The chair of our region's biggest mental health NHS Trust has warned that he "can see no short-term end" to intense pressure on services.
He also warned that the it is likely to see funding challenges from April when new NHS funding arrangements come into place.
Ken Jarrold, chair of the board of the Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Trust (CNTW) said it faced four distinct pressures at a "very challenging time".
