Professional Users

Here is list of useful websites for primary care mental health professionals and practitioners across Wales - including links to useful background information about the Mental Health (Wales) Measure.

If you work for or run a mental health website for primary care mental health issues and would like to see it listed on this page then we would be happy to look into adding your link to our website.

However, we would ask that you put a link to our website on your own website in return:

Part 1 of The Mental Health (Wales) Measure was launched in October 2012. Here are series of links to guidance documents and background legislation and regulations which you might find useful:

Part 1 - Guidance Documents

Delivering the independent mental health advocacy service in Wales - Guidance for independent mental health advocacy providers and Local Health Board advocacy service planners
Implementing the Mental Health (Wales) Measure 2010 - Updated guidance for Local health Boards and Local Authorities
Mental Health (Wales) Measure 2010 Guidance - Guidance for Local Health Boards and Local Authorities on the establishment of joint schemes for the delivery of local primary mental health support services
Mental Health (Wales) Measure 2010 – Mapping of local mental health services - Data mapping all existing mental health services in primary care across Wales (Spring 2011)
Mental Health (Wales) Measure 2010: National Service Model for local primary mental health support services - Guidance on how Local Health Boards and local authorities can achieve their Part 1 duties
Mental Health (Wales) Measure 2010 Policy Implementation Guidance on 'Local Primary Mental Health Support Services' and 'Secondary Mental Health Services' - Guidance to assist Local Health Boards and Local Authorities in meeting their duties under the Measure

Mental Health Measure - Ongoing Guidance

Code of Practice to Parts 2 and 3 of the Mental Health (Wales) Measure 2010 (GEN-LD8880) - Guidance to mental health service providers about meeting obligations under Part 2 and Part 3 of the Measure

Part 1 - Legislation and Regulations

Mental Health (Wales) Measure 2010 - The founding legal document for the Mental Health (Wales) Measure
The Mental Health (Assessment of Former Users of Secondary Mental Health Services) (Wales) Regulations 2011 - The original version
The Mental Health (Care Co-ordination and Care and Treatment Planning) (Wales) Regulations 2011 - The original version
The Mental Health (Independent Mental Health Advocates) (Wales) Regulations 2011 - The original version
The Mental Health (Primary Care Referrals and Eligibility to Conduct Primary Mental Health Assessments) (Wales) Regulations 2012 (SUB-LD8881) - These Regulations contain provisions made under powers contained in sections 7(6)(a) and 47(1) of the Mental Health (Wales) Measure 2010 ("the Measure")
The Mental Health (Regional Provision) (Wales) Regulations 2012 (SUB-LD8862) - These Regulations provide for regional provision for the purposes of Parts 1 and 3 of the Mental Health (Wales) Measure 2010 ("the Measure")
The Mental Health (Secondary Mental Health Services) (Wales) Order 2012 (SUB-LD8896) - Article 3 of this Order provides that local primary mental health support services made available in a particular local authority area under a scheme are not to be regarded as secondary mental health services in that local authority area

If you want to find out more about adding a information to this page contact our Project Manager Lesley Hills via email at lhills@rcgp.org.uk or on 029 2050 4516.