Support and guidance

Perinatal mental health information and wellbeing for dads, biological and non-biological

Information and guidance on perinatal mental health and wellbeing for dads. Support, resources and advice to help you cope.

How are you peeling? Need to talk to someone?

We provide community health, mental health, and learning disability services across Essex and beyond. As part of this, we offer NHS Talking Therapies – free, confidential support to help people look after their mental wellbeing. No GP referral needed!

Therapy for You (NHS Talking Therapies)

Free and flexible access to therapies for people experiencing common everyday problems including depression, anxiety, PTSD.

Access to health records

Use our free, secure online portal to access your health records.

Personality Disorder and Complex Needs Service User Network (SUN)

The network is for people who have been diagnosed with a Personality Disorder or similar emotional difficulties.

DAFNE Diabetes: Helping you manage type 1 diabetes

The DAFNE (Dose Adjustment for normal eating) education programme can help you live well with diabetes.

Managing Type 1 diabetes

Programme of education for people living with Type 1 diabetes for 2025. Please email [email protected] to book – there is limited availability for the sessions so please book early.

Recovering Quality of Life (ReQol)

ReQoL is a Patient Reported Outcome Measure (PROM) which has been developed to assess the quality of life for people with different mental health conditions through a questionnaire.

Patients Know Best

Patients Know Best (PKB) is our online patient portal being gradually introduced to give you access to some of the information we hold in our IT systems. Information from PKB also feeds into the NHS App, making it easy for you to view your health information online, at any time.

Trauma buddy

Trauma Buddy’s aim is to help staff and patients built a therapeutic relationship faster and reduce the risk of further trauma while patients are on our psychiatric and physically focused wards.

My Care Record

My Care Record enables health and social care professionals to securely access information when caring for you.

Sensory resources

Index of sensory resources

Neurodevelopmental support

The South East Essex Neurodevelopmental Service supports children who have a neurodevelopmental disorder as well as their parents and carers. It is available for children and young people living in the Southend, Castle Point and Rochford area.

Speech and Language Therapy support

Helping children and young people develop effective communication skills. It focuses on areas like understanding language, expressing thoughts, speech clarity, and social interaction.

Children’s vaccinations

Eating Disorder Service user network

The Service User Network (SUN) is a community-based, support service which sits within the Eating Disorder Service

X-PERT programme

The X-PERT programme and X-PERT Insulin programme can help you live well with diabetes.

Dose Adjustment for normal eating (DAFNE) programme

The DAFNE (Dose Adjustment for Normal Eating) education programme can help people in Essex live well with type 1 diabetes.

MSE SWEET (South West Essex Education Training)

The MSE SWEET - South West Essex Education Training is for people with type 2 diabetes and is an essential part of diabetes management.

myDiabetes app

The myDiabetes app is designed for people with a diagnosis of type 2 diabetes and is available to patients in mid and south Essex. It is designed by experts, for patients, and it can help you to improve your knowledge, monitor your diabetes and manage your risk factors.