Who Is Who in the North East: a Guide for Those Wanting to Improve Outcomes for People

Who is Who in the North East: A guide for those wanting to improve outcomes for people with multiple and complex needs.

Criminal Justice System:

• NHS Health and Justice Commissioner

Contact: Julie Dhuny

Email:

• Public Health England Health and Justice Specialist

Contact: Abi Hamoodi

Email:

• Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC)/Police

Northumbria PCC
PCC: Vera Baird QC
Email:
Website:
Northumbria Police
Chief Constable: Steve Ashman
Website: / Durham PCC
PCC: Ron Hogg
Email:
Website:
Durham Police
Chief Constable: Michael Barton
Website:
Cleveland PCC
PCC: Barry Coppinger
Email:
Website:
Cleveland Police
Chief Constable: Iain Spittal
Website:

• Crown Prosecution Service North East

Contact: Chief Crown Prosecutor - Gerry Wayeman

Telephone: 0191 260 4200

• Court Services

The courts are divided into magistrates and crown courts. Find your nearest court or tribunal in the North East.

• Probation Services

National Probation Service (North East)
Contact: Deputy Director - Lynda Marginson
Email: / Northumbria Community Rehabilitation Company
Contact: Head of Business Change – Louise Mann
Email:
Durham Teesvalley Community Rehabilitation Company
Contact: Through the Gate Manager – Helen Raine
Email:

• Prisons

HMYOI Deerbolt, Bowes Road, Barnard Castle, County Durham, DL12 9BG
Governor - Gavin O'Malley
Tel: 01833 633200
Deerbolt is a Category C young offenders establishment that caters for approximately 500 male young offenders between the ages of 18 – 21, generally serving sentences up to 4 years in length. / HMP Durham, Old Elvet, Durham, DH1 3HU
Governor - Tim Allen
Tel: 0191 332 3400
HMP Durham is a Category B local prison which accommodates 1017 young offenders age 18 - 21, adult males over 21 sentenced, convicted or remanded from the Tyneside, Durham and Cumbria courts.
HMP Frankland, Brasside, Durham, DH1 5YD
Governor - Norman Griffin
Tel: 0191 376 5000
HMP Frankland accommodate Category A and B adult males serving 4 years and over, in-determined or life sentences plus high and standard risk category A remands. / HMP Holme House, Stockton on Tees, TS18 2QU
Executive Governor – Ian Blakeman
Governor –Chris Dyer
Tel: 01642 744000
Holme House is a large Category B local prison for male adult prisoners, remand and convicted: It also holds a small number of young men on remand (18-21). Along with Kirkevington, Holme House is now a reform prison with strategic direction provided for an Executive Governor.
HMP Kirklevington Grange, Yarm, Cleveland, TS15 9PA
Executive Governor – Ian Blakeman
Governor - Angie Pertit
Tel: 01642 792600
HMP Kirklevington is a Category C and D semi open prison. It was built as a resettlement prison for 283 adult male offenders. Along with Holme House, Kirlevington is now a reform prison with strategic direction provided for an Executive Governor. / HMP and YOI Low Newton, Brasside, Durham, DH1 5YA
Governor - Alan Richer
Tel: 0191 3764000
Low Newton is a closed, female prison and young offender institution accommodating 336 women. It holds a small number of life sentenced prisoners Low Newton serves the courts in the catchment area from the Scottish Borders to North Yorkshire across to North Cumbria.
Northumberland, Morpeth, Northumberland, NE65 9XG
Governor: Mr Tony Simpson
Tel: 01670 762300
Northumberland is a Male Adult Category C prison and has the capacity to accommodate 1348 prisoners. From the 1stDecember 2013 HMP Northumberland formally transferred to the management of Sodexo Justice Services.

• Local Criminal Justice Boards

Northumbria, Durham and Cleveland. The Board’s role is to co-ordinate and ensure the effective and efficient delivery of justice services and are funded by the PCC. At present we are unable to provide up to date information about key contacts within the boards.

