People across Wales could get mental health support on the day they seek help under Welsh Government plans to make services available without a referral.
Mental Health Minister Delyth Jewell set out the commitment at a Wales Alliance for Mental Health event in Cardiff marking World Mental Health Day. The proposed approach would let people seek help wherever they first make contact, with support aimed at their main concerns that day and access to specialist care where needed.
Open-access services are being tested in several demonstrator projects before a wider rollout across Wales. The plans form part of the recently published Programme for Government, which also commits to using data, research and the views of people with lived experience to improve mental health and wellbeing.
The model builds on the NHS 111 Wales Press 2 urgent mental health helpline, which has received more than 300,000 contacts since its launch nearly four years ago.
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