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EDP: Crowds gather in Norwich city centre to join March for Mental Health
Sabrina Johnson of the Eastern Daily Press reports: Hundreds of people of all ages gathered in Norwich city centre to add their voices to the call for better mental health […]
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Video: BBC Look East leads with our March for Mental Health in Norwich
Jenny Kirk of the BBC reports: The number of ‘unexpected deaths’ at Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (NSFT) has more than doubled in just four years.
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NSFT Masterclass: Chief Executive Michael Scott’s excuses for unexpected deaths more than doubling
When the Chief Executive of Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (NSFT) appeared before the Health Overview and Scrutiny Committee (HOSC) of Norfolk County Council, he barely deployed a number, […]
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Deaths Crisis: Unexpected deaths denial continues at NSFT
Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (NSFT) has published its papers for the Board of Directors meeting on Thursday 22nd September 2016. The papers contain the Quality Report for the […]
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EDP: Norfolk and Suffolk mental health boss under fire over ‘unexpected deaths’
Tom Bristow of the Eastern Daily Press reports: Chief executive of the Norfolk and Suffolk Foundation Trust (NSFT) Michael Scott was quizzed yesterday by Norfolk County councillors about why so […]
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Campaign statement to Norfolk Health Overview and Scrutiny Committee (HOSC) on unexpected deaths at NSFT
Penny, a Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (NSFT) carer, spoke on behalf of our campaign at the Norfolk Health Overview and Scrutiny Committee (HOSC) of Norfolk County Council today: […]
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Invitation: Join us at meeting investigating the rise in unexpected deaths of NSFT patients at Edwards Room, County Hall NR1 2DH at 10 a.m. on Thursday 8th September
We have provided evidence to the Norfolk Health Overview and Scrutiny Committee (NHOSC) and hope that a carer and distinguished member of our campaign will be given the opportunity to […]
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EDP: Union backs Mental Health Watch campaign – and highlights ongoing concerns in Norfolk and Suffolk
David Powles of the EDP reports: Bosses of the trust used their recent AGM to proclaim of turning a corner, but Ms Corlett says while some things have improved – […]
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EDP Front Page Exclusive: Number of deaths at Norfolk and Suffolk mental health service surges
Nick Carding of the EDP reports exclusively: Campaigners say their “worst fears have been confirmed” after it emerged that the number of unexpected deaths of mental health patients in the […]
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Kept in the Dark: Artist’s Impression of chart showing increasing unexpected deaths among those who rely on NSFT
We challenged Gary Page, the Chair of Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (NSFT), to publish NSFT’s data on unexpected deaths after his report to the NSFT Board stated he […]
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Fantasy Island: The CQC Video Files: ‘Well-led’
What’s the best thing to come out of service strategy? A majority of respondents replied ‘nothing’ when asked their views on the best thing to come out of Service Strategy. […]
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A funeral every ten days: Campaign statement on the increase in deaths in the community
“Ours is a moral campaign, founded in November 2013 by mental health staff deeply concerned about cuts and service closures at NSFT and what they believed was a cluster of […]
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Kept in the Dark: Dear Simon Stevens, we’re still waiting after 285 days
I am sorry that the response to your internal review request is taking longer to complete than our standard and the understandable frustration this may be causing you. Further […]
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Kept in the Dark: Norfolk & Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (NSFT) tries to hide the devastating impact of the ‘radical redesign’
Our decision to publish the chain of emails between our campaign and Norfolk & Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (NSFT) finally forced a response from Michael Scott, the £175,000 per year […]
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Daily Telegraph: Whistleblowing: NHS crushes those who speak out, Sir Robert Francis QC warns
Laura Donnelly of the Daily Telegraph reports: Sir Robert believes that many of the worst failings in the NHS occur when clinical staff become powerless — are left “shrugging their […]
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Sunday Telegraph: Mental health in the NHS: ‘My son wanted to die; we begged for help but there was none’
When Linda Jones received a call from her distraught husband, one cold day in December 2008, to say that their beloved 17-year-old son, Matthew, had committed suicide in his bedroom, […]
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Healthwatch Norfolk: Is it any use?
We have resisted criticising Healthwatch Norfolk, in large part out of respect for its Chairman, who was an outstanding Norfolk Coroner who never hesitated to hold Norfolk & Suffolk NHS […]
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Why the CQC selected NSFT for early inspection in its own words: Decision to schedule Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust for Inspection
We wrote to the Care Quality Commission (CQC) because Norfolk & Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (NSFT) has been claiming that the forthcoming CQC inspection is routine/random and that the Campaign […]
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Audio: Campaigner Emma Corlett of Unison interviewed on BBC Radio Norfolk about massive cuts envisaged by NSFT’s 5 Year Strategic Plan
We have already written about the massive cuts envisaged by the 5 Year Plan submitted by Norfolk & Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (NSFT) to its regulator, Monitor. At the NSFT […]
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