Referrals to mental health services

Referrals for mental health services

To make a non-urgent mental health referral please complete a SPA Referral Form.

New non-urgent referrals to our Adult Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) service were temporarily suspended on 11 October 2024. More information about this and what exemptions apply can be on the referral information for GPs page.

To make a non-urgent referral to the Leeds Autism Diagnostic Service (LADS) please complete our LADS referral form.

To make a non-urgent referral to the Younger People with Dementia Service please complete the Younger People with Dementia referral form. You can find more information about how to refer on the Younger People with Dementia Service page. To make a non urgent referral to the Complex Dementia Wraparound Team’ please download a referral form.

Please send all completed referral forms either:

• By email to the referrals inbox.
• Or post to Referral Administration Office, Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, The Becklin Centre, Alma Street, Leeds, LS97BE.

Please ensure that the service being referred to is ticked on the form. Contact the SPA by phone if you are unsure which service you require.

Please be aware that any information sent via email that isn’t from a secure email address such as nhs.net is at risk and as such should be encrypted.

SPA no longer accept urgent referrals via email or post. Please ensure that all urgent referrals from professionals are called through to the team on Freephone 0800 183 1485.

The SPA Team no longer accepts any referrals by fax.

Referrals for learning disability services

You can make a referral by either telephone, email or post:

• to make a referral by email, please download, complete and return Community Learning Disability Team referral form using secure email such as an nhs.net address to the referrals inbox. Please be aware any information sent via email that isn’t from a secure email address such as an nhs.net address is at risk and as such should be encrypted.
• to make a referral by post, please download, complete and return Community Learning Disability Team referral form to the Referral Administration Office, Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, The Becklin Centre, Alma Street, Leeds, LS9 7BE

The SPA Team no longer accepts referrals by fax.

The Crisis Resolution Service provides an access point for referrals from professionals to our specialist mental health services.

They are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

To make an urgent referral with a same day response please contact the team by telephone on Freephone 0800 183 1485. You will be able to speak to a clinician who will take the referral details.