The membership of our steering group is as follows:

Brian Key, Director of Offender Health Commissioning and Mental Health & Learning Disabilities Commissioning

Dave Belshaw, Head of the North East Mental Health Development Unit

Martin Barkley, Chief Executive, Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Trust

Gillian Fairfield, Chief Executive, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Trust

Brendan Hill, Chief Executive, Mental Health Concern and Chair, Mental Health North East

Ewen Weir, Association of North East Directors of Adult Social Services

Alistair Cameron, Chair, North East Mental Health Service User and Carer Network

Rosemary Granger, Director of Projects, NHS North East

Wendy Balmain, Deputy Regional Director of Social Care

Karen Gater, Director of Commissioning (Tees)