Our team of First Contact Mental Health Practitioners support adults and young people with their mental health. We work in partnership with Tee's Esk Wear and Valley NHS Trust to provide these roles within Primary Care and create stronger links with community mental health services.
Our team can help people struggling with their mental health by creating treatment programmes and signposting to other services, generally supporting them on their journey to better mental wellbeing. They can provide:
- mental health advice, support, consultation, and liaison across the wider local health and social care system, including acting as a first point of contact in primary care for patients whose care needs are not suitable for Talking Therapies services.
- facilitation of onward access to mental and physical health, well-being, and biopsychosocial interventions.
- provision of brief psychological interventions, where qualified to do so and where appropriate.
- work closely with other PCN-based roles to help address the potential range of biopsychosocial needs of patients with mental health problems. This will include the PCN’s MDT, including, for example, PCN clinical pharmacists for medication reviews, and social prescribing link workers for access to community-based support.
If you would like to speak with a member of the Mental Health team please speak to your GP practice to arrange an appointment.
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