Our Aims:

To
enable
people
awareness
and
understanding,
to
develop
skills
for
managing
or
overcoming their difficulties.

Respond to the needs of people in
Newcastle with mild / moderate
mental health problems.

Work in partnership with clients and
fellow professionals.

Provide
support
and
advice
to
Primary Care staff working with
people with mild / moderate mental
health problems.
NOTE: As we are a teaching Trust,
there may be a student in attendance at
your appointment.
If you have any
objections to this arrangement, please
do not hesitate to inform the receptionist
when you arrive for your appointment.
Useful Contact Numbers / details:
Adult Survivors of Childhood Abuse
(ASCA) 0191 238 2130
www.ascacounsellingandtherapyservice
s.co.uk
Alcoholics Anonymous
0191 521 4400
www.alcoholics-anonymous.org.uk
Citizens Advice Bureau
(Newcastle City) 0870 126 4015
www.citizensadvice.org.uk
Cruse (Bereavement Issues)
0191 276 5533
www.crusebereavementcare.org.uk
Mental Health Matters (General Mental
Health Advice and Support)
0845 601 2457
www.mentalhealthmatters.com
NIWE (Eating Distress Service for
Women
091 221 0233
www.niwe.org.uk
REACH Advice/information (Counselling
/ Rape) for men and women
0191 212 1551
www.reachcentres.co.uk
Relate (Northumberland and Tyneside)
0191 232 9109
www.relate.org.uk
Samaritans
0845 790 9090
www.Samaritans.org
Rape Crisis Centre
Helpline: 0191 232 9858
Admin: 0191 222 0272
www.rapecrisis.org.uk
Primary Care Mental Health Team
(Admin)
0191 229 2933
www.newcastlepct.nhs.uk
Primary Care
Mental Health
Practitioners
Service
Patient Information Leaflet
Please request an appointment to see
PCMHP,
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Contact;-
My GP has suggested the
option of assessment by the
Primary Care Mental Health
PractitionerWhat do I need to consider?

active
others.
motivation to change.
We provide initial assessment by a
Mental
This leaflet briefly explains what the
Primary Care mental Health Service
does and what you might expect -
concerns about your safety or that of

Health
Practitioner
and

Or,
participation
and
your
we may suggest that
consider
being
referred
to
a
suggest what further intervention
Counsellor
might
this
depending on your needs. This will
appointment, your mental health
be discussed with you at your
needs will
assessment.
be
needed.
During
or
you
Psychologist,
be assessed. This is an opportunity
should you opt to work with a Primary
to discuss your situation and you
What to do if you would like to
Care Mental Health Practitioner.
may be asked to complete some
“opt in” for assessment
What We Do:
assessment questionnaires with the

assistance of the Practitioner.
We work in GP surgeries throughout
Newcastle as part of an integrated



We
may
offer
signposting
Primary Care Service, alongside
alternative
GPs, counsellors and psychologists.
information or support.
We offer help to individuals whose

Or,
we
sources
may
If, following discussion with your G.P
offer
of
to
and after reading this information, you
advice,
would like to arrange an appointmentplease contact your surgery staff to ask
you
some
to
book
an
initial
therapeutic sessions with a primary
assessment with the Primary Care
some way.
Care Mental Health Practitioner,
Mental Health Practitioner.
We assist
with
appropriate
identifying
your
particularly if you suffer from:
(Please also refer to your opt in letter
Mild/moderate anxiety
treatment, advice or
enclosed regarding details of the
Mild/moderate depression
support.
assessment session.)
Stress related difficulties
We meet with you in privacy and
confidence to explore a difficulty or
some distress that you may be
We
aim
to
ensure
that
any
information about you will be treated
confidentially,
The sessions are aimed at helping
you
experiencing.

how
mental well-being is affected in
needs to enable you to access

about
unless
there
are
to
better
understand
and
manage your mental well-being. You
may find elements of the sessions to
be challenging as they rely on your