Essential Characteristics and Components of Primary Care Mental Health Services
We'd like to introduce you to a report we have commissioned which looks at the experiences and feelings of GPs and mental health practitioners.
Download our Essential Characteristics report about professional experiences in mental health in Wales
Although the Essential Characteristics and Components of Primary Care Mental Health Services centres around the experiences of mental health professionals in North Wales we feel the evidence it has produced is applicable across Wales.
The report contains key messages for policy makers as it shows how professionals from widely different backgrounds view the services they work in and how policy can impact on their performance.
It uses scientifically-proven qualitative research techniques and we commissioned the work to look at the key components needed to create an effective primary care service.
The document is not long and we feel it is an extremely valuable read with a useful synopsis of its findings available in Dr Mark Boulter’s (Chair of WaMH in PC) letter.
The report was authored by Helen J. Lewis, BSc (Hons), MSc, PhD and Seren Haf Roberts, Dip N (MH), RN (MH), BSc(Hons), PhD, MSc and can viewed and downloaded from the following link - Essential Characteristics and Components of Primary Care Mental Health Services.
