{"id":156189,"date":"2025-11-27T19:39:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-27T19:39:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/156189\/"},"modified":"2025-11-27T19:39:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-27T19:39:07","slug":"north-east-mental-health-safe-havens-for-teenagers-to-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/156189\/","title":{"rendered":"North East mental health &#8216;safe havens&#8217; for teenagers to open"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">They will also give access to free face-to-face, phone and virtual appointments, with no need for a referral from a healthcare professional.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Mr Buckley added: &#8220;We need support when we need support &#8211; so it will be a huge boost to have the region&#8217;s first safe havens for young people.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The ICB, which is responsible for commissioning health services, said one in five young people struggled with their mental health, with suicide rates in the North East among the highest recorded since 1999.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The havens will link with existing NHS services, local authorities, schools and voluntary organisations, the organisation said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">It added it would invite young people to share their views and help to shape the service.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Adam Crampsie, chief executive at Everyturn, said he wanted to empower the next generation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;We want to help young people to feel heard, safe and supported,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The scheme follows the opening of safe havens for adults in Gateshead, Newcastle, North Tyneside and Northumberland.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"They will also give access to free face-to-face, phone and virtual appointments, with no need for a referral&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":156190,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[163,85,46,522,523],"class_list":{"0":"post-156189","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mental-health","8":"tag-health","9":"tag-il","10":"tag-israel","11":"tag-mental-health","12":"tag-mentalhealth"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156189","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=156189"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156189\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/156190"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=156189"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=156189"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=156189"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}