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PEOPLE experiencing mental health problems in South Tyneside are being offered a new service by the police and health service.
Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust (NTW) and Northumbria Police have teamed up to launch a specialist team who can be called out to incidents involving people with mental health problems.
The new Street Triage Team, which launches on Monday, will operate in South Tyneside, Sunderland and Gateshead.
Figures show that there were 18,000 mental health referrals last year in South Tyneside, and that on a ‘snapshot’ day on August 31, 1,824 patients used mental health services in the borough.
http://www.shieldsgazette.com/news/crime/police-and-nhs-team-up-to-help-with-mental-health-1-6812015
Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust (NTW) and Northumbria Police have teamed up to launch a specialist team who can be called out to incidents involving people with mental health problems.
The new Street Triage Team, which launches on Monday, will operate in South Tyneside, Sunderland and Gateshead.
Figures show that there were 18,000 mental health referrals last year in South Tyneside, and that on a ‘snapshot’ day on August 31, 1,824 patients used mental health services in the borough.
http://www.shieldsgazette.com/news/crime/police-and-nhs-team-up-to-help-with-mental-health-1-6812015