Campaign governors needed at NSFT

The governing body of the Norfolk & Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (NSFT) has failed to properly scrutinise the non-executive directors of the Trust and does not reflect the opinions of the majority of its stakeholders. This failure of corporate governance is an important factor in the worsening crisis in mental health services in Norfolk and […]

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Email: How Andrew Hopkins and Kathy Chapman tried to spin the news that NSFT has lost the £4 million Section 75 contract with Norfolk County Council

Dear Colleagues, Norfolk Council’s Cabinet has today (Monday, 27 January) agreed that the social care mental health service for adults of working age should return to their direct management after the end of the current section 75 partnership agreement with the Trust ends later this year. Their aim for the new arrangement is to deliver

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UNISON are angered over NSFT’s loss of contract

UNISON hit back today claiming that no one can make their mind up about running this service. Jeff Keighley, Regional Organiser for UNISON criticised both parties in their handling of this contract. “We have been petitioning the trust to improve services in the midst of heavy restructuring, downbanding of staff into lower skilled posts and

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BBC: Norfolk County Council takes back social care from trust (NSFT)

Crisis: What crisis? Norfolk County Council is to take responsibility for the service back from Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust from September. A council meeting in November heard concerns over its poor performance. A spokesman for the Campaign to Save Mental Health Services in Norfolk and Suffolk said: “It is very disappointing but sadly

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EDP Front Page: Mental Health Crisis deepens

Crisis: What crisis? Serious concerns that social care for adults with mental health issues in Norfolk is not good enough has led to the county council taking responsibility for the service away from the mental health trust. Care of vulnerable Norfolk adults with mental health problems suffered a fresh blow after the plug was pulled

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EDP: Shock Norfolk social care shake-up after serious concerns raised

This is a £4.3 million per annum contract lost for Norfolk & Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust  (NSFT) by the top-notch Executive Team: Serious concerns that social care for adults with mental health issues in Norfolk is not good enough has led to the county council taking responsibility for the service away from the mental health

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