About us

We are a designated Cambridge University Teaching Trust and provide mental health services to the 755,000 residents of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough and also children's community services in Peterborough. CPFT is also a member of Cambridge University Health Partners (CUHP), one of only five Academic Health Science Centres in England - a new organisation that has been set up to drive forward the partnership between the NHS and the University of Cambridge. Read more... 

Latest News

Council of Governor Elections
Elections are underway with 7 seats up for election. Further details can be found here. Closing date for nominations is Monday 14 May 2012. If you are interested and would like to find out more about the role of a governor, please come to one of our Information Events, details of which can be found here.

Darwin Centre website
The Darwin Centre is an adolescent in-patient unit based in Cambridge that offers assessment and treatment to young people (12-17 inclusive) with severe mental health difficulties on both an in-patient and day patient basis. You can view more details on their website here

Cambridge Careline
01354 655786 - this is a local careline for people with schizophrenia and other enduring mental illnesses. If you are using Lifecraft's yellow mental health handbook, please note the out-of-hours number is incorrect. Please use the number above.

NHS SmartBox
The NHS SmartBox is a multimedia resource that illustrates the information, advice and talking therapies available for people throughout the county to manage stress, anxiety, depression and other common mental health problems. Find out more here

New adult social care information
As part of personalising adult social care services, Cambridgeshire County Council is working with partner organisations in the health and voluntary sectors to improve the way information about adult social care and support is delivered to our communities.