Mental Health Link workers are health professionals based in GP practices. We provide counselling for low level mental health (anxiety, depression, stress) This mental health supports the following GP practices: Goodcare Practice, Broadmead Surgery, Jubilee Gardens Medical Centre, Somerset Medical Centre, West End Surgery and Yeading Medical Centre.
Brief Mental Health Interventions
- Provide advice and guidance to GPs
- Support GPs with the gap between MINT service
- Working with other ARRS such as Social Prescribers and Clinical Pharmacists
- Practice case finding
- SMI and CCMI reviews where appropriate, promoting staying well plans/referral
Referral Criteria:
- Referee need to make it clear why they are referring patient, is it for SMI, depression review, medication concerns(not effective)/anxiety, depression, etc.
- Patients who require a comprehensive assessment
- Patients referred to IAPT, not engaging or IAPT declined referral
- Patients whose Mental Health needs are utilising too much GP time
- Drugs and alcohol abuse to be referred to RISE for specialist support
- Depression and anxiety, medication not making a difference *non urgent*
- Clients not meeting MINT Criteria
- First mental health presentation low risk (not psychosis)
- Urgent to be seen but not in a crisis other primary care services considered
- Discharges from other mental health services if need be
- Review declined referrals with no clear pathway from other mental health services
Exclusion Criteria:
- Patients under the care of the MINT service
- Patients who have been referred to MINT, awaiting an appointment
- Patients who have an urgent need, refer to SPA
- High risk patients e.g. active suicidal ideation