DBE.past President RCGP. I 💗 🇲🇹. co-Chair NHSAssembly.Hurley group. primary care gambling service. Beneath the White Coat. Chair Doctors in Distress.
Apr 13 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
There is no ‘backstory’ to ending of 2/care @NHSPracHealth other than (we’re told) - no budget. To remind, it was established following suicide of a psychiatry who also killed her baby and highlighted the barriers doctors have in accessing mental health care.
Due to stigma, lack of confidentiality and fear. ‘If you build it they will come’ ->32000 patients later, you’ve got better & most returned to work, safely. Many tell us we saved your lives. You tell us this publicly and privately & >90% say they would recommend our service.