In-house approach to mental health pleases patients, reduces stigma – interim results

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In-house approach to mental health pleases patients, reduces stigma – interim results

Te Tumu Waiora: (top) ProCare Health chief executive Steve Boomert, clinical psychologist Wayne Blackburn, ProCare’s Te Tumu Waiora manager Jo Chiplin, Mangere Health Centre practice manager Carol Nekind, GP Tim Hou; (front) Mangere Health Centre senior practice nurse Ruth McKenzie, health minister David Clark, health coach Renee Henry, mental health-credentialled nurse Lorrayne Rani and associate health minister Jenny Salesa
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ProCare Health and Counties Manukau DHB are tackling mental health and addiction issues in south Auckland. Simon Maude examines how this is prompting general practices to change the way they help patients

Te Tumu Waiora, ProCare Health’s new approach to com­munity mental health, is re­ducing wait times and gaining positive feedback from patients. Und, Mangere Health Centre GP Tim Hou , Mangere Health Centre GP Tim Hou says the new approach means acting there and then when a patient has a mental health problem