- BHFT

Please complete this form, as fully as possible, with relevant information and details to support the referral – which will be clinically triaged ensuring that the needs of the child or young person will be met by the most appropriate service or services.

Advice when completing this form

Please note this form has been designed to keep the identifiable information you submit to us safe. To allow this, there are certain characters that you will not be able to use. We will alert you if you try to submit a disallowed character.

Example : You will not be able to enter '1:1' you will need to enter 1 to 1 or one to one etc.

Berkshire Healthcare child and family services are committed to providing patient-centred care. As part of this commitment, we work in partnership with a range of local organisations, including local authority services, voluntary and community services and the University of Reading, who are also funded by the NHS to provide emotional wellbeing and mental healthcare services for children and young people across Berkshire. Our collaboration involves sharing relevant health information and data to improve patient outcomes.

In some cases, we may signpost or refer you to other agencies that are funded by the NHS to provide the services that will best meet your needs. In other cases, you may be seen by a clinician from one of our trusted partners who is working alongside us on activities such as reviewing and triaging referrals and delivering clinical treatments that support the delivery of a streamlined pathway of care, to ensure that children, young people and their families are supported to access the right help and support as quickly and efficiently as possible. If it is felt that it will best meet your needs we will refer you to one of our trusted partners, to provide NHS-funded emotional wellbeing, mental healthcare, autism assessment or ADHD assessment (and treatment if appropriate) This includes sharing relevant health information and data in line with data protection laws and regulations (Protecting your data (Privacy notice).

We will always make it clear to you when care is and is not being provided directly by Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust and we will only share your information relevant for your referral. There is no difference in the standard of care you will receive from our trusted partners. Clinicians working in other NHS-funded services are qualified to provide the type of care that you need and supervised in line with NHS requirements, and services that we work with will also process data in line with data protection laws.