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BBC News: Norfolk and Suffolk mental health trust sees 41% rise in serious incidents
Nic Rigby of the BBC reports: A mental health trust has seen a 41% rise in the number of serious incidents (SIs) – which can include unexpected deaths, injuries or […]
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BBC News: Mental health crisis care ‘inadequate’
Nick Triggle of the BBC reports: People who need urgent mental health care in England are receiving inadequate support, regulators say. The Care Quality Commission reviewed the help given to […]
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Video: BBC News Exclusive Investigation – ‘Firefighting to keep patients alive’
‘Unprecedented failings’: ‘Firefighting to Keep Patients Alive’ An exclusive investigation of the crisis in mental health services in Norfolk and Suffolk on the national News at Six and Ten on […]
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In NSFT’s words: BBC Six O’Clock News tonight on ‘redundancies, improvement programme, staff shortages, our financial position, and the disbanding of the Assertive Outreach Team’
From: NSFT Communications Subject: BBC broadcast on Trust being placed into special measures Dear colleagues, The BBC One 6 O’Clock News is scheduled to be broadcasting a story this evening (Tuesday, […]
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BBC News: Norfolk and Suffolk mental health funding plan prompts dispute
Nic Rigby of the BBC reports: Cash for future mental health provision in Norfolk and Suffolk has “fallen short” of what is needed, prompting a dispute with an NHS trust […]
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Kept in the Dark: NHS England doesn’t even keep to its own deadlines
NHS England wrote to us a couple of weeks ago: I am sorry that the response to your internal review request is taking longer to complete than our standard and […]
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Kept in the Dark: NHS England believes gossip and secrecy more important than public safety and transparency
We originally wrote to NHS England in September 2014 – more than seven months ago. Firstly, we wanted to discover what the chief architect of the radical redesign and Operations […]
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EDP: Troubled mental health service to get help from Nottingham
Tom Bristow of the EDP reports: Monitor, which placed the Norfolk and Suffolk Foundation Trust (NSFT) in special measures in February, has arranged for staff from Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation […]
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Campaign’s evidence to Health Overview & Scrutiny Committee (HOSC) of Norfolk County Council on 16th April 2015
On 16th April, the Health Overview & Scrutiny Committee of Norfolk County Council held a meeting to review the disastrous ‘radical redesign‘ at Norfolk & Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (NSFT). […]
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BBC News: Increased use puts pressure on Norfolk and Waveney mental health trust
Nic Rigby of the BBC reports: A 38% increase in mental health patients referred to an NHS Trust has hit waiting times, a report has found. The increase in the […]
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The Guardian: Norman Lamb accuses mental health campaigners of trolling him
The Liberal Democrat care minister, Norman Lamb, has accused mental health campaigners in his North Norfolk constituency of trolling him on Twitter. Lamb, who promotes himself as a champion for […]
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Campaign Cartoon: NSFT’s Robbing Hood and his Very Well Off Men
Many thanks to Campaign supporting artist, Saul Timothy, for the fantastic original artwork.
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EDP: Norfolk and Suffolk mental health chief’s salary soars by £35,000 to £175,000 – as service faces stringent budget cuts
Lauren Cope of the EDP reports: A mental health service under severe financial strain raised the salary of its chief executive by £35,000 – as its frontline NHS staff dealt […]
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Pay of Chief Executive of Norfolk & Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (NSFT) increased by a quarter in the midst of mental health crisis
The average salary of staff at Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (NSFT) fell by £4,796 (18%) in just three years from £26,557 to £21,761 between 2011 and 2014. Mental health […]
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Mind the Gap: Mental health charity Mind excludes election candidate, mental health service user and disability campaigner, Mick Hardy, from its mental health election panel
We’ve just receives this shocking press release from Mick Hardy, prospective parliamentary candidate in Norwich North for the Dandy Party and a founder member of the Campaign to Save Mental […]
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The Times: Officials seize control of shamed trust
Bizarrely, this report leaves The Guardian as the only quality daily newspaper which has not reported on the crisis at Norfolk & Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (NSFT). For how long […]
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Ipswich Star: Mental health bosses will make their case as they bid for the funding they are “entitled to”
Today, members of the Campaign attended the NSFT Board meeting in Ipswich. Matt Bunn of the Ipswich Star reports: Bosses at the trust running mental health services in Suffolk have […]
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Lobby NSFT Board of Directors Meeting: Thursday 26th February 2015, 0915, IP-City Centre, 1 Bath St, Ipswich IP2 8SD
It is vital that we keep up the pressure on the NSFT Board to secure proper funding and deliver real improvements, especially given the financial crisis, hundreds of unallocated cases […]
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Monitor secures extra help for Norfolk and Suffolk to improve services and strengthen leadership
The health regulator has appointed Alan Yates as Improvement Director at the trust. Alan has over 27 years NHS experience, over half of which he has spent working for mental […]
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