23 April 2012 - Smoking Cessation Call Centre
7 March 2012 - Autumn Issue of Compass Directions Newsletter released
20 February 2012 - Stepped Care Survey
Counselling Services for displaced people of the Christchurch Earthquake
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Smoking Cessation Call Centre
23 April 2012
The best thing you can do for your health is to stop smoking.
Compass Health, Compass Primary HealthCare Network, Central PHO and Wairarapa PHO are working with practices to increase the number of patients to be given brief advice regarding their smoking.
A centralised call centre will be operating from 23 April 2012. This call centre will be contacting enrolled patients who have been identified as current smokers within the last 15 months, offering brief advice over the phone. This group of current smokers have also been sent a letter outlining the available resources to help them to quit.
Please ask your general practice or local PHO for more information.
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Autumn Issue of Compass Directions Newsletter
7 March 2012
The Autumn issue of the newsletter is now available.
Click here to read the lastest issue of Compass Directions.
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Stepped Care Survey
20 February 2012
Compass Primary Health Care Network has recently initiated the Mental Health Integrated Stepped Care Project, which will be lead by Amy Munsterman. The aim of this project is to provide general practice with more clinical support, further training to enhance your knowledge of mental health best-practice; the development of more user-friendly referral pathways to specialist services; and better outcomes for patients.
The survey is now closed.
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Counselling Services for displaced people of the Christchurch Earthquake
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Skylight Earthquake Crisis Phone Counselling - for those directly impacted by the Christchurch earthquake and the ongoing aftershocks.
A phone counselling appointment can be arranged by phoning 0800 299 100 between 9am - 5pm, Monday to Friday.
You will be asked to leave your name and phone number, and then a professional experienced in trauma and grief support will call you back as soon as possible, within 1-2 hours of your initial call.
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ACC - claims can be made for those requiring counselling etc if it as a result of injury or accident.
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Acute mental health services in the CCDHB area are available through Te Haika (04 918 2267 or TeHaika@ccdhb.org.nz) or CATT team (04) 494 9169 for people experiencing a serious mental health crisis and for whom there are urgent safety issues. MidCentral and Wairarapa DHBs will have similar processes to follow for acute mental health.
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Non-acute mental health services - A nationwide counselling system has been established for displaced victims of the Christchurch earthquake. This is being coordinated in Wellington through Relationship Services and the service is being funded directly to provide services.
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To access FREE Relationship Services telephone counselling anywhere in the country, people can ring 0800 735 283. Or for more information go to their website.
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