NCG - Information for service users
- What to do if you would like to be referred to the NCG service
- What happens after assessment?
- What does treatment at the Centre for Anxiety Disorders And Trauma (CADAT) involve?
- Other units offering NCG services for OCD and BDD
- How to find the Centre for Anxiety Disorders And Trauma (CADAT)
- Frequently asked questions about treatment at CADAT
- Useful contacts – getting back into employment
What to do if you would like to be referred to the NCG service
To be referred to this service, you will need to see your GP and request them to refer you to your local community mental health team. The community mental health team will then be able to refer you to our service for an assessment. Waiting times for assessment are relatively brief. For an update on waiting times please contact Rebekah Chadwick on 020 3228 3290 or email her at Rebekah.Chadwick@slam.nhs.uk
What happens after assessment?
If you are potentially eligible for treatment under the NCG service your case will be put forward at the monthly meeting of all the participating NCG units. Once accepted for treatment under the NCG service, you will be contacted to begin treatment. For an update on waiting times please contact Rebekah Chadwick on 020 3228 3290 or email her at Rebekah.Chadwick@slam.nhs.uk.
If you are assessed but do not meet the criteria for treatment under the NCG service it may still be possible for you to be seen for cognitive behaviour therapy sessions at the clinic. However, your referring team will have to agree to fund the cost of your treatment. Alternatively, you may need to have your medication reviewed (which we can arrange) and be re-assessed for eligibility once you have had an adequate trial of medication. We will also be happy to re-assess, where appropriate, if the severity of the problem or the therapy you have had changes.
If, after assessment you decide that you would rather be seen as an inpatient we would refer you on to one of our affiliated NCG units who offer this option.
What does treatment at the Centre for Anxiety Disorders And Trauma involve?
Treatment at the Centre for Anxiety Disorders and Trauma is typically comprised of 12 CBT sessions, each lasting typically between one to two hours, once per week.
CBT is the type of therapy which has been shown to be most effective for treating OCD. It is an active treatment which requires participants to work actively on tackling the problem between sessions. Rather than focusing on the past, it deals mainly with helping people to address their anxieties in the present. We ask all people attending therapy at our clinic to fill out a series of questionnaires at various intervals during treatment, to listen to audiotapes of the therapy sessions between each session, to attend regularly and on time, and to work on "homework" tasks aimed at tackling the problem between sessions.
The sessions will include at least one home visit wherever possible and indicated, and will be followed by 3 follow-up sessions at monthly intervals. However, there is flexibility in this arrangement – some people may be seen more intensively or at greater intervals and over a longer period of time if appropriate. In some instances we will carry out intensive treatments where all of the therapy sessions are completed over the course of 4–5 days.
How to find the Centre for Anxiety Disorders And Trauma
How to find us
The Centre for Anxiety Disorders and Trauma is located at the main Maudsley Hospital site at 99 Denmark Hill, on the corner of De Crespigny Park. See map for details.
By rail
The closest train station is Denmark Hill Station. From London, trains run half hourly from London Bridge, Victoria and Blackfriars.
By bus
The following buses stop at Denmark Hill: 40, 42, 68, 176, 185, 468, 484, N68, P15, N176. Buses stopping at Camberwell (10 minutes away) are: 12, 35, 36, 45, 171, 345. An inter hospital bus runs to the Bethlem Royal Hospital, with departures at: 8.30am, 10.15am. 11.45am, 1.45pm, 3.10pm, 4.45pm and 6.05pm.
By underground
The nearest underground stations are Oval and Elephant & Castle, from there the journey has to be completed by bus.
By car
There is limited Pay & Display parking at the front of the Maudsley Hospital on Denmark Hill.
For up-to-date travel information please visit Transport for London or call 020 7222 1234 (telephone) or 020 7918 3015 (textphone).
Frequently asked questions about treatment at CADAT
Please click on the link below for some general frequently asked questions about treatment at CADAT.
