If you live in Gateshead:
The Newcastle & Gateshead Crisis Team is a team of experienced mental health staff offering assessment and home treatment for people aged 18 and over experiencing a mental health crisis. The team operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
**The crisis team does not provide an ’emergency’ service such as a 999 response**
The Crisis Team – Call: 0191 814 8899, free phone on 0800 652 2863
Text line for deaf and other communication difficulties 0191 +447919228548
or visit NTW - Crisis Resolution Home Treatment Team
Please be aware if you have a Durham postcode and need to access Crisis’s services, you should call the Durham and Darlington Immediate Response Team on 08000 516 171.
If you live in South Tyneside:
The Initial Response Service (IRS) is a team of experienced mental health staff offering assessment and home treatment for people aged 18 and over experiencing a mental health crisis. The team operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
**The crisis team does not provide an ’emergency’ service such as a 999 response**
The Crisis Team – Call: free phone 0800 652 2867 or visit: www.cntw.nhs.uk
If you live in Sunderland:
Children and Young People’s Service (CYPS) 0191 566 5500
Children and Young people’s Intensive Community Treatment Service (ICTS) 0191 520 5560
Childline - 0800 1111
NHS Helpline 111
Kooth - www.kooth.com
