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  • Get involved
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    • Deciding together, delivering together (adult mental health services)
    • Health checks for people with serious mental illness
    • How to get involved
      • Visits to local NHS services
    • Involving young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities services
    • Listening to you: our past involvement work
      • Mental health services – adults
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      • Reviewing urgent care in Newcastle
    • Long-term conditions patient group
    • Newcastle Pride
    • Patient participation groups
    • Supporting Primary Care Networks
    • Working with schools and colleges
    • Working with the deaf community
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    • You said, we did
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Children and young people

Supporting wellbeing in schools

A new team is now helping school children with their mental health and wellbeing, after the CCG made a successful bid to the national Trailblazer programme in 2019. Since then, the RISE team has trained 12 local people as education mental health practitioners, and helped over 600 children in 54 schools in Newcastle and Gateshead. …

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Under 18? Your healthcare rights

If you are a young person living in Newcastle or Gateshead, we’d like to hear about your experiences with healthcare. If you have experience of using any health services in Newcastle or  Gateshead, including hospitals, A&E, GP practices, urgent care, sexual health, pharmacies, we’d like to hear your stories – good or bad. Your comments …

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Special educational needs and disabilities

We work closely with our colleagues in Newcastle and Gateshead councils to provide services and support for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (sometimes known as SEND). This includes: Commissioning services for children and young people (up to age 25) with special educational needs and disabilities, including those who have Education …

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Share your experiences

If you are a young person living in Newcastle or Gateshead, we’d like to hear about your experiences with healthcare. If you have experience of using any health services in Newcastle or  Gateshead, including hospitals, A&E, GP practices, urgent care, sexual health, pharmacies, we’d like to hear your stories – good or bad. Your comments …

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Do you need help with your mental health?

Many of us are affected by mental health difficulties. This can be very painful, even though it may not be as visible as physical problems like a broken arm.  Need help now? If you need urgent help now, you can phone: Children and young people – 0800 652 2864Adults – 0800 652 2863 Lines are …

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Worried about a poorly child?

Every parent worries when our little ones are not well. But help is at hand! The Little Orange Book The Little Orange Book helps parents of under-fives with practical information about common childhood conditions. Distributed to all new mums in Newcastle and Gateshead through health visitors, this little gem helps parents and carers to recognise …

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Free, safe, confidential support for young people

Children and young people in Newcastle and Gateshead can now get help from mental health counsellors using a free online service supported by the NHS. Kooth.com is an award-winning online counselling and support service which is now available to all young people in Newcastle and Gateshead aged 11-18, and to young people in Looked After Care …

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North Cumbria & North East Children and Young People Peer Network Newsletter

In News By lucycarr

The December 2020 Issue is now available for health professionals to access. This issue covers: Upcoming workshops Christmas Day, Our Way Flu immunisation advice & resources Learning Disabilities Matter Website To read the newsletter please download from the link below.

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