Mental Health Support for patients
AWP 24/7 Advice & Support line for patients
AWP have set up a 24hour, seven day a week telephone response line to provide advice, guidance and support over the phone to existing patients, families and carers, who may be worried about their own or someone else's mental health.
The telephone line - 0300 3031320 - provides round-the-clock support for adults and children, seven days a week, 365 days a year.
Find out more information about the telephone line on their website.
IAPT Services
The VitaHealth service continues to receive referrals as usual and is now delivering the service fully remotely. They have also set up online access to CBT modules and other resources. See IAPT page in Remedy
Please also see North Somerset Wellbeing Service (North Somerset registered patients)
Mental Health Capacity Act and COVID-19
Please see the link for Implications of COVID-19 on the Mental Capacity Act (updated 3.4.20)
COVID 19 Mental Wellbeing Toolkit
As we enter uncertain times during this Covid-19 pandemic, we are aware that patients will have significant mental health needs. The CCG Medicines Optimisation team, with the help of Dr Jess Wynter Bee, has adapted the Mental Wellbeing Toolkit to help during this covid pandemic, so that people are following government guidance, as well as being signposted to Covid related resources. The Mental Wellbeing toolkit can be found here