• Community Safety Partnerships

Northumberland Safer Partnership
Chair: Liz Simpson
Contact: / Safer North Tyneside
Chair: Cllr Carole Burdis
Contact:
Safer Newcastle
Chair: Cllr Stephen Powers
Contact: / Safer Gateshead
Chair:0191 433 3000
Contact:
South Tyneside Community Safety
Chair: Cllr Moira Smith
Contact: / Safe Sunderland Partnership
Chair: Cllr Thomas Foster
Contact:
Safe Durham Partnership
Chair: Rachel Shimmin
Contact: / Darlington Community Safety Partnership
Chair: Chief Superintendent Graham Hall
Contact:
Safer Hartlepool
Chair: Cllr Christopher Akers-Belcher
Contact: / Safer Stockton Partnership
Chair: Steve Nelson
Contact:
Middlesbrough Community Safety
Manager: Rachel Beard
Contact: / Redcar and Cleveland Community Safety Partnership
Manager:Jay Hosie
Contact:

• Clink’s North East Development Assistant

Contact: Abi Lunn

Email:

Health

• Public Health North East Regional Director

Contact: Professor Peter Kelly

Email:

• Local Authority Directors of Public Health

Northumberland
Director: Penny Spring
e-mail: / North Tyneside
Director: Wendy Burke
e-mail:
Newcastle
Director: Eugene Milne
e-mail: / Gateshead
Director: Alice Wiseman
e-mail:
South Tyneside
Director: Amanda Healy
e-mail: / Sunderland
Director: Gillian Gibson
e-mail:
Durham
Director: Gillian O’Neill
e-mail: gillian.o’ / Darlington
Director: Miriam Davidson
e-mail:
Stockton-on-Tees
Director: Peter Kelly
e-mail: / Hartlepool
Director: Louise Wallace
e-mail:
Middlesbrough
Director: Edward Kunonga
e-mail: / Redcar & Cleveland
Director: Paul Edmondson-Jones
e-mail:

• Clinical Commissioning Groups

Northumberland Clinical Commissioning Group
Website:
e-mail:
Telephone: 01670 335 157 / Newcastle Gateshead Clinical Commissioning Group
Website:
e-mail:
Telephone: 0191 217 2996
North Tyneside Clinical Commissioning Group
Website:
e-mail:
Telephone: 0191 293 1140 / South Tyneside Clinical Commissioning Group
Website:
e-mail:
Telephone: 0191 283 1903
Sunderland Clinical Commissioning Group
Website:
e-mail:
Telephone: 0191 512 8484 / North Durham Clinical Commissioning Group
Website:
e-mail:
Telephone: 0191 389 8600
Durham Dales, Easington and Sedgefield Clinical Commissioning Group
Website:
e-mail:
Telephone: 0191 371 3222 / Darlington Clinical Commissioning Group
Website:
e-mail:
Telephone: 01325 621414
Hartlepool and Stockton-on-Tees Clinical Commissioning Group
Website:
e-mail:
Telephone: 01642 745982 / South Tees Clinical Commissioning Group
Website:
e-mail:
Telephone: 01642 263030

• North East Care Act Leads

Northumberland
Contact: Stephen Corlett
Email: / Newcastle
Contact: David Forster
Email:
North Tyneside
Contact: Sue Wood
Email: / Gateshead
Contact: Alex Cook
Email:
South Tyneside
Contact: Stephen Laverton
Email: / Sunderland
Contact: Richard Elliott
Email:
Durham
Contact: Paul Copeland
Email: / Darlington
Contact: Philippa Rayner
Email:
Stockton
Contact: Martin Waters
Email: / Hartlepool
Contact: Jeanette Willis
Email:
Middlesbrough
Contact: Iain Mackenzie
Email: / Redcar and Cleveland
Contact: Chris Moon
Email:

