Project
WellFamily
Funding
£300,000 a year from Hackney Council's public health budget for five WellFamily co-ordinators across 30 GP practices
Background
Doctors often see disadvantaged and isolated parents and families who need practical, social and emotional support as opposed to medical services. In 1996, a GP practice in Hackney, north east London, gained Department of Health funding to employ a family support co-ordinator and the WellFamily scheme was born.
Action
The project, which is run by the charity Family Action, provides a "single door" at GP surgeries for wide-ranging family support including counselling, advice and practical help.
GPs refer patients with complex problems to one of five WellFamily co-ordinators, who are mainly psychotherapists or counsellors.
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