Health Improvement Practitioner (HIP)
A health improvement practitioner is a registered health practitioner. This is a new role to provide more support for you at the same place you see your doctor. They work with patients to achieve goals by providing support and follow-up for issues related to mental health.
What can a health improvement practitioner help with?
A health improvement practitioner can see people of all ages and at all stages of their lives and help with any type of issue related to behaviour change or mental wellbeing.
A health improvement practitioner can see people immediately when they are in the GP clinic to provide support. Your GP or doctor may refer you to a health improvement practitioner when you are in a GP clinic and you can usually see them immediately.
A typical consultation with a health improvement practitioner will take about 30 minutes and is usually focused on evidence-based brief interventions.
A health improvement practitioner can also help to develop pathways and protocols around mental wellbeing and addiction support.