Telephone A&G provided by Consultant Connect aids mental health clinicians in seeking advice in the same way it is available for clinicians in Primary Care.
In this blog article, Dr Griffiths, a practising GP and the Medical Director of Consultant Connect, writes about how technological advances are supporting mental health.
The first person someone with a mental health problem is likely to turn to for professional help is their GP, who is expected to deal with them in an appropriate manner and within the 10-minute consultation window.
Consultant Connect is featured in the latest IMPHS report. We’ve replicated the feature below.
Ray McGrath reflects on over a year of using Consultant Connect at South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (SLaM). SLaM is the first UK mental health trust to use a streamlining system to better treat patient’s physical illnesses.