The Primary Mental Health Brief Intervention Service provides support for individuals experiencing mild to moderate mental health issues.
Taranaki Primary Connections is not an acute or crisis service and is therefore not the best option for individuals requiring urgent assistance.
If you are worried about the safety of your patient, please contact the crisis team on 0508 292 467
This is referral guideline ONLY. Practices refer patients to the service which is provided by a contracted third party provider.
This is NOT a clinical guideline.
Any practice in Taranaki can refer for this service.
Youth can be referred by counsellors, teachers or guidance counsellors.
The service offers a Package of Care which is 4 sessions over a period of 12 weeks for both counselling and psychology.
An extension of 2 sessions may be approved in some cases.
There is a stand down period of 6 months before another referral can be accepted.
There is a stand down period of 6 months before another referral can be accepted
For the practice - once the referral has been made.
For the third party contracted service provider – after a Package of Care which is 4 sessions over a period of 12 weeks.
An extension of 2 sessions may be approved in some cases prior to discharge.
Practices are required to submit an eReferral requesting a package of care for their patient. These referrals are clinically triaged then the sessions are provided by third party counsellors and psychologists.
Patients or practices cannot refer directly to the third-party providers, the referral needs to be via the Taranaki Primary Connections service to ensure the patient receives the funded service.
Please provide K10 scores and any relevant priority criteria information i.e. Māori, Pacific, youth or low income with your referral.
Practices are required to provide sufficiently detailed consultation notes to determine appropriate use of funding.
It has been recommended that in addition to a good assessment and history, the full range of appropriate observations should be documented. It is important to state the time of consultations and interactions with the patient.
Please provide K10 scores and any relevant priority criteria information i.e. Māori, Pacific, youth or CSC holder.
The service is funded by Te Whatu Ora Taranaki.
Kelsi Hone, Taranaki Primary Connections
Taranakiprimarymentalhealth@pinnacle.health.nz
0274 065 738
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