If you are healthcare professional who needs information and advice, support or supervision, or needs to discuss a referral, please call us on 01865 902171 and our duty worker will respond to you as soon as possible.

Please be aware we cannot provide urgent or emergency mental health support.

We accept referrals from any professional who has concerns about a parent’s mental health during the antenatal period and up to one year in the postnatal period.

If you are considering making a referral, do discuss this with the parent and obtain their consent.

Please note:

• In cases where mental health difficulties in the perinatal period are moderate to severe and  more intensive support is required, please refer to the perinatal mental health team Oxfordshire Specialist Perinatal Mental Health Service – Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust
• if an emergency assessment is required for a parent who has sudden onset of significant mental health difficulties (such as psychotic or actively suicidal symptoms) and they are already known to mental health services, please contact the Adult Mental Health Team(AMHT)
• if the patient is not known to mental health services, please request an emergency appointment with their GP, who may then refer to an Adult Mental Health Team (AMHT) within working hours; if your call is outside of working hours, please see the ‘In an emergency‘ page.
• if the patient is an inpatient at the John Radcliffe Hospital, an emergency referral to the emergency psychiatric liaison serviceat the John Radcliffe can be made directly

To refer a patient, please email our completed referral form to infant-parent.perinatalservice@oxfordhealth.nhs.uk

Address: Maple House, The Slade, Horspath Driftway, Headington, Oxford, OX3 7JH

Phone: 01865 902 171

Email: infant-parent.perinatalservice@oxfordhealth.nhs.uk