Huntingdon, Fenland and Peterborough

On this page you will find local contact information about falls prevention, JET, social services, community respiratory team, breathe easy groups, mental health, community geriatrician, RADAR admissions avoidance, neighbourhood teams, help at home, health and wellbeing network, ambulatory care, step up beds, Carers' Trust, reablement, admissions avoidance team, SAFE and Home Instead.

The contact information on this page is for health professionals only, thank you.

Ambulatory Care – Peterborough City Hospital

For patients who don’t need to be admitted, to receive the treatment they need. 
Telephone: 01733 677779 
Open 8am to 9pm – 7 days a week.
For more information have a look at their website.

Breathe Easy Groups

  • Breathe Easy Cambridge
  • Breathe Easy Ely
  • Breathe Easy March and Fenland
  • Breathe Easy Wisbech
  • Singing for Breathing (Cambridge)

Contact details can be found on the British Lung Foundation website for each group.

Care Network Cambridgeshire

Incorporating:

  • Help at Home
  • Community Navigator Signposting
  • Wellbeing Phoneline support

Admin@care-network.org.uk

Tel:  01954 211919

For further details, see website:  Care Network – Care Network (care-network.org.uk)

Caring Together

Leading provider of support, including emergency support, for people looking after a friend or family member in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough.  All referrals, including self referral, welcome via telephone or email. 

01480 499090

Hello@caringtogether.org

www.caringtogether.org

City Care Centre

In the first instance a phone call to the ward will establish if a bed is available or when one may be available.
Provides access for patients needing health support but don’t need an acute bed. Admissions available 7 days a week.
Telephone: 01733 776224.

Community Geriatrician

Peterborough – Dr Ruiz-Mendoza  

  • Works on inpatient units Intermediate Care Unit at City Care Centre, Peterborough and John Van Geest Unit at Stamford Hospital, Stamford.  
  • Geriatric Liaison Services supporting the Old Age Psychiatric team at Maple wards, Cavell Centre, Peterborough 
  • Principal investigator in Parkinson’s disease Clinical Trials at Peterborough Hospital  
  • Supporting Medicine for Older People (MFOP) inpatient wards at Peterborough City Hospital

Ely – Dr. Rhian Simpson

  • Works on inpatient units Cambridge Rehab Unit (CRU) at Brookfields in Cambridge and Welney Ward at The Princess of Wales Hospital, Ely. Community sessions supporting the Isle of Ely Neighbourhood Team staff and GP practices. Outpatient clinic at The Princess of Wales and can see patients in their homes, including care homes if appropriate.
  • Telephone: 07790 572459  Sec: 01353 772532 (Debbie Bovelle)
  • Email: rhian.simpson@nhs.net
  • Working days Tuesday (am) to Friday or telephone for advice

Community Respiratory Teams

  • Huntingdon,
  • Fenland
  • Peterborough
  • South & Central Cambridgeshire 

Tel: 0330 726 0077
Email: cpm-tr.communityrespteam@nhs.net   

Our working hours are from 8am to 6pm, Monday to Friday (excluding bank holidays).

www.cpft.nhs.uk/services/respiratoryservices.htm 

Falls Prevention

NHS Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust (CPFT) Falls Prevention Service

CPFT’s community rehabilitation teams work closely with Healthy You to deliver falls prevention assessments and interventions for patients 65 and over. Both these services are free.

Community Rehabilitation Team:

If a patient is 65 and over, has fallen more than once and is having difficulties managing day-to-day tasks at home, then a GP, community warden, district nurse or another health and social care professional can refer them to a local CPFT Community Rehabilitation team.

This team provide:

  • Falls Multi Factor Risk Assessments to identify risks
  • Falls Action Plans to help reduce risk of future falls .
  • Personalised evidence-based home Strength and Balance programmes
  • Signposting to other services and community exercise classes.

Contact details:

Healthy You

If a patient is 65 and over, had one or more falls, is managing well with daily tasks and can get out and about, a falls risk assessment by the Healthy You service may be more appropriate. They can also support patients if they haven’t fallen, but feeling unsteady on their feet or are fearful of falling. The Healthy You to help them find the right support.

This team provide:

  • Falls Multi Factor Risk Assessments to identify risks
  • Falls Action Plans to help reduce risk of future falls .
  • Personalised evidence-based home Strength and Balance programmes
  • 26 weeks of 1:1 support.
  • Signposting to other services and community exercise classes.

