In this section...

  1. Adult Community Services
  2. Children's services
  3. Carers corner
  4. Community mental health services
  5. Community response to COVID-19
  6. Dementia and older people’s mental health
  7. Health for Homeless Service
  8. Medication
  9. Learning disability services
  10. Personalised care planning
  11. SilverCloud
  12. Spiritual and pastoral care
  13. Transforming wound care
  14. Suicide Liaison Service
  15. Tuberculosis Service
  16. Talking Therapies
  17. Useful information following a bereavement
  18. Video appointments
  19. Virtual wards
  20. Wheelchair Service
  21. Worried about someone's mental health?

Other agencies and services

There are many other services, agencies and organisations which provide advice, information and support within Cornwall.

We signpost our patients to these services when appropriate.

Advocacy and community support services

Community mental health teams

  • Call the community mental health team on 0845 207 7711.

Drug and alcohol problems

  • OK Rehab.
  • Talk to Frank: For facts, support and advice on drugs and alcohol. Call 0300 123 660 (available 24/7).
  • With You: Provides free and confidential services to people facing challenges with drugs and alcohol. Call 0333 200 0325 (available 24/7).

Eating disorders

  • Eating disorder service: All initial referrals to our service need to go via a GP to the integrated community mental health teams.

Housing and homeless

  • Breadline Centre (Penzance): call 01736 366 767.
  • St Petrocs (Truro): call 01872 264 153.

Sexual abuse and domestic violence

  • CLEAR: advice for children and adults, call 01872 261 147.
  • Domestic abuse helpline: call 01208 799 92.
  • First Light
  • Rape and sexual abuse helpline: call 01208 770 99.
  • SARC (Truro Willow centre): supports people with recent sexual assault (in the past 7 days), call 0300 303 4626.
  • Women’s Centre Cornwall (formerly WRSAC)

Support helplines

  • Samaritans: call 116 123.
  • SHOUT: 24/7 text service, text Shout to 85258.
  • CALM (Campaign Against Living Miserably): call 0800 585 858 5pm to midnight, 365 days a year.

Young people

  • Kooth: Offer free online counselling and wellbeing service for young people aged 11 to 25 years.
  • Mind Your Way: Helps 11 to 25 year olds look after their own mental health and wellbeing through counselling and mentoring, both online and face-to-face. Call 01872 222 447.
  • Papyrus: For people under 35 experiencing suicidal thoughts. Call 0800 068 4141. (Link )
  • Young Minds: A mental health charity for children, young people and their parents.