Project launched to tackle mental health issues in Caithness By David G Scott
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Updated: 17:28, 11 December 2020
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Mental health services have become an increasingly important topic in Caithness in recent months following several tragic events and issues relating to suicide and addiction.
At a special meeting of the Caithness Committee this morning (Friday, December 11), the focus was on launching the Caithness Mental Wellbeing Pathfinder Project to bring statutory service providers across health, education, housing, and emergency services, third sector delivery partners, politicians, community representatives, families, and young people themselves together to move forward in a connected way.
Time to take action on mental health issues, says Caithness councillor By Gordon Calder Published: 10:00, 11 December 2020
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ACTION has to be taken now to help young people in Caithness with mental health issues. That is the view of local councillor, Nicola Sinclair, who hopes the first steps to achieving that aim can be taken at a special meeting of the Caithness Area Committee being held remotely today (Friday).
It will be attended by the chief executives of Highland Council and NHS Highland â Donna Manson and Pam Dudek respectively â as well as Police Scotland chief superintendent, Conrad Trickett. Also there will be representatives from a variety of organisations, including Scottish Fire and Rescue Service, Scottish Ambulance Service, High Life Highland, Caithness Community Planning Partnership, Caithness Voluntary Group and others.