Healthcare professionals are meeting to discuss options for a suicidal Cumbrian teenager whose case prompted a High Court judge to issue a scathing assessment of current care provision.

Sir James Munby, the most senior family court judge in England and Wales, had revealed there were no places available for the girl in an "appropriate clinical setting" when she is released from a secure unit later this month.

He said he felt "shame and embarrassment" that he "can do no more" for the girl, known only as X, in a judgment delivered in private in the High Court family division sitting in Manchester.

Since the judgment, beds have been identified in three appropriate care settings and will be discussed at a case conference later.

A spokesman for Cumbria County Council told the Press Association: "Further discussions between healthcare professionals and other agencies involved in X's care are taking place this afternoon (August 4) with a view to establishing the appropriate accommodation."

The judgment concerns a girl who has made "determined attempts to commit suicide".

Staff at the unit where the girl is being held, referred to as ZX, have said sending her back to her home town in Cumbria would be a "suicide mission to a catastrophic level".

Experts believe she needs to be placed in further care following her release, but so far no appropriate bed has been found.

The teenager must leave the unit no later than 3pm on August 14.

In his ruling, Sir James said the case "should make us all feel ashamed".

He said: "For my own part, acutely conscious of my powerlessness, of my inability to do more for X, I feel shame and embarrassment.

"If, when she is released from ZX, we, the system, society, the state, are unable to provide X with the supportive and safe placement she so desperately needs, and if, in consequence, she is enabled to make another attempt on her life, then I can only say, with bleak emphasis: we will have blood on our hands."

Dr Mike Prentice, medical director the NHS North Region, said "a number of options have now been identified, with detailed clinical and social assessments taking place on Friday to ensure the right package of care can be put in place before her release date".

Labour MP Luciana Berger, who previously served as shadow minister for mental health, branded the case a "life and death situation" and called on Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt to take immediate action.

Sir James ordered that copies of the judgment be sent to the Home Secretary, Health Secretary, Education Secretary and Justice Secretary, as well as the chief executive of NHS England.

A further court hearing is due to take place on Monday.