Table 3.

Crisis care system examples

Example 1: NHS Trust in South England, serving a large mixed urban and rural area

This Trust was divided into four catchment areas, each with its own CRT. The whole area covered by the Trust had a crisis telephone service separate from the CRT, one crisis house, one ADU, and one PDU. There were no crisis cafés, triage wards or street triage teams.

Example 2: NHS Trust in North England, serving a predominantly urban area

There were two CRTs provided by this Trust, each serving their own catchment area, with a single crisis assessment service working separately but in partnership with both CRTs. There was also a crisis café and a police street triage service but there were no crisis houses, ADUs, PDUs or triage wards.

Example 3: NHS Trust in South-West England, serving a small, mainly rural area

In this Trust, crisis assessment and home treatment functions were all provided by the local CRT. There were none of the emerging crisis care service models described in this paper.