Towards Zero Suicides - Safe Havens
The Safe Haven initiative provides a calm, culturally sensitive and non-clinical alternative to hospital emergency departments, for people experiencing distress or suicidal thoughts. Safe Havens are staffed by peer-support workers and other mental health professionals.
Safe Havens aim to:
- provide immediate, personalised, and compassionate care
- connect people to support services to address the underlying factors in their distress
- reduce pressure on hospital emergency departments
- reduce self-harm, suicide attempts and deaths by suicide.
There are three Safe Havens in the Hunter New England Central Coast PHN catchment:
Newcastle Safe Haven - 22 Stewart Avenue, Hamilton East NSW 2303
Open 4pm-9pm Friday to Sunday
Gosford Safe Haven - 89 Holden Street, Gosford NSW 2505 (Currently telehealth only)
Open 12:30pm-4pm Tuesday and Thursday
Tamworth Safe Haven - 214 Bridge St, West Tamworth NSW 2340
Open 4pm-9pm Friday to Sunday
To learn more about the Safe Haven initiative, please click here.
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