Frequently asked questions
Other units offering NCG services for OCD and BDD
Please click on the links below for information on NCG services offered by other units at a number of different trusts.
| Service | Contact person |
| Anxiety Disorders Residential Unit, Bethlem Hospital (Adult residential unit) |
Mr. Simon Darnley/Dr. David Veale The Bethlem Royal Anxiety Disorders Residential Unit (ADRU) Alexandra House Monks Orchard Road Beckenham Kent BR3 3BX |
| Priory Hospital North London (Adult or adolescent inpatients) |
Dr. David Veale The Priory Hospital North London Grovelands House The Bourne Southgate London N14 6RA |
| Springfield Hospital OCD/BDD service (Adult outpatients) |
Dr. Lynne Drummond Springfield University Hospital Teak Tower and Heather Ward 61 Glenburnie Road Tooting London SW17 7DJ |
| National and Specialist CAMHS - Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Clinic (Adolescents with OCD/BDD and significant co morbidity) |
Dr. Isobel Heyman The Maudsley Hospital Michael Rutter Centre for Children and Adolescents Maudsley Hospital Denmark Hill London SE5 8AZ |
| Queen Elizabeth II Hospital (Medication reviews) |
Professor Naomi Fineberg OCD Specialist Service Queen Elizabeth II Hospital Howlands Welwyn Garden City Hertforshire AL7 4HQ |
Useful contacts – getting back into employment
Some people find that their OCD or BDD prevents them from working. If you have been out of work for a long time, getting back into employment can feel like a daunting task, even if your symptoms have reduced or gone. Luckily, there are several organisations in the UK which specialise in helping people who have not been employed for a while, or who are disadvantaged in the job market, get back into employment. Below are details of some of these organisations which you may like to contact.
First Step Trust
The First Step Trust (FST) is a charity providing real work and employment for people excluded from ordinary working life because of mental health problems and other disadvantages. They have a range of projects in the community and in secure units across the country - Birmingham, Berkshire, Kent, London, Liverpool, Manchester and Sheffield. The First Step Trust takes self-referrals and referrals from carers and clinical support teams.
Address (main office):
Unit 9 Kingside Business Park, Ruston Road,
Woolwich, London SE18 5BX
Telephone: 020 8855 7386
Fax: 020 8855 7386
Email: mainoffice@firststeptrust.org.uk
Web: First Step Trust
Richmond Fellowship
Richmond Fellowship reject all labels and stereotypes associated with the stigma of people who are experiencing difficulties with their mental health - and always have. As national specialists in mental health they work holistically with each individual to help them fulfil their potential on their journey to independence and recovery. Richmond Fellowship are innovative and tireless in developing their service models to enable people with mental health problems to be included in mainstream society.
Telephone: 020 7697 3300
Fax: 020 7697 3301
Email: marise.willis@richmondfellowship.org.uk
Web: Richmond Fellowship
Locations: North East and Yorkshire, North West, Midlands, East Anglia, London, South East and South West
Shaw Trust
Shaw Trust is the UK’s largest voluntary sector provider of employment services for disabled and disadvantaged people, and one of the largest providers of independence skills.
Telephone: 0800 085 1001
Web: Shaw Trust
Tomorrow's People
Tomorrow’s People is a national charity which helps people out of long-term unemployment, homelessness and welfare dependency and into jobs and self-sufficiency. The charity believes that breaking the cycle of unemployment is the key to enabling disadvantaged people take control of their lives.
Since 1984 Tomorrow’s People has helped over 400,000 long-term unemployed people on their journey back to work, working with the hardest-to-reach groups directly in their communities, offering training and advice, confidence building, job search support, CV writing and interview skills. Once someone gets a job, Tomorrow’s People sticks with them to make sure that success is permanent.
Telephone (main office): 01424 718491
Web: Tomorrow's People
Locations: Brighton, Bristol, Brixham, Dagenham, Eastborne, Glasgow, Hastings, Liverpool, London, Maidstone, Merseyside, Newcastle, Plymouth