\n The Wales Gambling Helpline will go live on April 1, offering information, support and treatment referrals to anyone experiencing gambling-related harm, as well as their families and others affected.\n<\/p>\n
\n The new NHS specialist gambling treatment service, delivered alongside the helpline, will be funded by the Welsh Government through the UK-wide gambling levy and operated by Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board.\n<\/p>\n
\n Sarah Murphy, minister for mental health and wellbeing, said: “This is a landmark moment marking the first time specialist gambling treatment and support services will be available from the NHS in Wales.\n<\/p>\n
\n “The helpline will be a form of open access support available to people who need it the most and fits into the ambitions of our Mental Health and Wellbeing Strategy.\n<\/p>\n
\n “Guided by the evidence, we\u2019re confident this approach is the most effective way to deliver essential support for both prevention and treatment.”\n<\/p>\n
\n Backed by \u00a31.3 million in annual funding, the service aims to reach tens of thousands of people in Wales who may be at risk of gambling-related harm.\n<\/p>\n
\n Support will also be available through a secure online platform, extending access to treatment remotely.\n<\/p>\n
\n Dr Faye Graver, clinical lead for gambling treatment services at Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board, said: “We are establishing a specialist gambling treatment service and the Wales Gambling Helpline to provide much-needed support for people struggling with gambling addiction.\n<\/p>\n
\n “They will provide the necessary support, advice and information not only to people experiencing gambling-related harms, but also their family members and others affected.\n<\/p>\n
\n “Research shows tens of thousands of people in Wales need support for gambling related harms and this treatment service will provide this from referral and triage through to aftercare.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Wales Gambling Helpline will go live on April 1, offering information, support and treatment referrals to anyone…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":303475,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[134,554,555,111,139,69],"class_list":{"0":"post-303474","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mental-health","8":"tag-health","9":"tag-mental-health","10":"tag-mentalhealth","11":"tag-new-zealand","12":"tag-newzealand","13":"tag-nz"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/303474","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=303474"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/303474\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/303475"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=303474"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=303474"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=303474"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}