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

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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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On the fifth day of Christmas, the cuts took away… access to the only available treatment

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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: Bosses claim mental health services are heading towards a “national crisis”

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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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