Care, Education and Treatment Reviews (CETR) are focused on children and young people whom either have been, or may be about to be, admitted to a specialist mental health and/or learning disability hospital either in the NHS or in the independent sector.

The CETR brings together those responsible for commissioning and providing services (this will include nurses, social workers, education, commissioners and other health, education and social care professionals, alongside national commissioners where appropriate) with independent clinical opinion and the lived experience of children and young people and families from diverse communities with learning disabilities, autism or both.

The CETR is driven by the NHS but the involvement of social care and education services in the process and its outcomes is integral to improving care, education and treatment for children and young people with learning disabilities, autism or both and as well as their families.

In County Durham these reviews are provided by multi-disciplinary teams from North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care System, Tees, Esk & Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust and Durham County Council.