Our Services
Also known as: South Tyneside Lifecycle Primary Care Mental Health Service or South Tyneside Talking Therapies
The Lifecycle Service incorporates the provision of IAPT (Improving Access to Psychological Therapies) mental health services across the entire age spectrum including the 0-5 Early Years, Children and Adolescent (Tier 2 CAMHS), together with South Tyneside Talking Therapies for adults with mild to moderate mental health difficulties.
(For more information see our website www.southtynesidelifecyclementalhealth.nhs.uk )
The South Tyneside Lifecycle Primary Care Mental Health Service team
We offer a confidential service to individuals, families and groups depending on which method is most effective.
We aim to help people through difficult times in their lives. We initially offer an assessment appointment to help you to decide, with the support of one of our experienced therapists, which therapy would be the most helpful to you.
What can we help with?
We aim to have a positive effect on the mental health and emotional well-being of those children, young people, and adults who are experiencing, or who are at risk of developing emotional, behavioural and psychological difficulties (common mental health problems).
The Service provides interventions recommended by the National Institute for Health and Social Care Excellence (NICE) for a range of mental health difficulties – such as:
The types of therapy provided include:
Where is the service provided from?
This exciting six day service will offer extended late evening appointments Monday – Thursday and Saturday opening. The main base will remain at Cleadon Park Primary Care Centre with appointments offered to clients at Flagg Court Primary Care Centre, Monkton Hall as well as other venues across the borough.
How to make a referral?
GPs can submit a written referral on behalf of a client or provide them with one of our self-referral booklets.
Health care professionals can make written referrals for patients via:
South Tyneside Lifecycle Primary Care Mental Health Service
Based at : Cleadon Park Primary Care Centre
Prince Edward Road
South Shields
NE34 8PS
Fax: 0191 404 1322
Email: stpcmhs@stft.nhs.uk
Patients can self-refer by telephoning 0191 2832937 (9:00 to 8:30pm Monday to Thursday and 9:00 to 5:00pm Friday and Saturday)
If you would like supplies of our Self-Referral leaflet, please telephone 0191 2832937.
For more information go to our website
www.southtynesidelifecyclementalhealth.nhs.uk
Cleadon Park Primary Care Centre, South Tyneside
Flagg Court Primary Care Centre, South Shields
Monkton Hall Hospital, Jarrow