1 February 2020
CPO MENTAL HEALTH DISCRETIONARY FUNDING for INDIVIDUAL COUNSELLING Discretionary funding is available for individual counselling for patients meeting the following criteria and you can refer even if your practice has used its quarterly funding allocation. Referrals are currently being accepted for the following patients: • • •
Youth (12 – 19 years) who meet criteria for primary mental health service Maori and Pacific Island people who meet criteria for primary mental health service Clients who have been declined secondary mental health services where PHO counselling has been recommended
This funding will continue to be available for this year until 1st July 2020.
Group programmes are available also so please consider these as an alternative to individual counselling: • Positive Empowerment Programme • Stress Less Programme • Postnatal Support for depression and anxiety If there are any queries about any primary mental health services, please contact me directly.
Kind regards, Sylvia Donaldson Primary Mental Health Coordinator P: (07) 571-7160 M: (027) 588- 8262 F: (07) 577-3191 E: sylviad@wboppho.org.nz