Our rapid response teams are part of the crisis care pathway. Our four teams cover the whole of Greater Manchester as follows:

  • North team: Bury, Rochdale and Oldham - run by Pennine Care NHS
  • South team: Stockport, Tameside and Glossop - run by Pennine Care NHS
  • West team: Wigan and Bolton - run by Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS
  • Central team: Manchester, Salford, and Trafford - run by Manchester University NHS

We provide consultation, risk assessment and management for young people up to the age of 18 who are experiencing a mental health crisis.

We will continue to support you, along with your family, for up to 72 hours - working with you to create a crisis plan.

Currently we accept referrals from the following routes: CAMHS services, all age mental health liasion, 24 hour mental health crisis lines, 111 and all 16-18 adult mental health services. Additionally, we accept self-referrals from young people who have previously accessed the service within last six months.

Our operational hours are between the hours of 8am and 10pm. We accept referrals until 9:30pm and young people open to the service can access until 10pm.

We want to keep improving services based on your feedback.

Visit our 'you said, we're planning' page to see some of the things we've done, improvements we're planning, and how you can give your feedback.