Strategic Issues
Strategic Issue 1
The rates of suicide and hospital admissions for self-harm are significantly worse than the national average.
Strategic Issue 2
Mental health has multiple risk factors many of which Hartlepool has high rates of (such as poverty, unemployment, housing insecurity, substance misuse and obesity & physical inactivity).
Strategic Issue 3
Mental ill-health can affect many people highlighting the current demand for services and there is a rising prevalence in young adults indicating future demand and strain on existing services.
Strategic Issue 4
There are high levels of unemployment and long-term jobseeker’s claimants which exacerbate mental ill-health.