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HSE launches Counselling in Primary Care Service

Pictured are Minister Alex White Minister of State for Primary Care, Dr Seamus Cryan, President, ICGP, Minister Kathleen Lynch, Minister of State, with responsibility for Disability, Older People, Equality & Mental Health, Martin Rogan, Assistant National Director for Mental Health, HSE.

Pictured are Minister Alex White Minister of State for Primary Care, Dr Seamus Cryan, President, ICGP, Minister Kathleen Lynch, Minister of State, with responsibility for Disability, Older People, Equality & Mental Health, Martin Rogan, Assistant National Director for Mental Health, HSE.

Minister of State, with responsibility for Disability, Older People, Equality & Mental Health, Kathleen Lynch and Minister of State for Primary Care Alex White today launched the HSE’s Counselling in Primary Care service. CIPC offers clients in distress 6-8 sessions of counselling, delivered by qualified counsellor therapists, and designed to support them through a difficult period. The new service will be available nationwide and has the potential to see up to 13,000 medical card holders in a full year.