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The Northern Region Gender Dysphoria Service is a service for people who experience persistent confusion and/or discomfort as a result of a discrepancy between their assigned sex and their gender identity. This includes people who want to change physical aspects of their gender as well as those who do not.
Some people who are distressed about their assigned sex have other health problems such as physical disabilities or mental health difficulties. The service is open to all but people with more complex needs may require additional support from other services.
The Richardson Eating Disorder Service (REDS) is a specialist tertiary service, located in Newcastle upon Tyne, providing comprehensive assessment and treatment for adults with moderate and severe eating disorders in North East England. REDS provides treatment for males and females and has outpatient, intensive day hospital and inpatient services.
The Regional Affective Disorders Service (RADS) is one of a limited number of specialist/tertiary level affective disorder services in the UK providing both out-patient and in-patient care for patients with difficult to treat mood disorders.
The Regional Affective Disorders Service is based in Newcastle upon Tyne which provides care for patients living in the North East of England, over the age of 18, with complex and/or treatment refractory affective disorders and other treatment refractory conditions complicated by an affective component.
The Regional Affective Disorders Service (RADS) is one of a limited number of specialist/tertiary level affective disorder services in the UK providing both out-patient and in-patient care for patients with difficult to treat mood disorders.
The Regional Affective Disorders Service is based in Newcastle upon Tyne which provides care for patients living in the North East of England, over the age of 18, with complex and/or treatment refractory affective disorders and other treatment refractory conditions complicated by an affective component.
The Regional Communication Aid Service is based at Walkergate Park and is a specialist Electronic Assistive Technology Service. Our service aims to improve the independence of people of all ages who experience severe communication difficulties through the provision of specialised services for Alternative and Augmentative Communication (AAC) Aids. We support local teams in working with individuals to understand their AAC needs; and in providing specialised communication aids.
The Perinatal Community Mental Health Team provides a multidisciplinary service for women with mental health problems relating to pregnancy, childbirth and early motherhood living in Newcastle, Gateshead, North Tyneside, Northumberland, Sunderland and South Tyneside.
We care for women with a range of moderate to severe common mental health problems such as depression, anxiety, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), and severe mental health disorders such as bi-polar, psychosis and schizophrenia.
The health visitor’s role starts during pregnancy and continues to offer support through the first few weeks after the birth and all the way through until early childhood.
All health visitors are nurses or midwives with specialist training in family and community health. They work with parents and their families to improve health and wellbeing.
The children and young people’s haematology and oncology service, cares for children and young people under the age of 21 who have cancer, leukaemia and other related diseases.
Our department is one of the largest, most advanced in the UK, providing a comprehensive range of leading edge oncology services, including chemotherapy, radiotherapy and surgery.
We are the Regional Treatment Centre for all of the Northern region, treating patients from Teesside to Newcastle, and Northumberland to Cumbria.
RISE is part of the Newcastle Gateshead CCG, NHS and DFE Mental Health in Schools programme. We work in schools and colleges and support young people with moderate mental health needs. This could mean working directly with individual students, running group sessions, or helping teachers shape lesson plans or assemblies.
At RISE, we offer low intensity support for children and young people coping with mild to moderate mental health needs. Our Education Mental Health Practitioners will tailor sessions based on young person needs but themes may include:
We are a Mental Health and Emotional Wellbeing Service for Children and Young People.
We offer interventions that allow children and young people to explore difficult experiences through play and creativity. We also support your setting by delivering training, consultation and workshops.
We offer: Play Therapy, Creative Therapy, CPD and Twilight training both online and face to face.
We pride ourselves on offering high-quality, person-centred and outcomes-focused services which give value to the people we serve and are responsive and effective for referral agents.
Specialist Rehabilitation Services
The Children’s Trust is the UK’s leading charity for children with brain injury and neurodisability. We deliver rehabilitation, education and community services through skilled teams who work with children and young people, and their families.
