NHS Talking Therapies GP Referral

NHS Talking Therapy services by Vita Health Group – guidance for GP’s and healthcare professionals.

Vita Health Group is dedicated to ensuring that accessing the Talking Therapy service is as easy as possible for GP’s, healthcare professionals and patients.

The Talking Therapy Service provides a stepped care model ensuring patients receive the least intensive treatment to promote a reliable improvement.

We specialise in treating people with common mental disorders of low to very severe severity but non-psychotic by nature. These will be people classified in clusters 1, 2, 3 (and higher non-psychotic clusters dependent on clinical assessment).

Referral criteria

Mild to moderate and moderate to severe depression

Panic disorder

Health anxiety

Post-Traumatic-Stress Disorder (PTSD)

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)

Social anxiety

Generalised anxiety disorder

Specific phobias

If you are a GP or healthcare professional wishing to make a referral on behalf of your patient you can do so here.

We will contact the patient and arrange an assessment. With the patient’s consent, we will inform you of the outcome of their assessment and at the point of completed treatment.

The Talking Therapy Service is not suitable for people assessed with significant risks. The service is suitable for patients where the likelihood of acting out is very low and the impact would be minor, not requiring medical intervention. Examples include patients who have suicidal ideation but with no plans or intent, and patients who may superficially cut or scratch but not requiring medical intervention. With regards to safeguarding issues, the patient’s illness would have only very mild impact, if any, on the safety or wellbeing of others.

Refer a patient

Select your location

To make a referral, simply select the an area from the list below and follow the options on screen.

Worried about someone?

If you are concerned about somebody’s mental health, you can assist them with their self-referral. You are unable to refer somebody into the service, unless you are a healthcare professional.