Rationale

1. “One thousand new graduate primary care mental health workers, trained in brief therapy techniques of proven effectiveness, will be employed to help GPs manage and treat common mental illness in all age groups, including children”.- NHS PlanRationale – to improve access to treatment, offer options and build capacity in primary care.

3. Rationale • Need is out there – not all receive help, practitioners have waiting lists • 40% patients attending GP for any reason have a mental health problem • 90% mental health problems treated in primary care • Many adults with mental health problems do not contact their GP or do not have their mental health need recognised • Poor access to skills and resources in primary care

5. Maltings MH Team • Dr Mark Allen, GP • Debbie Clarke, 0.6 wte, Consultant Clinical Psychologist • Rosemary Gilham 0.1wte Senior Counsellor • Sue Haynes, Katie Williams 0.6wte, Counselling Psychologists • Moye Knott 1.0wte,Linkworker CPN • Ruth Hammond, David Walter 2.0wte PCMHWs • Sue French, 0.2wte administrator • Managers & receptionists