Mental health nurses at GP practices: a step forward
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Mental health nurses at GP practices: a step forward

Lisa Dymond Clinical services manager, mental health nurse and approved mental health professional, Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust

A scheme to integrate specialist nurses in primary care has won praise from patients and GPs

I was one of the first lead mental health practitioners to work with GPs as part of an agreed early implementation scheme to appoint primary care practitioners in GP surgeries across Norfolk and Suffolk, in September 2020.

Mental Health Practice. 25, 6, 17-17. doi: 10.7748/mhp.25.6.17.s10

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