Norfolk & Suffolk Mental Health Crisis – Page 40 – The radical restructure is the end of hope for a better NSFT

Coffee morning catch-up: Tuesday 20th August 2019, 11 a.m. at Mitre NR2 3RF

Some people have said that they find it difficult to join us at our regular monthly meeting in the evening on the first Tuesday of the month. Often, we need […]

Campaign Translation: New Deputy COO joins our Trust

New Deputy COO joins our Trust **** Old TSSer rejoins our trust F***! Our new Deputy Chief Operating Officer has spoken of her excitement at returning to the Trust and […]

Invitation: Campaign’s monthly meeting at 6.30 p.m. on Tuesday 6th August at the Vauxhall Centre, Norwich NR2 2SA

Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (NSFT) remains the only mental health trust in the country ever to be placed in special measures. It is rated inadequate and has been […]

Campaign opinion: First Anniversary: Stuart Richardson, Chief Operating Officer, NSFT

Stuart Richardson was appointed as Chief Operating Officer of Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (NSFT) under the leadership of former Chief Executive, Antek Lejk and former Chair, Gary Page […]

EDP: Revealed: How mental health patients are being sent to failing private hospital

Geraldine Scott of the Eastern Daily Press reports: Norfolk and Suffolk Foundation Trust (NSFT) sent 21 patients to Kneesworth House, in Royston, over the last year and on Tuesday it […]

EDP: ‘The system is broken’ – emergency mental health 999 incidents double

Dominic Gilbert of the Eastern Daily Press reports: Urgent mental health-related incidents attended by police officers have almost doubled in four years as pressures on the 999 service grow. Coinciding […]

EADT: Mental health trust ‘sorry’ after Ipswich unit was forced to close beds

Emily Townsend of the East Anglian Daily Times reports: Campaigners are warning that mental health services in Suffolk and Norfolk are in “meltdown” after a unit caring for people with […]

EDP: Children and young people with mental ill health ‘slipped through the net’ as staff were forced to make own waiting lists

Geraldine Scott of the Eastern Daily Press reports: Staff working in children and young people’s mental health were forced to make their own waiting lists as official data was so […]

BBC News: Mental health trust’s out-of-area placements hit record levels

The BBC reports: A troubled mental health trust is sending record numbers of people far from home for treatment, figures show. Some Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust patients are […]

On the tenth day of Christmas, NSFT said… ‘Welcome to Hell’

It can be terrifying to work in NSFT’s medium secure facilities at the moment. ‘Fred’ tells us what it is like: “The cuts have been having a worsening impact upon […]
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On the ninth day of Christmas, the cuts took away… decent food

‘Maggie’ writes: “What a great start to the New Year! Cost cutting will, without fanfare, remove freshly-cooked food from the wards and take away the opportunity for patients, staff and […]
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On the eighth day of Christmas, the cuts took away… Early Intervention (EI) in psychosis services

Here ‘Mary’ and ‘Jo’ tell their story of the ‘radical redesign’: “We have worked in Early Intervention (EI) in psychosis for nearly twenty years between us. EI is our passion, […]
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On the seventh day of Christmas, the cuts took away… patients’ beds while they were in them

This is the appalling situation ‘Florence’ and her colleagues feel should be urgently exposed to public scrutiny: “As I finished my shift this week, our team was tearing its hair […]
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On the sixth day of Christmas, NSFT took away… dignity in old age

Here’s the story ‘Harold’ wanted us to tell: “Our Trust has already closed dementia and complexity in later life beds. The idea appears sound: dementia intensive support teams will support […]
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On the fifth day of Christmas, the cuts took away… access to the only available treatment

This is the story ‘Sally’ wanted us to tell: There has been a lot of press coverage about the lack of beds, but this usually refers to beds needed in […]
12 cuts of Christmas, Clozapine Crisis, NSFT Cuts, NSFT Incompetence
EDP: GPs refuse to increase funding despite mental health crisis

The EDP claims that the CCGs have decided to refuse any ‘significant’ increase in funding for mental health services despite the crisis and increasing demand. Read the usual excuses by […]
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On the fourth day of Christmas, the cuts took away… beds but not humanity

This is the powerful story ‘Dave’ wants us to share: I am supporting the campaign because it’s about time someone had the courage to speak out. I used to work […]
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BBC Radio Suffolk: 12 Cuts of Christmas campaign is lead news story

We’ve spoken to the Trust, to clinical commissioning groups, to Norman Lamb. They all blame each other and say the situation isn’t their responsibility… meanwhile people who use our services […]
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EADT: Suffolk: Mental health boss rejects crisis claims (again)

NSFT director Graham Creelman said ‘this is a developing national crisis in mental health’ at the NSFT Board meeting in Bury St Edmunds lobbied by this campaign this month. Now, […]
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On the third day of Christmas… NSFT threatens rural services through low pay

My name is “Sarah”. I’m a band 3 community support worker. I love my job. But I can barely afford to come to work, and fear I may have to […]
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On the second day of Christmas, NSFT took away… all my support

Here is the story ‘T’ wanted to tell, ‘Discharged without my involvement’: I’d been doing really well, and felt on a level for some time. The paranoia and voices never […]
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On the first day of Christmas, NSFT took away… my care co-ordinator

Here is the story ‘Emily’ wanted us to tell: “Before the cuts, I had four amazing care co-ordinators over ten years. They had the chance to get to know me, […]
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EADT: Suffolk: Bosses claim mental health services are heading towards a “national crisis”

At first, according to Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (NSFT), it was a radical improvement to services and certainly not cuts to the front-line. Then, said NSFT, it wasn’t […]
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BBC News: Norfolk and Suffolk health trust bosses told ‘improve or resign’

The media is now picking up our campaign: Campaigners have called on the board of a health trust to take urgent action to avert a “serious crisis” or resign. The […]
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Open Letter to NSFT Board: Change course or resign

You can download a copy of the original letter with campaign letterhead and QR code to print here. This open letter is being presented to the directors of Norfolk & […]
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Lobby the NSFT Board and North Norfolk CCG

Mental health services are in severe crisis cuts to psychiatric beds, so that patients are being admitted hundreds of miles away from home staff cuts to community and crisis teams, so that […]
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NSFT Dementia Open Day at Hammerton Court, Norwich – but what happens if you live near King’s Lynn?

NSFT is giving away a free DVD entitled ‘Remember Me’ to attendees at its Hammerton Court open day on Friday 13 December 2013 in Norwich. If a loved one from […]
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Community Care: NSFT cuts CRHT budget by 7.1% and community teams by 6.4%

This year’s budget for community teams at NSFT is more than two million pounds lower than last year – a cut of 6.4% The NSFT community teams’ budget is being […]
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Campaign reaches almost 1,000 supporters – EDP

Mental health campaign reaches almost 1,000 supporters – Health – Eastern Daily Press.
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