• Health and Wellbeing Boards

Northumberland Health and Wellbeing Board

Priorities in Northumberland include reducing alcohol related harm; tackling levels of obesity through diet and exercise; and promoting mental wellbeing.
Website:
Chair
Healthwatch Representative(s) / Councillor Sudan Dungworth
Cynthia Atkin (Healthwatch Chair)
VCS membership / None currently

North Tyneside Health and Wellbeing Board

Priorities in North Tyneside include alcohol, cancer and mental health.
Website:
Chair
Healthwatch Representative(s) / Councillor Margaret Hall
Peter Kenrick (Healthwatch Chair)
Claire Arthur (Healthwatch Officer)
VCS membership / D Titterton, Voluntary and Community Sector Chief Officer Group
Alma Caldwell, Age UK North Tyneside

Newcastle Wellbeing for Life Board

Newcastle’s Wellbeing for Life Strategy includes areas of action such as working city, decent neighbourhoods, getting a good start in life, making wellbeing and health promotion a key dimension of all we do and maximising the wellbeing of people who have long term conditions.
Website:
Chair
Healthwatch Representative(s) / Councillor Nick Forbes
Bev Bookless (Healthwatch Chair)
Steph Edusei (Chief Executive, HealthWatch)
VCS membership / Sally Young, CEO, Newcastle Council for Voluntary Service
Brendan Hill, VCS representative

Gateshead Health and Wellbeing Board

Priorities in Gateshead are to ensure children have the best start in life; tackle the major causes of ill health through a focus on lifestyle risks and work with communities to improve emotional health and wellbeing.
Website:
Chair
Healthwatch Representative(s) / Councillor Lynne Caffrey
Douglas Bell (Healthwatch Chair)
VCS membership / Jenny McAteer, CEO, Gateshead Voluntary Organisations Council
Ian Blake GVOC

South Tyneside Health and Wellbeing Board

Priorities in South Tyneside are reducing inequalities through prevention and early identification of risk; tackling youth unemployment; reducing social isolation in older people; improving the quality, integration and efficiency of local services
Website:
Chair
Healthwatch Representative(s) / Councillor Iain Malcolm
Sue Taylor (Healthwatch Chair)
VCS membership / None currently listed

Sunderland Health and Wellbeing Board

Priorities in Sunderland are for a better start and strengthening families; economic leadership and development; and supporting older people to live independently.
Website:
Healthwatch Representative(s) / Kevin Morris (Healthwatch Chair)
VCS membership / None currently listed

Durham Health and Wellbeing Board

Priorities in County Durham are tackling health inequalities, improving mental health and wellbeing and children’s health.
Website:
Chair
Healthwatch Representative(s) / Councillor Lucy Hovvels
Judith Mashiter (Healthwatch Joint Chair)
VCS membership / None currently listed

Darlington Health and Wellbeing Board

Priorities in Darlington include reducing health inequalities in cardiovascular disease, tackling alcohol related harm and improving mental health and wellbeing.
Website:
Chair
Healthwatch Representative(s) / Councillor Andy Scott
Michelle Thompson (Healthwatch Chair)
VCS membership / Vacant

Stockton Health and Wellbeing Board

Priorities in Stockton-on-Tees include giving every child the best start in life, preventing ill health and tobacco control.
Website:
Chair
Healthwatch Representative(s) / Councillor Jim Beall
Tony Beckwith (Healthwatch Chair)
VCS membership / None currently listed

Hartlepool Health and Wellbeing Board

Priorities in Hartlepool are to give every child the best start in life; enable all children and young people to maximise their capabilities and have control over their lives; enable all adults to maximise their capabilities and have control over their lives; create fair employment and good work for all; ensure healthy standard of living for all; create and develop healthy and sustainable places and communities; and to strengthen the role and impact of ill health prevention.
The Health and Wellbeing Strategy:
Chair
Healthwatch Representative(s) / Councillor Christopher Akers-Belcher
Margaret Wrenn and Ruby Marshall
VCS membership / Tracy Woodhall

