{"id":3907,"date":"2022-05-03T11:47:20","date_gmt":"2022-05-03T10:47:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/refhelp\/guidelines\/emergenciesmentalhealthadults\/"},"modified":"2026-07-13T14:44:35","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T13:44:35","slug":"emergenciesmentalhealthadults","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/refhelp\/guidelines\/mentalhealthadult\/emergenciesmentalhealthadults\/","title":{"rendered":"Emergencies Mental Health (Adults)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Patients with acute psychiatric or mental health needs, who require same day assessment and who cannot wait for urgent referral to standard locality services. This will include those with suicidal intent, or some patients with acute psychosis.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The patient must also not require emergency medical assessment (eg due to delirium, overdose).<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Please see appropriate HSCP service (below) for detail.<br><br><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Edinburgh<\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Edinburgh Mental Health emergencies are managed by <a href=\"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/refhelp\/guidelines\/mentalhealthadult\/emergenciesmentalhealthadults\/edinburgh-mental-health-emergencies-mhas\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/refhelp\/guidelines\/mentalhealthadult\/emergenciesmentalhealthadults\/edinburgh-mental-health-emergencies-mhas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">MHAS<\/a>, open 24 hours a day. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Mid Lothian<\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Midlothian mental health emergencies \u2013 for urgent referrals please refer to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/files\/sites\/2\/MIDLOTHIAN-Urgent-Referrals-to-IHTT-from-1-Aug-22.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Midlothian IHTT<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0between 08:00-24:00 and outwith these hours please contact MHAS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">West Lothian<\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In-hours please contact St John\u2019s Hospital, Livingston, on 01506 523000 and ask for the ACAST duty bleep.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">East Lothian out-of-hours emergencies<\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00a0Please contact\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/refhelp\/east-lothian-mental-health-ihtt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">East Lothian IHTT<\/a>\u00a0from 08:00-24:00 and MHAS outwith those times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>C.M &amp; C.C 13-7-26<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Patients with acute psychiatric or mental health needs, who require same day assessment and who cannot wait for urgent referral to standard locality services. This will include those with suicidal intent, or some patients with acute psychosis. The patient must also not require emergency medical assessment (eg due to delirium, overdose). 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