Senior Mental Health Nurse

Senior Primary Care Mental Health Nurse

Mary-Ellen

Mary-Ellen works for Hertfordshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust in partnership with the PCN.

Having a specialist mental health clinician available in primary care can offer more timely triage, assessment and treatment pathways for people experiencing difficulties with their mental health.

Mary-Ellen can also provide brief interventions, clinical and prescribing advice and where appropriate signposting and onward referrals to statutory and non-statutory services.

Mary-Ellen will see adults 18 and over and can help with:

• Anxiety
• Depression
• Mood disorders
• Psychotic disorders
• Eating Disorders
• Pre referral ADHD screening
• Pre referral ASD screening
• Perinatal mental health
• Drug and alcohol use

If you are already engaged with a community mental health team you should continue to contact that team.

If you are in crisis you should contact the Single Point of Access on 0800 6444 101