Middlesbrough Health and Wellbeing Board

Middlesbrough prioritises improving health outcomes for children, tackling lifestyle risk factors (smoking, alcohol, obesity), tackling the social causes of poor health, improving emotional well-being and mental health across the life course.
Website:
Chair
Healthwatch Representative(s) / Councillor David Rudd
Dr Paul Crawshaw (Healthwatch Chair)
VCS membership / Vacant

Redcar and Cleveland Health and Wellbeing Board

Priorities in Redcar and Cleveland are that children and young people have the best start in life; people in Redcar & Cleveland live healthier and longer lives; and that more people lead safe, independent lives.
Website:
Chair
Healthwatch Representative(s) / Sue Jeffrey
Dr Ian Holtby (Healthwatch Chair)
VCS membership / John Pearson

• Local Authority Adult Social Care Contacts

Northumberland
e-mail:
Telephone: 01670 335 180 / North Tyneside
e-mail:
Telephone: 0191 643 2777
Newcastle
e-mail:
Telephone: 0191 278 8377 / Gateshead
e-mail:
Telephone: 0191 433 7033
South Tyneside
e-mail:
Telephone: 0845 130 4959 / Sunderland
e-mail:
Telephone: 0191 520 5552
Durham
e-mail:
Telephone: 03000 267 979 / Darlington
e-mail:
Telephone: 01325 346200
Stockton
e-mail:
Telephone: 01642 527764 / Hartlepool
e-mail:
Telephone: 01429 284284
Middlesbrough
e-mail:
Telephone: 01642 726004 / Redcar and Cleveland
e-mail:
Telephone: 01642 771500

• Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA) Contacts

Northumberland
Contact: Pamela Forster
Email: / North Tyneside
website:
Newcastle
Contact: Helen Wilding
Email: / Gateshead
Contact: Sonia Stewart
Email:
South Tyneside
Contact: Health and Social Inclusion
Email: / Sunderland
Contact: Yvonne Ewington
Email:
Durham
Contact: Joint Strategic Needs Assessment Planning and Policy Team
Email: / Darlington
Contact: Janet Walke
Email:
Stockton
Contact: Leon Green
Email:
/ Hartlepool
Contact:Leon Green
Email:
Middlesbrough
Contact: Leon Green
Email: / Redcar & Cleveland
Contact: Leon Green
Email:

• Mental Health Trusts

Northumberland, Tyne and Wear (NTW) NHS Trust
Website: / Tees, Esk and Wear Valley (TEWV) NHS Trust
Website:

• Healthwatch

Healthwatch Northumberland
Website:
Telephone: 03332 408 468 or text 07413 385 275 (text)
e-mail:
Contacts:
Chair: Cynthia Atkin
Chief Executive Officer: Liz Prudhoe
Co-ordinator: Tricia Ashford / Healthwatch Newcastle
Website:
Telephone: 0191 338 5720 or text 07551 052751
Information and signposting: 0808 178 9282
e-mail:
Contacts:
Chair: Bev Bookless
Chief Executive Officer: Steph Edusei
Healthwatch North Tyneside
Website:
Telephone: 0191 263 5321
e-mail:
Contacts:
Chair: Peter Kenrick
Chief Executive Officer: Jenny McAteer / Healthwatch Gateshead
Website:
Telephone: 0191 477 0033 or 0300 123 4008
Information and signposting: 0808 801 0382
e-mail:
Contacts: Chair: Douglas Ball
Healthwatch Manager: Phillip Kerr
Healthwatch South Tyneside
Website:
Telephone: 0191 489 7952
Information & signposting: 0808 801 0381
e-mail:
Contacts:
Chair: Sue Taylor
Community Participation and Engagement Officer: Linda Gibson
Healthwatch Development Officer: Jan Pyrke / Healthwatch Sunderland
Website:
Telephone: 0191 514 7145
Information and signposting: 0800 023 8840
e-mail:
Contacts:
Chair: Kevin Morris
Healthwatch Programme Manager: Margaret Curtis
Healthwatch County Durham
Website:
Telephone: 01325 375960 or text 07756 654218
Information and signposting: 0808 801 0384
e-mail:
Contacts:
Chair: Judith Mashiter
Chief Executive Officer: Joanne Scott / Healthwatch Darlington
Website:
Telephone: 01325 380145 or text 07525237723
Information and signposting: 0808 801 0383
e-mail:
Contacts:
Chair: Liz McAllister
Chief Executive Officer: Michelle Thompson
Healthwatch Hartlepool
Website:
Telephone: 01429 262 641
e-mail:
Contacts:
Chair: Margaret Wrenn
Chief Executive Officer: Christopher Akers-Belcher / HealthwatchStockton-on-Tees
Website:
Telephone: 01642 688312
Information and signposting: 0808 1729 559
e-mail:
Contacts:
Chair: Anthony Beckwith
Healthwatch Tees Manager: Natasha Judge
Community Engagement Worker: Jane Hore
Healthwatch Middlesbrough
Website:
Telephone: 01642 688312
Information and signposting: 0808 1729 559
e-mail:
Contacts:
Chair: Paul Crawshaw
Healthwatch Manager: Natasha Judge / Healthwatch Redcar & Cleveland
Website:
Telephone: 01642 688312Information and signposting: 0808 1729 559
e-mail:
Contacts:
Chair: Dr Ian Holtby
Chief Executive Officers: Linda Sergeant and Natasha Judge