The Community Eating Disorder Service (CEDS) provides community support and hospital inreach. This specialist eating disorder service supports young people and their families in the community to manage their condition and prevent hospital admission. They provide family based therapy in a range of settings as well as specialist clinical assessment and inreach to paediatric and acute mental health settings.
Ferndene is based at the former Prudhoe Hospital site and provides regional and national Tier 4 Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) for children and young people between the ages of 13 and 18. Tier 4 CAMHS are for patients with more complex needs usually requiring inpatient treatment. Ferndene has three wards (Redburn, The Riding and Fraser) providing a total of 28 beds.
St Cuthberts Care is a leading North East charity providing specialised services for some of the most vulnerable members of our communities. Our work is often focused on providing services which fill the gaps left by other providers who find our areas of work unattractive or too high risk. We focus largely on:
- Residential care for children
- Short-term and long-term fostering
- Specialist provision for people with profound disabilities
- Care for older people
- Care for adults with learning disabilities
- Community services
Our children’s community nursing service provides specialist care for children and young people up to the age of 19 years.
We aim to help you and your child to lead a fulfilling everyday life. We work to keep hospital admissions to a minimum by providing modern nursing care and support for your child and family in your own home.
This can include:
The Toby Henderson Trust (TTHT) is an independently funded charity supporting autistic children, their families and carers. After 15 years at Whitehouse Farm the trust has recently moved to Toby House, Earth Balance, Bedlington, Northumberland.
We are the one and only charity in the North East focused on life changing early intervention with autistic children (aged 2 to 7). Our service users tell us early intervention can transform the life of a child…
Orchard Care is an organisation with a proven track record that provides successful foster homes for children and young people who need them.
Orchard Care is run on a 'not for profit' basis. This means that all money is put back into the organisation for the good of the children and young people and to maintain very high standards of care and increase service provision.
We achieve the best possible care and outcomes because the organisation is run by people who are so dedicated to helping children and young people and the foster carers with whom the young people live.
The children’s dentistry team provide specialist oral healthcare for children from birth to sixteen years of age.
Children and young people need different approaches to improve their oral health: We
The children and young people’s clinic cares for children and young people with a range of genital conditions. We also see children and young people with concerns about sexual abuse.
Children and young people can be referred to our care by their GP or a doctor from another hospital. The Police or Children’s Services also refer children and young people to our service.
Cruse Bereavement Care (CRUSE) is a national charity committed to promoting the well-being of bereaved people. The organisation aims to help anyone bereaved by death to understand their grief and cope with their loss. It covers England, Wales and Northern Ireland (Cruse - Scotland is a separate organisation).
Connecting Worlds autism training is based in the North East of England but covers all of the UK, offering face to face training to meet all training needs.
I have real-life experience to share, having a son with severe autism, a husband with high functioning autism and 20 years' experience working with children and adults with autism and related conditions. I worked for 15 years for a Local Authority as part of a specialist disabilities team, working alongside Speech and Language Therapists and Educational Psychologists. I am a qualified teacher/trainer.
16 bedded neuro-psychiatry unit for assessment and treatment of neuro-psychiatric consequences of brain injury acquired in adult life and regional service for the assessment, diagnosis and management of Huntington’s disease.
Pathways 4 All is a parent-led charity, providing leisure services for children and young people with disabilities/ additional needs (0-25 years old). Our primary service is a specialist play and activity provision, the Tim Lamb Centre (in the grounds of the Rising Sun County Park, Benton). Our centre is open to families from across the North East region.
We’re a non-profit, working on behalf of the NHS and local authorities. We’re dedicated to supporting people and communities across the country with their mental health. We’re here so no one has to struggle alone.
We’re here for people from all walks of life. We deliver a wide range of mental health services, from social prescribing and talking therapies – to nursing, supported housing, and specialist dementia care.
We work to understand the needs of every person and community we support, and offer care that is personalised, compassionate, and impactful.