Contact Details
Unither House,
Curfew Bell Road,
Chertsey,
Surrey KT16 9FG,
United Kingdom
Telephone: 01932 587 079
Opening Times
Monday-Friday 9am-5pm
Contact Names
Service Manager: Jane Jefferies
Clinical Lead: Dr Ramya Giridhar
Out of Hours Contact
Mental Health Crisis Helpline: 0800 915 4644
SMS texting for people with speech or hearing difficulties: 07717 989 024
Next Generation Text Service App or Textphone users (www.ngts.org.uk): 18001 0800 915 4644
Service Description
The perinatal mental health service is a specialist service for women who are planning a pregnancy, are pregnant or have a baby up to 12 months old who have serious or complex mental health needs.
For more information download our service leaflet.
East Surrey
Sussex Partnership runs a service for women who are registered with a GP in East Surrey. To make a referral please call 0300 304 0213 or visit their website for further information.
North East Hampshire
Women who are registered with a GP in North East Hampshire should be referred to the perinatal service run by Southern Health. For more information visit their website.
Areas Covered
- Runnymede
- Spelthorne
- Surrey Heath
- Woking
Referral Process
We accept referrals from health and social care professionals, including GPs, obstetricians, midwives, health visitors. This service is not open to self referrals.
Referral Criteria
Referrals are essential for women with current or previous:
- Bipolar Affective Disorder
- Schizophrenia / Schizoaffective disorder
- Previous postpartum psychosis
- Severe depression
- Other psychotic illness
- Family history of postpartum psychosis
- Mother and Baby Unit admission
These women should be referred even if they are currently well.
Referrals are also accepted for women with other severe or complex mental illness, including Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, eating disorders, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and Personality Disorder.
If a woman is prescribed a mood stabiliser please state this in the referral so that these women can be prioritised and urgent advice given regarding medication.
We work with women who cannot be effectively managed in primary care.
If a woman is already under the care of a community mental health team she should still be referred so we can work jointly with this team.
If the woman is a psychiatric inpatient during pregnancy or the postnatal period she should be referred so that we can see her during admission, ensure she has antenatal care if she is pregnant, and that she is followed up on discharge from the inpatient unit.
In cases where substance misuse is the primary problem please refer to specialist substance misuse services. We can work jointly with substance misuse services if the woman also has a severe mental illness.
Women under 18 years old can be referred to Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) and the Perinatal Mental Health Service will provide advice to CAMHS.
