joined up

"So I would urge all local authorities, and maybe there's a role there for the new mayor for the North East, to bang a few heads together and try to get a joined-up working group to deal with this quite serious issue."

She said government would be devolving more power to local areas to offer more “joined-up” support.

The actor, whose Elba Hope Foundation is part of the new anti-knife crime coalition, said it was important to hear from all those touched by violent crime so there could be "joined-up thinking" and perspectives including parents, teachers and youth workers.

She said powers available to local authorities should be reviewed and more "joined-up thinking" was needed.

Her 81-year-old mother had cancer and chose to die at home, but Ceridwen and her siblings found a lack of joined-up care and information meant they were unable to give her the support she needed.