Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS)

How our service can help you

We work with children and young people with a range of moderate to severe mental health needs including anxiety, low mood, depression, self-harm, obsessive-compulsive disorders, psychosis and the effects of trauma.

We are a friendly multidisciplinary service that assesses them when their difficulties have become hard to manage and/or where there are concerns about their behaviour or emotional wellbeing. We offer a range of therapeutic interventions which focus on problems and thinking about things in a different way together.

Our approach is to work in an open, collaborative and supportive way with children, young people and their families who may be offered:

  • Assessment and planned individualised treatment programmes for children and young people experiencing severe persistent mental health problems and disorders
  • Assessment, treatment and support for children and young people with mild to moderate learning disabilities and/or complex health care needs and their families
  • Family appointments to think about ways to resolve problems together
  • Individual therapy for young people to help them understand their feelings better and find new ways of coping
  • Medication may be prescribed by a child and adolescent psychiatrist
  • Mental health assessment and support
  • Working closely with, and offer support for, other professionals about how best to help individual children and young people

Contact the service

  • Cambridge

    Brookside Family Consultation Clinic

    18a Trumpington Road

    Cambridge

    CB2 8AH
     

    T: 01223 465100

    •  

    Peterborough

    City Care Centre

    Thorpe Road

    Peterborough

    PE3 6DB
     

    T: 0300 555 5810

    E: cpm-tr.peterborocamhsadmin@nhs.net 
    (Peterborough only)

    •  

    Huntingdon

    Newtown Centre

    Nursery Road

    Huntingdon

    PE29 3RJ
     

    T: 01480 445281

  • Business Hours/Visiting Hours: Monday-Friday, 9am-5pm, excluding Bank Holidays

Referral Information

  • All referrals to CAMHS go through the YOUNITED  Click here

Where to park and are there parking charges?

  • Peterborough: City care centre car park, pay machine is located in the reception.

    Cambridge: On-site free parking.

    Huntingdon: Pay and display car park opposite the Newtown Centre, 6 spaces onsite at the Newtown Centre for disabled parking.

Is there access and support for patients and visitors with a disability?

  • Yes, our clinical bases are accessible. Please ring the team before your appointment to discuss any requirements.

     

How to cancel your appointment

  • Please call the relevant team.

    Peterborough: 0300 555 5810 or email CAMHSadmin@cpft.nhs.uk

    Cambridge: 01223 465100

    Huntingdon: 01480 445281

Carers Information

  • A carer is anyone, including children and adults who looks after a family member, partner or friend who needs help because of their illness, frailty, disability, a mental health problem or an addiction and cannot cope without their support. The care they give is unpaid.

    At Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust, we value the often life-long support carers provide and recognise them as equal care partners. We want to offer as much guidance and reassurance as possible, to help you in your caring role. You can find general information and support for adult carers, young carers and parent carers by following this link

Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS)

How our service can help you

We work with children and young people with a range of moderate to severe mental health needs including anxiety, low mood, depression, self-harm, obsessive-compulsive disorders, psychosis and the effects of trauma.

We are a friendly multidisciplinary service that assesses them when their difficulties have become hard to manage and/or where there are concerns about their behaviour or emotional wellbeing. We offer a range of therapeutic interventions which focus on problems and thinking about things in a different way together.

Our approach is to work in an open, collaborative and supportive way with children, young people and their families who may be offered:

  • Assessment and planned individualised treatment programmes for children and young people experiencing severe persistent mental health problems and disorders
  • Assessment, treatment and support for children and young people with mild to moderate learning disabilities and/or complex health care needs and their families
  • Family appointments to think about ways to resolve problems together
  • Individual therapy for young people to help them understand their feelings better and find new ways of coping
  • Medication may be prescribed by a child and adolescent psychiatrist
  • Mental health assessment and support
  • Working closely with, and offer support for, other professionals about how best to help individual children and young people

Contact the service

  • Cambridge

    Brookside Family Consultation Clinic

    18a Trumpington Road

    Cambridge

    CB2 8AH
     

    T: 01223 465100

    •  

    Peterborough

    City Care Centre

    Thorpe Road

    Peterborough

    PE3 6DB
     

    T: 0300 555 5810

    E: cpm-tr.peterborocamhsadmin@nhs.net 
    (Peterborough only)

    •  

    Huntingdon

    Newtown Centre

    Nursery Road

    Huntingdon

    PE29 3RJ
     

    T: 01480 445281

  • Business Hours/Visiting Hours: Monday-Friday, 9am-5pm, excluding Bank Holidays

Referral Information

  • All referrals to CAMHS go through the YOUNITED  Click here

Where to park and are there parking charges?

  • Peterborough: City care centre car park, pay machine is located in the reception.

    Cambridge: On-site free parking.

    Huntingdon: Pay and display car park opposite the Newtown Centre, 6 spaces onsite at the Newtown Centre for disabled parking.

Is there access and support for patients and visitors with a disability?

  • Yes, our clinical bases are accessible. Please ring the team before your appointment to discuss any requirements.

     

How to cancel your appointment

  • Please call the relevant team.

    Peterborough: 0300 555 5810 or email CAMHSadmin@cpft.nhs.uk

    Cambridge: 01223 465100

    Huntingdon: 01480 445281

Carers Information

  • A carer is anyone, including children and adults who looks after a family member, partner or friend who needs help because of their illness, frailty, disability, a mental health problem or an addiction and cannot cope without their support. The care they give is unpaid.

    At Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust, we value the often life-long support carers provide and recognise them as equal care partners. We want to offer as much guidance and reassurance as possible, to help you in your caring role. You can find general information and support for adult carers, young carers and parent carers by following this link

As a patient

As a patient, relative or carer using our services, sometimes you may need to turn to someone for help, advice, and support. 

Patient Advice and Liaison service  Contact the Trust