This is absolutely shocking: A Norwich man with mental-health problems was kept in a police cell for more than 24 hours and then sent to a private hospital 175 miles away for two weeks because there were not any beds for him in East Anglia. This is appalling: A 25-year-old man is being kept in […]
Wonderful coverage and interviews from Sam Russell of the EDP: Carol Brady, from Norwich, stayed in the care home for six months in 2007, and has used it since for respite care. “Without Ashcroft I probably wouldn’t be here today,” she said. “The staff are brilliant and understanding of what I’m going through. “They have
It appears that the magnificent and spontaneous campaign, led by service users, to stop the closure of Ashcroft has caused Norfolk County Council to reconsider the reduction in funding which forced Julian Support to announce Ashcroft’s closure. Ashcroft delivers highly professional care, often in complex cases. It is hard to see what could replace Ashcroft
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This is an incredible story of hubris and incompetence which has placed the safety of mental health services at risk due to the subsequent recruitment crisis as well as wasting millions of pounds. However, it is vital that people who depend on mental health services do not pay the price of the NHS bureaucracy’s repeated mistakes.
Mind has written privately to all prospective Members of Parliament. Rather than the usual sycophantic nonsense for public consumption, Mind has told the brutal truth to prospective MPs: that the consequences of the Health & Social Care Act 2012, the introduction of Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) and the tenure of Secretary of State at the
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Tom Briscow of the Eastern Daily Press reports: Mrs Mills [of Monitor] said: “We are taking a closer look at NSFT to understand the way the Board works and why the trust is making such a big loss. “The aim of the investigation is to get to the bottom of these issues and to understand
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Norfolk & Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (NSFT) nurse and mental health campaigner, Emma Corlett of Unison, is interviewed by Nicky Price of the BBC. The investigation launched by the NHS regulator, Monitor, was the lead story on BBC Radio Norfolk Breakfast. Norman Lamb claimed to be unavailable for interview and could only issue a mealy-mouthed
NHS regulator Monitor is to launch an inquiry into the mental health trust for Norfolk and Suffolk after concerns were raised over its finances. Monitor said it would look into whether Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (NSFT) had breached the terms of its licence over its £1.72m deficit. The inquiry follows a Care Quality
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More than 2,300 people have signed a petition calling for a women’s mental health unit to be saved from closure. The Ashcroft Centre in Wicklewood, near Wymondham, Norfolk, could shut in March as the county council is not renewing its contract for beds. Ms Coker, chief executive of Julian Support, said: “I understand Mr Bodmer
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The parents of a man who took his own life have urged doctors to be more prepared to call in urgent mental health teams when patients say they have thought of killing themselves. Following the inquest Mrs Collinson paid tribute to her son, saying: “He was a DJ and loved music and involved in the
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Click the image below to visit the 38 Degrees website and sign the petition:
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Julian Support has issued the following powerful press release: “Ashcroft is a CQC registered Residential Care Service for women in the village of Wicklewood, near the market town of Wymondham in Norfolk. It was established in 1986 to support women with severe and enduring mental health needs. Julian Support has been providing the service since
“The county council would not accept a weekly rate of £650 per person at the centre and said it would only pay £593. Ashcroft Centre trustees said staff numbers would have to be cut to unsafe levels if this rate was accepted. Ben Curran, head of operations at Julian Support which runs the Ashcroft Centre,
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“I work as a Community Mental Health Nurse for Norfolk & Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (NSFT) and each week at work becomes more unbearable for so many reasons. Caseloads are unmanageably high with constant pressure from managers to take more cases that are being referred in on a daily basis. There is pressure to take
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From: Scott Michael C (NSFT) Sent: 24 November 2014 16:03 Subject: Director of Workforce and Organisational Development I have today received the resignation of Jane Marshall-Robb, our Director of Workforce and Organisational Development. Jane will not be returning from her current period of sick leave and, in the interim, I will be managing the
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NHS trade unions are striking and we are supporting them. Do join us! Front-line NHS staff were denied a meagre one per cent pay rise for 2015/16 following the government’s decision to ignore the independent Pay Review Body recommendation. The effect of this is that sixty per cent of NHS staff and seventy per cent
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Several supporters have been in touch. They tell us that while Nic Rigby’s report of the rejection of the opening of the 10-bed Assessment Unit is accurate, it is quite conservative in the conclusions it draws. We have also been sent by several sources the relevant sections of the Investment Committee (IC) report submitted by
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A mental health trust does not have funds to reopen a ward intended to ease a beds crisis, a report has warned. The Norfolk and Suffolk Foundation Trust (NSFT) announced in September plans to reopen 10 beds at Hellesdon Hospital. A report to the trust in October said it should not reopen the ward because
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