Primary Care Based Mental Health Services in East Sussex including IAPT

Primary Care Based Mental Health Services including IAPT in East Sussex consist of two core components. The provision of Primary Care Mental Health Workers (PCMHW), these are qualified mental health professionals that provide support to all GP practices in East Sussex. Their role is to support practices to manage patient care and enable timely directed access to appropriate mental health clinical, recovery and support services. The second element is the Improved Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT programme), which is a long standing nationally mandated programme for the treatment of adult anxiety disorders and depression.