care very caring and compassionate. Excellent care thank you”.

“CTS has been instrumental for my recovery journey, a journey I will never forget. You listened, I was never judged and I am now me and not who I once was.”

“I owe my life to CTS. The psychologist and his team have delivered a professional, compassionate and structured treatment programme which has helped me learn new coping skils and grounding techniques. Culminating in EMDR the change has been astounding.”

“This service is amazing. The clinicians I have had involved in my care have been beneficial in helping me to overcome many obstacles and helping me to become a better version of the person I was.”

“My Team have literally been life saving and I truly mean that, I can't thank them enough for getting me through the toughest time in my life. Now I am armed with the tools to either cope with or avoid what my future life will throw at me. Also at the start it makes such a difference when they have a knowledge of the forces world. Many thanks to one and all.”