GPs and practice nurses inadequately trained in mental health GPs and practice nurses are inadequately trained in mental health.
This is the finding from new statistics published today by the mental health charity Mind.
Data obtained by the charity shows that in England, on average, less than half (46%) of trainee GPs undertook a training placement in a mental health setting.
Furthermore, the only mental health-related option offered to trainee GPs was in psychiatry, which is hospital-based and secondary care-focussed.
Once qualified, none of the hours GPs spend on Continued Professional Development (CPD) need to have a mental-health component. This is despite an estimated one in three GP appointments being related to mental health. OnMedica
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This is the finding from new statistics published today by the mental health charity Mind.
Data obtained by the charity shows that in England, on average, less than half (46%) of trainee GPs undertook a training placement in a mental health setting.
Furthermore, the only mental health-related option offered to trainee GPs was in psychiatry, which is hospital-based and secondary care-focussed.
Once qualified, none of the hours GPs spend on Continued Professional Development (CPD) need to have a mental-health component. This is despite an estimated one in three GP appointments being related to mental health. OnMedica
See also:
- Better equipped, better care: Improving mental health training for GPs and practice nurses Mind
- Mental health is key in the GP training curriculum, says RCGP Royal College of General Practitioners
- Most GP trainees miss out on mental health training placements GP Online
- Depression 'fastest growing condition' as GPs record 470,000 new cases in 2015/16 GP Online
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