• MIND National Policy Team

Contact: Ayaz Manji

Email:

Housing:

• North East Regional Homelessness Group (NERHG)

The NERHG brings together all 12 local authorities alongside the voluntary sector to improve outcomes for rough sleepers.

Contact: Peter Smith

Email:

• Local Authority Housing Teams

Northumberland
Contact: Julie Young
Email: / North Tyneside
Contact: Abby Shafto
Email:
Newcastle
Contact: Neil Munslow
Email: / Gateshead
Contact: Catherine Hattam
Email:
South Tyneside
Contact: Angela Lamonte
Email: / Sunderland
Contact: Marnie Burden
Email:
Durham
Contact: Marie Smith
Email: / Darlington
Contact: Janette McMain
Email:
Hartlepool
Contact: Lynda Igoe
Email: / Stockton on Tees
Contact: Regina Harrington
Email:
Middlesbrough
Contact: Rachel Beard
Email: / Redcar and Cleveland
Contact: Alastair Wood
Email:

• Housing for Offenders Group

Clinks coordinate a multi sector group to improve housing outcomes for those in the Criminal Justice System. The group has representatives from local authority housing teams, probation and voluntary sector.

Contact: Abi Lunn

Email:

• Homeless Link Partnership Manager (North)

Contact: Helen Dudzinska

Email:

Substance Misuse:

• Local Authority Community Drug and Alcohol Commissioners

Northumberland
Contact: Liz Robinson
Email: / Newcastle
Contact: Louise Lane
Email:
North Tyneside
Contact: Christine Jordan
Email: / Gateshead
Contact: Joy Evans
Email:
South Tyneside
Contact: Janice Chandler
Email: / Sunderland
Contact: Ben Seale
Email:
Durham
Contact: Jane Sunter
Email: / Darlington
Contact: Ken Ross
Email:
Middlesbrough
Contact: Jonathan Bowden
Email: / Stockton
Contact: Kerry Anderson
Email:
Hartlepool
Contact: Sharon Robson
Email: / Redcar
Contact: Mark Adams
Email:

• Prison based treatment is commissioned by NHS England

Contact: Dave King

Email:

General:

• Combined Authorities

North East Combined Authority
Chair: Cllr Paul Watson
Head of Paid Service: Helen Golightly
Emai: / Teesvalley Combined Authority
Chair: Mayor David Budd
Managing Director: Andrew Lewis
Email:

• North East Multiple Needs and Exclusion Forum

A multi sector forum providing an opportunity for those supporting people with complex needs to share good practice and influence policy and practice.

Contact: Abi Lunn

Email:

• MPs/Councillors

Find your local MP -

Details of Councillors is available on each local authority website -