**Please note, this service page is currently being reviewed and updated**

These pages have advice and support for people with a learning disability in the community.

Coming to hospital if you have a learning disability

Contact us

South Tyneside: Tel: 0191 2832583

Sunderland: 07989 446998 

Finding us

South Tyneside: Community Learning Disabilities Team, Entrance B, First Floor, Elmville Short Breaks, Monkton Hall, Jarrow, NE32 5NN

Elmville Short Breaks, Entrance C, Ground Floor, Monkton Hall, Jarrow NE32 5NN

Sunderland: Trust Headquarters, Sunderland Royal Hospital, Kayll Road, Sunderland, SR4 7TP

Our team

South Tyneside Team

Our team work across multiple departments including:

  • Community Nursing
  • Speech and Language Therapy
  • Physiotherapy
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Elmville Short Breaks

Joint Gateshead and South Tyneside

Our Learning Disability Team at Gateshead and South Tyneside Acute are known as the Primary Care Liaison Service.