St James Hospital

Portsmouth Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) and Psychology services are based in Falcon House.

CAMHS provides a mental health service for 5-18 year olds suffering with acute, chronic or severe mental health problems. 

Opening hours are 8.30am - 5pm, Monday to Friday. 

Tel: 0300 123 6632

Email: camhs-general@solent.nhs.uk

In The Orchards unit, there are two wards called Hawthorn Ward and Maples Ward. The Orchards unit forms part of the Acute Care Pathway. The Hawthorn Ward is for Acute Admissions and the Maples Ward is for Psychiatric Intensive Care. They both primarily look after working age adults (18-65 years).

Hawthorn Ward is a 20 bedded acute admissions ward, providing a supportive and safe environment for service users experiencing an acute episode of mental illness. The team provide a high standard of care and support sustainable service user involvement and participation throughout their treatment by facilitating a holistic approach to their care in order to meet individual needs and goals. Service Users must be registered with a Portsmouth GP.  View a virtual tour of Hawthorn Ward.

Maple Ward is a 10 bedded locked ward, which provides a high standard of intensive psychiatric care in a supportive and safe environment to service users who are placed on a Section of the Mental Health Act (1983). Service Users are ordinarily experiencing severe mental health crisis. They require an increased level of care due to their illness and they may pose risks to either themselves or others. Service Users must be registered with a Portsmouth GP.

The wards are open 24 hours, 7 days a week. If you would like to book a visiting slot, please contact the number below.

Tel: 0300 123 6620

In the Limes unit, there is one ward called Brooker Ward. The Brooker ward is a Older Persons Mental Health (OPMH) that caters primarily for persons over the age of 65. The multidisciplinary team provide care for older adults requiring assessment and treatment for an acute phase of a mental illness or a mental illness causing severely challenging behaviour. The MDT (multi-disciplinary team) includes nurses, healthcare support workers, Doctors, Physiotherapists, occupational therapists, pharmacists and psychologists, who work together with patients and family members to provide person centred care. Service Users must be registered with a Portsmouth GP.

Brooker ward is 22 bedded OPMH ward, which all have en-suite facilities. It is comprised of an eight bedded Functional acute ward, and a 14 bedded Organic ward. View a virtual tour of Brooker Ward.

All areas have a facility to provide single sex areas including single sex quiet areas and the unit is accessible for individuals with physical disabilities.

The ward is open 24 hours, 7 days a week. If you would like to book a visiting slot, please contact The Limes for Brooker Ward directly.

Tel: 0300 123 3920