North Cumbria
Adult Secure Services
Telephone: 01642 837512
Email: securereferrals
Referral form can be downloaded here
Crisis
Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment Team Gateshead and Newcastle
Patient Group: People 16+
Availability: 24/7
Telephone: 111 and select mental health option.
Community Treatment Teams
Gateshead East Community Treatment Team
Patient Group: People aged between 18-65 who experience severe complex mental health difficulties.
Availability: Monday – Friday: 9am-5 pm
Telephone: 0191 223 2001
Address: Gateshead East Community Treatment Team,
Grassbanks Health Centre, Leam Lane, Gateshead, NE10 8DX.
Telephone: 0191 223 2001
Office hours Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm
Gateshead West Community Treatment Team
Patient Group: People aged between 18-65 who experience severe complex mental health difficulties.
Availability: Monday – Friday: 9am- 5pm
Telephone: 0191 223 2001
Address: Dryden Road Clinic, 134 Dryden Road, Gateshead, Tyne and Wear,
NE9 5BY
Gateshead and Newcastle Homeless Service
Patient Group: People 18+ who are homeless/living in insecure accommodation, experiencing difficulties with their mental health.
Availability: Monday – Friday: 8.30am-4.30pm
Telephone: 0191 287 5060
Address: Silverdale, Grainger Park Road, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE4 8RR.
Veterans
Veterans Service
Patient Group: OpCOURAGE offers a range of specialist support and treatment for members of the armed forces community.
Availability: 8am – 8pm, 7 days a week. Telephone number: 0300 373 33 32
Email: OpCourageNORTH
Address: Vermont House, Concord, Washington, NE37 2SQ.
Useful links:
Combat Stress: www.combatstress.org.uk
Royal British Legion: www.britishlegion.org.uk
SSAFA: www.ssafa.org.uk
Veterans UK: www.veterans-uk.info
Early Intervention in Psychosis (EIP)
Early Intervention in Psychosis – Gateshead
Patient Group: People 14+ experiencing a first episode of psychosis and their families.
Availability: Monday – Friday 9am -5pm
Telephone number: 0191 223 2020
Email: EIPGatesheadReferrals
Address: Grassbanks Health Centre, Leam Lane, Gateshead, NE10 8DX.
Children and Young Peoples Service (CYPS)
Children and Young People’s Service – Newcastle and Gateshead
Patient Group: Children and young people aged 0-18 years who present with mental health difficulties
Availability: Monday – Friday: 8am-8pm.
Telephone number: 0800 652 2864 or 0191 246 6913
Email: NGCYPS
Learning Disability
Community Team Learning Disability – Gateshead
Patient Group: People 18+ with learning disabilities and additional health needs.
Availability: Monday – Friday: 8.30am-5pm.
Telephone number: 0191 478 0650
Email: GatesheadLD
Address: Bensham Hospital, 80-84 Fontwell Drive, Gateshead, NE8 4YL.
Gateshead and South Tyneside Learning Disability Psychological Service
Patient Group: Adults with learning disabilities, their families and carers.
Availability: Monday – Friday: 9am-5pm
Telephone number: 0191 451 6649
Address: Monkton Hall, Monkton Lane, Jarrow, NE32 5NN.
In Gateshead CNTW do not provide:
- Talking Therapy services
- Working age adult drug and alcohol services
- Old Age Psychiatry or Old Age Community Psychiatric Nursing