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Talking Therapies IAPT

10 December 2021

Talking Therapies would like to use SMS text messages to signpost patients registered at practices across BHR to IAPT services, as well as provide them with information/guidance on mental health.

Working with NELFT, the myGP Population Team at iPLATO Healthcare will send SMS messages to patients registered at participating practices who have a mobile number and have consented to receiving SMS messages. The messages will signpost patients to one of the NELFT Talking Therapies Services.

This is a fully funded SMS service with no cost to your practice.

More information link: https://mygp.me/3ngg1Ud

Sign up link: https://mygp.me/3CgWsQc

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NELFT B&D IAPT Talking Therapies Service

For non-urgent and admin queries, please contact:

Talking Therapies Service 
email: bdtalkingtherapies@nhs.net
Tele no: 0300 300 1554 (Opt.3 for the B&D service)
NELFT Talking Therapies website (updated 2019) (information, leaflets, self-help)

Talking Therapies Barking and Dagenham is a primary care service offering Talking therapies as per NICE CG123, they provide Talking Therapies to people in Barking & Dagenham presenting with common mental health conditions such as Mild to Moderate depression, Anxiety disorders (GAD, Social Anxiety, Panic disorder, OCD, Health Anxiety and single traumatic event  PTSD) . 

They are able to accommodate and book in referrals usually same day either by completing the Opt-in client self referral form or advising your patient to contact us:

Talking therapies is not manned 24 hours a day, therefore email or phone correspondence should not be used in an emergency or outside of normal business hours. 

They only accept non urgent and not in crisis referrals for adults registered with a Barking and Dagenham GP.

For Urgent / Crisis / OOH

Florid psychosis or suicide/homicidal ideations REFER IMMEDIATELY to BDAAT on 0300 300 1570 (option 3), further details  can be found on the adult access assessment team's page on the NELFT website.
For any mental health distress, please refer to NELFT Mental Health Direct or call 0300 555 1000.

 

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