http://www.gopetition.com/signatures/better-access-to-gps-who-specialise-in-mental-health-care.html Online petition signatures en-us Fri, 3 Apr 2026 08:20 UTC GoPetition RSS Feed Generator Copyright 2026 GoPetition https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/21567784?utm_medium=rss Wed, 9 Aug 2017 12:40:49 UTC 21567784 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19942621?utm_medium=rss yeah

]]> Fri, 22 Apr 2016 03:17:10 UTC 19942621 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19942615?utm_medium=rss yeah

]]> Fri, 22 Apr 2016 03:14:48 UTC 19942615 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19942598?utm_medium=rss Fri, 22 Apr 2016 03:03:48 UTC 19942598 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19877804?utm_medium=rss get better access to gps who specialise in mental health care like depression and anxiety

]]> Wed, 6 Apr 2016 03:03:09 UTC 19877804 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11406132?utm_medium=rss Wed, 26 Oct 2011 07:15:21 UTC 11406132 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11178500?utm_medium=rss Sat, 17 Sep 2011 11:26:01 UTC 11178500 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11178443?utm_medium=rss I support this petition as patients with severe relational stress/grief/other mental illnesses are needing long term support to remain or return to being a productive member of society. It is important to support people in a crisis.

]]> Sat, 17 Sep 2011 10:42:55 UTC 11178443 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10917910?utm_medium=rss Wed, 27 Jul 2011 11:36:01 UTC 10917910 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10914749?utm_medium=rss Wed, 27 Jul 2011 08:35:44 UTC 10914749 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10912023?utm_medium=rss I'm very disappointed by the proposed changes. It will disadvantage the majority.

]]> Tue, 26 Jul 2011 07:07:31 UTC 10912023 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10801687?utm_medium=rss It is the patients who will be missing out on an essential service, many of them being from low socioeconomic state. Who better to help them than their GP?

]]> Sun, 3 Jul 2011 09:10:42 UTC 10801687 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10725143?utm_medium=rss Mental is not a 9 to 5 and it is defitnately not a fore warned coming on attach on ones mind. Requires the 18 if not more visits unless of course its desired for those sufferers to be incaserated in hospitals.

]]> Wed, 22 Jun 2011 03:56:45 UTC 10725143 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10722280?utm_medium=rss Wed, 22 Jun 2011 06:02:51 UTC 10722280 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10720733?utm_medium=rss Tue, 21 Jun 2011 11:12:57 UTC 10720733 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10714510?utm_medium=rss Mon, 20 Jun 2011 06:23:42 UTC 10714510 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10706314?utm_medium=rss GPs who have acquired additional skills in diagnosing and managing their patients' mental health problems are ideally placed to provide affordableappropriate counselling for them. Clearly there are many in the community for whom life has been very difficult, and whose mental health problems are complex. While problems such as simple phobias or single experiences of grief or loss may be dealt with in a few sessions, many require ongoing review and care. 10 sessions are just not enough!

]]> Sun, 19 Jun 2011 04:50:02 UTC 10706314 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10702342?utm_medium=rss Sat, 18 Jun 2011 01:37:13 UTC 10702342 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10701698?utm_medium=rss Fri, 17 Jun 2011 08:14:31 UTC 10701698 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10673446?utm_medium=rss Tue, 14 Jun 2011 05:03:52 UTC 10673446 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10670134?utm_medium=rss Mon, 13 Jun 2011 11:21:54 UTC 10670134 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10669262?utm_medium=rss Mon, 13 Jun 2011 07:48:56 UTC 10669262 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10665230?utm_medium=rss Mon, 13 Jun 2011 06:58:48 UTC 10665230 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10664415?utm_medium=rss A notable cause in not being 'Penny wise and Pound foolish'. I support this as being a thoroughly worthy cause. Certainly to a very significant extent General Practice forms, without doubt, the de facto Mental Health Service. A fact that some in the profession, unfortunately, too readily forget.
Michael Saville

]]> Mon, 13 Jun 2011 04:46:26 UTC 10664415 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10663531?utm_medium=rss Most people with MH problems need more than 6 professional visits to deal with their problems. It is extremely disappointing to find that with the increased funding for mental health the number of rebated MH consults for patients has virtually halved from total 18 to 10. Many of my patients will not be able to afford proper care again! This seems to be another poorly considered action that this government has sadly become too frequently associated with. Please reverse this budget decision.

]]> Mon, 13 Jun 2011 01:01:08 UTC 10663531 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10663225?utm_medium=rss Sun, 12 Jun 2011 10:25:29 UTC 10663225 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10663019?utm_medium=rss Sun, 12 Jun 2011 09:12:33 UTC 10663019 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10662964?utm_medium=rss Sun, 12 Jun 2011 08:50:34 UTC 10662964 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10662824?utm_medium=rss Sun, 12 Jun 2011 07:59:28 UTC 10662824 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10659974?utm_medium=rss Sun, 12 Jun 2011 07:16:30 UTC 10659974 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10659823?utm_medium=rss As a GP trained in psychological medicine, particularly the provision of Mindfulness Integrated CBT, my work provides my patients with access to affordable health care which produces dramatic improvements in their lives and help people manage their mental illnesses so well that many of them cease medication, and adopt much healthier lifestyles. My patients end up consuming far less in the way of medical services. Your government should beware of the false economies represented by your proposals.

