Assessment to Intervention Team (A2i)

The Assessment to Intervention (A2i) Team is the entry point to Mental Health Services for those living in Portsmouth with a Portsmouth GP. Routine referrals are first received by the A2i team, who then decide whether to assess a patient or signpost to a more appropriate treatment. Referrals will be assessed within 4 weeks. Urgent referrals should be sent to Crisis Resolution Home Treatment (CRHT) team.

Referral criteria

Referrals are accepted from qualified professionals, including GPs and Talking Change. The team are currently unable to accept self-referral.

Please speak to a professional involved in your support for referral or speak to your GP or 111.

Until the patient has been seen for an assessment, they remain under the care of the GP.

Health Professional?

Full service description

We are an NHS team made up of health and social care professional with different skills.

We offer routine, holistic assessments to individuals with severe and enduring mental illness.

We are able to offer short term interventions to identified patients. The support offered is individualised to the persons identified needs but may include a medication review, intensive Occupational therapy, psychological assessment and short term evidenced based interventions.

If the support required is of a longer-term nature, we will transfer care to the Community Mental Health Team.

A2i may offer assessment and identify there is no role for this service. In these instances, they will offer advice and guidance about where to access support.

Referral method

The service is for people with conditions that cannot be managed within primary care. For example:

severe psychotic disorders
severe depression
severe emotional difficulties that could lead to harmful behaviour
severe personality disorders
severe types of obsessive/compulsive disorder, phobia or anxiety spectrum disorders
patients with a gender identity disorder, who require a mental health assessment prior to referral to a gender identity clinic

Referrals are accepted from qualified professionals, including GPs and Talking Change. The team are currently unable to accept self-referral.

Referrals must include as much relevant information as possible about a person's current and previous mental health history. These can be made via System 1, in writing or by calling the team.