Children and Young People's Mental Health and Emotional Wellbeing Transformation Plan 2023-24

This document sets out the 2023-24 Children and Young People's Mental Health and Emotional Wellbeing Transformation Plan for Gateshead, in line with the national ambition and principles set out in 'Future in Mind - Promoting, protecting and improving our children and young people's mental health and wellbeing'.

A requirement of Future in Mind is for areas to develop a local plan focused on improving access to help and support when needed and improve how children and young people's mental health services are organised, commissioned and provided.

The 2017 Green Paper 'Transforming Children and Young People's Mental Health Provision' 2 and subsequent 2018 refresh 'Government Response to the Consultation on Transforming Children and Young People's Mental Health Provision: a Green Paper and Next Steps' set out a clear direction of travel which focussed 'a far more joined up approach to mental health support, not just across health and education but also other services - a multi-agency approach focused on collectively understanding and meeting the needs of children and young people in an area'.

The Gateshead system partners have been working together with our communities and stakeholders to understand and plan what needs to happen locally to transform the emotional wellbeing and mental health provision for children and young people and their families across Gateshead.

Our Transformation Plan is a living document and sets out our commitment to ensure that children and young people and their families, and professionals working in the field, are at the heart of the transformation, by ensuring the views and experiences of those who are in receipt of support or may use services and, those who deliver them were listened to and respected. This plan describes what we have achieved over the last few years and identifies actions which are ongoing in their implementation.

View the plan on the NHS North East and North Cumbria website (opens new window)