Self-referrals accepted.

The right type of exercises is a very effective way to improve strength, balance and confidence. And even if a patient has not had a fall, it’s never too early to start. Click here to see what is on offer in the community:

Useful resources

Home Instead

Home Instead Senior Care | Home Care Services Huntingdon

Covering:

  • Huntingdon
  • Sawtry
  • Ely
  • Littleport
  • Little Downham
  • Haddenham
  • Somersham
  • Chatteris
  • Godmanchester
  • Kimbolten
  • St Neots
  • Buckden
  • Gamlingay
  • Sandy
  • Biggleswade
  • Upper Caldecote
  • Langford
  • All surrounding villages

High Quality Elderly Home Care Peterborough, Oundle and The Deepings | Dementia and Palliative Home Care (homeinstead.co.uk)

Covering:

  • Peterborough
  • Oundle
  • The Deepings

JET

Telephone:  0300 123 9996 
Urgent two or four hour response service that supports people over the age of 18 with long-term conditions, in their home environment, when they become very unwell and need urgent care, but do not need to go to hospital. 
Further information is available on the NHS Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Foundation Trust's website.
7am – 8pm Monday to Sunday.

Neighbourhood teams

Neighbourhood teams (NTs) are the physical and mental health care hub of the local community for over 65-year olds and adults requiring community services. 
They work closely with GPs, primary care, social care and the third and independent sector to provide joined-up responsive, expert care and treatment.
Telephone: 0330 726 0077
Option 2 for Huntingdon area
Option 4 for Peterborough area
Option 3 for Ely and Fenland area

8am – 8pm - 365 days a year
Community matron, district nurses, integrated care workers, mental health nurses, OT, physio, MDT co-ordinator.

NHS 111 and select the mental health option

The extension of the NHS 111 service enables callers who are experiencing a mental health crisis to dial the NHS urgent medical advice number, and then select the mental health option will be put through to a member of CPFT’s new First Response Service.

Specially-trained mental health staff will speak to callers and discuss with them their mental health care needs – instead of them having to go to accident and emergency departments of local acute hospitals.

Not available when calling from Wisbech – mental health crisis is triaged as per 111 calls.

Older People’s Mental Health Service

Referrals can be from any health care professional, though it is usually GPs or with their support. 

Criteria – any mental health related concern – could range from memory to hallucinations for a patient registered at a GP Practice within the Cambs, P'boro, Hunts or Ely / Fens region.

We handle routine and high risk referrals (5 day referrals). Referrals of a more urgent nature would go directly to FRS from GP or concerned party.

Prism (under 65s) also offer a patient self refer process through their website.

Telephone: 01480 420178
GP referrals - cpm-tr.opmhreferrals@nhs.net

Under 65s - through Prism - 01733 748 777
cpm-tr.prismservice@nhs.net 

Peterborough CVS

Telephone: 01733 342683
Aims to facilitate collaborative working across charity and voluntary organisations in Peterborough.

Reablement

Peterborough 

Telephone: 01733 747474 
Duty: 01773 234724 evenings and weekends.
Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm.
The Reablement team provides a person centred support service to people living in their own homes in Peterborough. The focus of the work is a short term, intensive support to help people recover their independence, usually following periods of illness and/or hospitalisation. Support is generally provided for a period of up to six weeks.

Reablement North

Telephone:  01480 363750

  • Huntingdonshire
  • Cambourne
  • March

Reablement North also covers Fenland

Monday to Friday - 9am to 5pm.

Rehabilitation beds - Trafford Ward, North Cambs Hospital, Wisbech

In the first instance a phone call to the ward will establish if a bed is available or when one may be available. Referrals are accepted from GPs, JET and Neighbourhood Teams.  Criteria for referral require that the patient should be medically fit for rehabilitation with no requirement for acute medical input. Blood results and a recent medical review are also required.
Telephone: 01945 488051
Email referral to CPM-tr.traffordward@nhs.net

Social Services

Emergency Duty Team – OOH – Adults / Children:
Telephone - 01733 234724

Adult Social Care Peterborough:
Telephone - 01733 747474

Adult Social Care Huntingdon:
Telephone - 0345 045 5202

Children/Young People Social Care:
Telephone - 01733 864170 or 01733 864180

Silver Phone – Acute Geriatrician line

Telephone:  01733 678715 
The phone is staffed from 8am - 4pm Monday to Friday. 
Calls accepted from all health professionals including care homes.