Lent – going without
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40th Day of Lent: Going without a real assessment within four hours – Spot the Difference Competition
Below, you’ll find the old Norfolk & Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (NSFT) Crisis Resolution & Home Treatment Team (CRHT) referral form and the current one. How many differences can you […]
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38th Day of Lent: Going without the Medical Director
The Medical Director of Norfolk & Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (NSFT), the sole medical doctor and highest paid executive director of NSFT, is leaving the NSFT Board this summer. Dr […]
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37th Day of Lent: Going without fit for purpose Access & Assessment
The centrepiece of the ‘radical redesign’, the Access & Assessment Team (AAT) consistently failed, month after month, to meet its performance targets for two out of every three assessments in […]
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36th Day of Lent: Going without enough beds
Last week, there were 21 patients placed beyond Norfolk & Suffolk by Norfolk & Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (NSFT). That means as far away as Bradford, Weston-Super-Mare, Hastings, Dorking, or London. These […]
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35th Day of Lent: Going without an assessment for three months and then given an appointment more three hours away by public transport
‘S’ writes: “One of my neighbours lives in South Norfolk, in the Diss area. He has been under under-65 services for many years as he has suffered from the enduring mental […]
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33rd Day of Lent: Going without the NHS
This shocking story has been shared by ‘Ben’ (name has been changed). It sadly shows another failure caused by the inability of the post cuts, post ‘radical redesign’ Adult Mental […]
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32nd Day of Lent: Going without listening to warnings
The warnings below are from an email sent more than sixteen months ago by a carer to Norfolk & Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (NSFT). The email containing these quotations was sent […]
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31st Day of Lent: Going without equal treatment for personal budgets
Joshua writes: “Many mental health patients are going without personal budgets; they are suffering from a double discrimination. Not only is mental health underfunded by the NHS but also it […]
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30th Day of Lent: Going without £161,965.32 spent in SIX months on an interim Finance Director at NSFT
The Freedom of Information Department at Norfolk & Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust writes: “Thank you for your recent request under the Freedom of Information Act. I can confirm the following:- […]
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29th Day of Lent: Going without beds for both husband and wife
Luke writes: “A few weeks ago an 86 year old man needed admission. He was sectioned, and after FOUR hours of phone calls a bed was eventually found… in SCUNTHORPE. […]
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28th Day of Lent: Going without basic numeracy skills
Abraham writes: “We all know that spending £7.3 million on redundancies when there are 361 vacancies at Norfolk & Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (NSFT) is an outrageous scandal which threatens […]
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27th Day of Lent: Going without hope of genuine consultation and influence
Rachel writes: “Carers once believed that Norfolk & Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (NSFT) listened to the views of people with mental health problems and their carers. Currently, people are unable […]
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26th Day of Lent: Going without an ‘enhanced CRHT’
Sebastian writes: “The Central Cluster CRHT have had to give up nine band six staff, those who are most experienced and qualified in the Team; they carry out the risk […]
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25th Day of Lent: Going without an assigned care co-ordinator
William writes: “Due to team members leaving & maternity cover, we’re being told to move patients to a ‘team-held pot’ rather with duty expected to pick them up rather than […]
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24th Day of Lent: Going without… carers being listened to
Rebecca writes: “Carers of children who develop mental illness cling onto hope – initially, hope for a complete cure. The shock of a child’s personality altered by incurable mental illness, […]
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23rd Day of Lent: Going without the support of our own MPs – Open Letter
Dear Norfolk & Suffolk Members of Parliament, We are a group of mental health staff, people who use services and members of the community who are deeply concerned about the […]
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22nd Day of Lent: Going without… family life and school
Elizabeth writes: “I live with my parents and younger brother in rural Norfolk. During the summer last year, my older brother, who is under the care of the Youth Team […]
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21st Day of Lent: Going without… Carlton Court
Orwell Housing Association moves into Carlton Court One of the saddest moments of the sham consultation meeting in Beccles was in many respects the most damning. A former governor of Norfolk […]
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20th Day of Lent: Going without the Dementia Intensive Support Team (DIST) that NSFT promised
Just as the last of the public consultation meetings took place in Beccles, it emerged that Norfolk & Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (NSFT) is closing its Dementia Intensive Support Team […]
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19th Day of Lent: Going without representative non-executives on NSFT Board
“The least gender diverse body included in the whole survey was the Norfolk & Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust, with all eight board members being men and none from a BAME […]
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