Adult Secure Services

Telephone: 01642 837512

Email: securereferrals@nhs.net

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@cntw.nhs.uk

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@cntw.nhs.uk

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@cntw.nhs.uk

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@cntw.nhs.uk

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