Community Mental Health Service
Community Mental Health Teams (CMHTs) in Leeds provide care and treatment to people with a wide range of mental health needs.
Now part of a more joined-up community mental health service for the city, professionals from the NHS, social care, and voluntary and community organisations work more closely together to make it easier for people to get the help they need.
Our aim is to make sure you receive mental health support in the right place, at the right time. This might mean offering more intensive help at times or supporting you to manage your mental health in a way that works best for you.
We’ll work with you, your family, carers, and the people around you so you can move towards recovery in a way that feels right for you.
The community service is organised into three main area teams across Leeds – East, South, and West.
Our primary bases are:
- East: St Mary’s House (Potternewton)
- West: St Mary’s Hospital (Armley) / Millfield House (Yeadon)
- South: Aire Court (Middleton)
We offer planned appointments either at our bases, in people’s homes, or at another agreed location that suits your needs.
Please note, we do not offer drop‑in services at our bases or accept self‑referrals.
Referrals
You will need to be referred to our service by a GP or other health and care professional. We are unable to accept self-referrals.
Health professionals can refer into the CMHT via our Single Point of Access.
We aim to provide an assessment and suitable plan for each person within 21 working days.
An initial contact is often in the form of a phone call, from a member of staff in either the Community Mental Health Team or Primary Care Mental Health Team.
If we feel the Community Mental Health Team can provide the best support for you, you will be offered a face-to-face appointment.
Care and treatment
As a service, we aim to be ‘trauma-informed’. This means, our focus isn’t on what is ‘wrong’ with someone, but rather on what’s happened to them and their personal experiences.
It’s an approach that recognises that difficult things happen in everyone’s lives, and it’s these experiences that can often impact our mental health.
The treatments we offer are very individual and will be agreed with you as we plan your care, but may involve:
- Ongoing work to understand experiences and difficulties
- Medication
- Psychological interventions
- Social and community support – helping people live as well as they can in the communities they live in
- Health promotion and screening
- Family, friends and carer support
Sometimes care will be supported by one member of the team, while on other occasions several members of the team may be involved. All staff work in teams with lots of different expertise and can access the advice and guidance they need to best help you.
We will always review your care with you and will have discussions about next steps and how best to move forward.
Advice and support
If a health professional has given you a specific phone number to call when you are concerned about your condition, continue to use that number.
We recommend the following places where you can find helpful and reliable information with links to further help and support.
MindWell website
MindWell is the single ‘go to’ website for information about mental health in Leeds. It includes advice and practical help with things like housing, benefits or money problems.
MindMate website
MindMate is a Leeds-based website for younger people, their families and the professionals who support them. It covers emotional wellbeing and mental health issues and offers information about where support is available.
The National NHS website
The national NHS website is the official website of the National Health Service in England. It provides a comprehensive health information service helping you to make the best choices about your health and lifestyle, but also about making the most of NHS and social care services in England.
For less urgent health needs, you should contact your GP or a local pharmacist in the usual way. For immediate, life-threatening emergencies, always call 999.
Please note this is not comprehensive list of services but a few suggestions of how to get started finding help and information.
How to contact the service
You can contact us at one of our three locality bases.
Teams covering South Leeds are based at:
Aire Court Community Unit
Lingwell Grove
Middleton
Leeds
LS10 4BS
Tel: 0113 85 50600
Teams covering North East Leeds are based at:
St Mary’s House
St Mary’s Road
Leeds
LS7 3JX
Tel: 0113 85 56150 (East Leeds) and 0113 85 56200 (North East Leeds)
Teams covering North West Leeds are based at:
St Mary’s Hospital
Green Hill Road
Leeds
LS12 3QE
Tel: 0113 85 50930
How to give feedback about our service
Please speak to your care co-ordinator in the first instance.
If you would prefer to speak to someone else, you can contact our Patient Advice and Liaison Service (PALS). This is a confidential and free service which can help you find ways to resolve any concerns you may have about services being provided by our Trust.
Page last updated: 9th Apr 2026 1:47pm