Category Referrals & hospital services

Patients must: Be 18 years of age or older. Be registered with a GP in the Birmingham and Solihull area. Have a diagnosis of depression or receive treatment from a GP for depressive mood symptoms.

GPs can refer eligible service users by completing the SpoA form and indicating that the referral is for DRAC. A poster for GP practices is available here , and a leaflet for patients is available here .

HENRY Raise, Engage, Refer training is aimed at frontline practitioners working with expectant parents and families with children aged 0-12 years.

Please see the latest Key Messages Summary Sheet from Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust's Primary / Secondary Care Interface Group Meeting on 8 October 2026.

National SPoA guidance confirms GPs keep referral decisions and there is no referral-diversion target. Keep using e-RS and existing specialties and clinic types; the new e-RS specialties switch over on 4 December.

Two new short GatewayC learning resources: whether breast pain is a symptom of breast cancer, and breast cancer symptoms beyond a lump.