]]> Sun, 12 Jun 2011 06:39:05 UTC 10659823 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10658741?utm_medium=rss With 30 yrs experience as a GP specializing in psychotherapeutic work I strongly support this petition

]]> Sat, 11 Jun 2011 11:43:27 UTC 10658741 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10655981?utm_medium=rss Many patients require far more than 18 sessions in a calendar year

]]> Sat, 11 Jun 2011 05:55:06 UTC 10655981 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10650638?utm_medium=rss Fri, 10 Jun 2011 12:12:52 UTC 10650638 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10650634?utm_medium=rss Fri, 10 Jun 2011 12:11:09 UTC 10650634 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10650344?utm_medium=rss Thu, 9 Jun 2011 09:28:29 UTC 10650344 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10650218?utm_medium=rss Thu, 9 Jun 2011 08:48:38 UTC 10650218 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10649824?utm_medium=rss Restricting sessions for psychological therapy to 10 is likely to disadvantage many of the people who present with mental health disorders. This seems ridiculous when the budget is being advertised as improving mental health support. Therapy in the primary care setting is a much more cost-effective measure. Patients often need more than 10 visits to consolidate gains and leave them to function well again.

]]> Thu, 9 Jun 2011 05:59:11 UTC 10649824 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10649749?utm_medium=rss Thu, 9 Jun 2011 05:35:15 UTC 10649749 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10647455?utm_medium=rss Thu, 9 Jun 2011 08:43:05 UTC 10647455 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10647402?utm_medium=rss I deliver bulk-billed focussed psychological strategies to mostly disadvantaged patients with mental illness who cannot afford co-payments and are too unwell to organise themselves through the convoluted maze of public mental health. Cutting the number of counselling sessions that I can provide is another blow for a vulnerable group of people and makes my difficult general practice work even harder and more stressful.

]]> Thu, 9 Jun 2011 08:28:47 UTC 10647402 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10646799?utm_medium=rss Thu, 9 Jun 2011 06:08:18 UTC 10646799 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10646711?utm_medium=rss Thu, 9 Jun 2011 05:45:21 UTC 10646711 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10646679?utm_medium=rss Gavin Andrews and Henry Brodaty concluded, 30 years ago that GPs are widely dispersed, very accessible to the patients, know about the family, the work situation and the strengths and weaknesses of each of their patients. Thus, general practitioners appropriately trained, as psychological therapists would be able to offer a very high quality care. Economic benefits to the patients, their families and the community are significant
---GENERAL PRACTITIONER AS PSYCHOTHERAPIST..GAVIN ANDREWS et a

]]> Thu, 9 Jun 2011 05:37:35 UTC 10646679 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10646645?utm_medium=rss There is a significant amount of mental health work that is done at the GP level, both preventative and acute, that never meets the eye of the government, or other services, due to the effectivness of the care we provide, and the level we provide it at. For those patients that need referred on, they usually need extensive ongoing specialised psychotherapy, that cannot be provided at GP level. Eighteen sessions, under the existing system is inadequate, ten, under the new system, pointless...

]]> Thu, 9 Jun 2011 05:25:55 UTC 10646645 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10646575?utm_medium=rss Thu, 9 Jun 2011 05:06:18 UTC 10646575 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10646566?utm_medium=rss Thu, 9 Jun 2011 05:04:00 UTC 10646566 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10646292?utm_medium=rss We offer affordable long-term care to those patients with complex long-standing mental health issues

]]> Thu, 9 Jun 2011 03:46:05 UTC 10646292 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10646250?utm_medium=rss Lets hope that our politicians and their families never have a mental health problem needing more than 10 sessions to help.

]]> Thu, 9 Jun 2011 03:28:40 UTC 10646250 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10646241?utm_medium=rss Thu, 9 Jun 2011 03:27:18 UTC 10646241 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10646178?utm_medium=rss So much for the spin 'more money for mental health'. It looks as though they are just moving it around. Obviously they have no faith in evidence based medicine.

]]> Thu, 9 Jun 2011 03:08:24 UTC 10646178 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10646165?utm_medium=rss Thu, 9 Jun 2011 03:02:31 UTC 10646165 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10646142?utm_medium=rss Thu, 9 Jun 2011 02:52:57 UTC 10646142 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10644668?utm_medium=rss Wed, 8 Jun 2011 05:57:56 UTC 10644668 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10638731?utm_medium=rss Tue, 7 Jun 2011 08:55:35 UTC 10638731 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10638652?utm_medium=rss I work in a community child and youth mental health clinic

]]> Tue, 7 Jun 2011 08:24:29 UTC 10638652 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10637900?utm_medium=rss Please don't undermine the central role of general practitioners as witnesses and historians of our community and its needs any more than you already have. I have been deeply offended by the way that the current budget once again does not valuel the unpaid work that GPs do and their care for the poor. It is offensive to consider that a quality mental health assessment can be performed in 20minutes as this budget suggests. Shows how little this government values relationship and whole person care

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