EDP: ‘It destroys lives’ – Teen’s dismay at 18-month mental health delay

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Tom Bristow of the Eastern Daily Press reports: It is a year since inspectors slammed the region’s mental health service for making patients wait too long for help. This week they are back. Has anything changed? Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose. Chloe Saunders needs help. The 17-year old has been trying to […]

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EDP: Campaigners protesting against lack of mental health services in north Norfolk

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David Bale of the Eastern Daily Press reports: Protestors gathered on Cromer pier today and carried placards and banners to highlight the number of people affected by mental health issues. Even in the appalling weather, about eighty people attended the protest. The protest follows a number of suicides by young people in north Norfolk. Jenna

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Protest: Can You See Us Now? Cromer Promenade: Wednesday 8th May 2019, Noon – 2 p.m.

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The North Norfolk branch of the campaign is holding a protest on Wednesday 8th May 2019, from noon until 2 p.m. we will be filling Cromer Promenade* with as many people as possible – patients, health care providers, friends, family… Mental health affects us all. We urge you to attend if you can and to

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EDP Front Page: Mental health patients in ‘acute distress’ STILL sent miles away five years after pledge to end practice

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Geraldine Scott of the Eastern Daily Press reports: Scores of mental health patients in “acute distress” were sent out of Norfolk and Suffolk for care – despite five years of promises that the practice would end. With services bursting at the seams, 82 people from the two counties were shipped away from their homes and

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EDP: OPINION: Coroners are too quick to shy away from saying a death was a suicide – it is time for a change

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Geraldine Scott of the Eastern Daily Press writes: Across Europe, one person takes their own life every two hours. And in Norfolk we have significantly higher rates of suicide than other parts of the UK. The number of suicides in Norfolk is appalling: The age-adjusted three-year-rolling suicide rate, as published by the Office for National

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CAMHS Crisis: EDP: Northrepps mother’s frustration over accessing mental health care for her son

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Geraldine Scott, Health Correspondent of the Eastern Daily Press, reports: Michelle Kimp, 35, has struggled to get the appropriate medical treatment for her 12-year-old son Robert – who has aspergers and ADD – for around seven years. Mrs Kimp said due to his conditions Robert had depression and had spoken about taking his own life.

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General Election 2017: Questions for Norman Lamb, Liberal Democrats, North Norfolk

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Dear Norman, You say you are the ‘mental health champion.’ So here are some questions for you about mental health in North Norfolk: Do you agree that it is a scandal that the age-adjusted three-year-rolling suicide rate, as published by the Office of National Statistics, rose by a staggering 77 per cent in North Norfolk

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