Explaining why services at Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (NSFT) were unsafe, the most recent inspection report by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) noted (page 8): “There remained a shortage of beds across the trust and that this had impaired patient safety and treatment at times. Staff worked with other services in the trust […]
Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (NSFT) is being inspected by the Care Quality Commission (CQC). What does the Chair of NSFT, Gary Page, do during the second week of the inspection? He goes on holiday. We’re sure Mr Page’s dedication will be much appreciated by frontline NSFT staff and CQC inspectors alike. Let’s hope
NHS managers wonder why we have a low opinion of them… Matt Stott of the East Anglian Daily Times (EADT) reports: Alison Armstrong resigned as director of operations at the Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (NSFT) in January 2017 after two years. She was applauded for helping to remove the NSFT from special measures
Sorry about the late notice. We are meeting NSFT to talk about improving its Suicide Prevention Strategy and recent moves elsewhere in the country to adopt a zero tolerance approach. Meet in the top car park at Hellesdon Hospital at 1645. The delegation will be led by Terry Skyrme. A location map is below:
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We are meeting the Care Quality Commission tomorrow, 11th July, as part of its inspection of mental health services in Norfolk and Suffolk provided by Norfolk & Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (NSFT) over the next two weeks. The meeting will take place at the Sprowston Manor Hotel from 10.30 a.m. until 12.30 p.m. If you
UPDATE: We’ll be protesting about the terrible state of mental health services in Norfolk from 5 p.m. outside the venue before going in at 6 p.m. Join us! Healthwatch Norfolk is supposed to be the ‘consumer champion for health and social care’. Sadly, despite funding of £600,000 per year from Norfolk County Council, Healthwatch Norfolk
Please complete the short survey by clicking on the image below if you have used or tried to use the Child Family and Young Person (CFYP) mental health services in Norfolk or Suffolk provided by Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (NSFT). The survey ends on 9th July 2017 so please complete it as soon
Emily Luccarini has started a petition demanding improvements to mental health services in Norfolk and Suffolk delivered by Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (NSFT). Click on the image below to sign the petition and add your own comments. Thanks Emily!
Geraldine Scott of the EDP ‘interviews’ Michael ‘Payrise’ Scott, the £175,000 per year Chief Executive of Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (NSFT): The region’s mental health trust has reported it has seen financial growth at the same time as slashing its deficit for the first time in five years. That sounds great. Sadly, ‘slashing
Mariam Issimdar of the BBC reports: Norfolk and Suffolk’s mental health trust is in the top five in the country for sending patients out of area for care. Last year more than 350 adult mental health patients were sent out of the county for treatment by the Norfolk and Suffolk Foundation Trust (NSFT). The BMA’s
In February of last year, we challenged the Board of Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (NSFT) about rumours that it intended to close the last mental health beds in West Norfolk at the Fermoy Unit in King’s Lynn: Bosses at the Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (NSFT) said they could not rule out
Geraldine Scott of the Eastern Daily Press reports: More than £1.6m has been spent by the region’s mental health trust on sending patients to a private hospital since it was put into special measures by inspectors last year. Mental health campaigners alleged Norfolk and Suffolk Foundation Trust (NSFT) continue to use the private Mundesley Hospital,
What is it about Members of Parliament for Leicester? Patricia Hewitt was the Secretary of State for Health from 2005 until 2007. Despite being a Labour MP and supposed supporter of the NHS, after leaving the Cabinet Patricia Hewitt got herself a lucrative appointment as ‘special consultant’ to the world’s largest chemists, Alliance Boots, which
Dear Keith, Here are some questions for you about mental health in Broadland: 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 (ONS), rose by a staggering 164 per cent in Broadland between 2010-12 and 2013-15 while you were the Conservative MP
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We don’t have any questions for Clive Lewis. Clive Lewis walked from Ipswich to Norwich to highlight the devastating cuts to mental health before he was elected to be the MP for Norwich South. Clive Lewis joined hundreds of local people on both of our Marches for Mental Health. Clive Lewis has consistently supported our
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You’ve claimed to be interested in mental health. Here are some questions for you about mental health in Norwich: 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 33 per cent in Norwich between 2010-12 and 2013-15
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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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Dear Brandon, You say you are our ‘local champion.’ So here are some questions for you about mental health in Great Yarmouth: 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 84 per cent in Great Yarmouth between
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Tom Bristow, Investigations Editor of the Eastern Daily Press reports: Last year the Norfolk and Suffolk Foundation Trust (NSFT) went £3.5m over budget on sending patients to beds at other facilities, including private hospitals and out of the area. Its budget for buying beds from other providers is £1m a year. But it used almost
Below is a list of the people interviewed in the so-called ‘wide range of engagement meetings with local stakeholders’ during the £58,000 Beds Review. Thirty-nine are senior employees of Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (NSFT). Five are commissioning bureaucrats. None are service users. None are bereaved relatives. None are carers. None are from patient
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