Access Mental Health support?

Access support for my mental health?

• You can contact Open Door for urgent mental health matters.
• You can raise a query via AccuRx or reception can do this on your behalf – mental health issues may be dealt with by our GPs.
• We also have some appointments available with our Mental Health Practitioner – please note some of their appointments may be over the telephone

Access to Open Door

Get a referral for counselling / psychological therapy?

Patients can self-refer for counselling to Stockport Healthy Minds.

Self refer to Stockport Healthy Minds

ADHD and ASD ‘Right to Choose’ Referrals 

If you are concerned that you may have symptoms suggestive of ADHD or Autism please submit your clinical query via our Online system with as much detail as possible.

Due to the increased demand for referrals for ASD and ADHD assessments the locally commissioned service are often not accepting referrals or have long waits. This has led to many patients seeking referral to alternative services for these assessments via ‘Right to Choose’.

This has created questions for Primary care providers regarding who these services are , how they are managed, and our relationship with them especially relating to entering ‘Shared Care Agreements’

It is our Practice policy that:

1.       We only refer to one service per condition at a time. i.e. we will not send multiple referrals to different services for the same problem.

2.       The Right to Choose Provider service should carry out any necessary tests they require themselves.

3.    Any medications initiated by ADHD clinics are titrated and stabalized before requesting that the GP takes over prescribing and whilst patients remain on these medications they remain under the ongoing care of the ADHD specialist clinic

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We will only enter into shared care agreements with providers identified as compliant with NHS GM commissioning .  We will let you know the approved list of RTC providers you can choose from.

Information correct at time of publication

Updated Sept 2026