EADT Suffolk: University students in region could help fill vacancies in mental health service

Mental health chiefs in Suffolk will look to university students in the region in a recruitment drive aimed at reducing the high number of vacancies in the service. The admission came from representatives of the Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (NSFT) during a meeting of the county council’s health scrutiny committee yesterday. They said […]

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EDP: Mental health trust for Norfolk and Suffolk could face financial penalties over poor performance

  Terry Skyrme, mental health worker and campaigner, asked the commissioners whether they were aware 13 pre-discharge beds at Hellesdon Hospital were about to close. “Have you been aware of the bed crisis for the last two years? The crisis is much, much worse with patients being sent to Harrogate, Brighton, Dorking and Weston-super-mare. It

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Bury Mercury: NSFT vacancies at Woodlands, Ipswich Hospital, Walker Close, Ipswich, Airey Close, Oulton Broad

Yet again, you couldn’t make this up. While NSFT plans to spend £7.3 million on redundancies, it is running expensive press advertisements desperately trying to recruit temporary staff via NHS Professionals. Thanks to the editor of Mumsnet Suffolk who spotted this press advertisement and sent it to us after seeing our earlier article about the central

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Norwich Free Advertiser: NSFT vacancies at Norvic Clinic, Thorpe St Andrew, Hammerton Court, Norwich and the Fermoy Unit, King’s Lynn

You couldn’t make this up. While NSFT plans to spend £7.3 million on redundancies, it is running expensive press advertisements desperately trying to recruit temporary staff via NHS Professionals. Thanks to the campaign supporter who spotted this press advertisement and sent it to us. Let us know if you see any more – is NSFT

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Financial scandal at NSFT: The Campaign to Save Mental Health Services in Norfolk & Suffolk exposes the truth

Norfolk & Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (NSFT) will overspend on compulsory and voluntary redundancies by a staggering 52.1% this financial year. That means it has spent £2.5 million pounds more than it has in its budget on redundancies. £2.5 million is enough to pay for an additional ten hospital beds for two years or safely-staffed

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HOSC: What has gone wrong with the ‘radical redesign? at NSFT

The original pdf version can be downloaded here. A contribution to Norfolk County Council’s Health Overview & Scrutiny Committee from the Campaign to save Mental Health Services in Norfolk & Suffolk January 2014 “Worldly wisdom teaches that it is better for reputation to fail conventionally than to succeed unconventionally” John Maynard Keynes, The General Theory

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Response to NSFT’s letter refuting the Campaign’s Open Letter of 25/11/13

The Trust responded to our Campaign’s Open Letter of 25/11/13 with a letter circulated to Trust Governors and partner organisations (but not us) which attempted to refute our contention that the service is in crisis, and alleging certain inaccuracies in our statement. It should be pointed out that not one member of front-line staff, service users

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EADT: Mental health campaigners hit back over cuts (and NSFT insults Campaign again)

Emma Corlett says: “The whole point of the campaign was that people were brave enough to come forward and talk about their experiences. So for someone to come forward and say it is not true is quite offensive. We are keen for them [NSFT] to engage with the campaign and hear from people the reality

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Campaign sets the agenda as Gary Page, NSFT Chair, emails all Trust staff

Gary Page, NSFT Chair, emailed all NSFT staff on 10th January 2014: “Dear Colleagues, As the first working week of the New Year ends, I wanted to share with you my reflections on last year and hopes for 2014. I know 2013 was difficult for many staff and the Trust overall.  Implementation of the Service

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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 a crisis or following a Mental Health Act assessment. My colleagues and I in community teams have been dealing with another, almost hidden, consequence of

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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, Gary Page again claims this isn’t a crisis but ‘unforeseen problems.’ However. front-line staff have been warning about these ‘unforeseen problems’ for more than a

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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 a crisis. Then, as recently as last week, Gary Page said it was a ‘so-called crisis’. Now, NSFT acknowledges there is a crisis but it

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