New NHS mental health centres to open in the autumn
Up to 159 new NHS mental health centres will open from this autumn, bringing support directly into neighbourhoods and giving people earlier local support and specialist crisis care outside A&E.
These new neighbourhood centres are designed to catch problems early and provide dedicated mental health support to those in crisis.
Backed by £343 million, the rollout is the biggest redesign of mental health services in a generation.
It includes:
- 100 new community mental health centres, offering walk-in support without a referral and without a months-long wait
- 59 dedicated mental health emergency departments giving people in crisis specialist care in a place designed for them.
The new centres will make it far easier for people to get the right help the first time they ask for it, by bringing mental health and specialist teams together under one roof - working alongside GPs, councils, the voluntary sector and families, with direct links into housing and employment support.
The first sites open from autumn this year, with further facilities following from March 2027.
More information about these new NHS mental health centres can be found on the government's website.
