Dis the CQC: EDP: Staff members suspended, police called, and patients left unsupervised at private mental health hospital inspectors could close down in six months

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Geraldine Scott of the Eastern Daily Press reports: Inspectors found the hospital was unsafe and poorly led, and chief inspector of hospitals Professor Edward Baker said the CQC was beginning “the process of preventing the provider from operating the service”. This means if in six months things have not improved, the CQC will shut the

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Video: BBC Look East leads with the immediate ‘retirement’ of NSFT Chief Executive, Michael Scott

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Stewart White and Mike Liggins lead BBC Look East with the sudden ‘retirement’ of the Chief Executive of Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (NSFT), Michael Scott, shortly before the publication of an inspection report by the Care Quality Commission (CQC). As well as outlining the worsening bed crisis and millions wasted on temporary staff,

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BBC News: Norfolk and Suffolk mental health trust chief executive to retire

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The BBC reports: The chief executive of a troubled mental health trust, which came out of special measures in October, is standing down. The trust was placed in special measures by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) in February 2015, but was taken out of special measures in 2016. A new report from the CQC is

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Campaign statement on the immediate ‘retirement’ of Chief Executive of NSFT, Michael ‘Payrise’ Scott

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  “We have long been calling for a new Board and management culture at NSFT which puts patients and carers first and foremost and genuinely engages with front line staff. “While Michael Scott’s sudden ‘retirement’ is a personal tragedy, albeit one tempered by an enormous pension, it could represent the beginning of an opportunity to

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EDP: Mental health trust boss Michael Scott retires with immediate effect ahead of pending inspection report

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Geraldine Scott of the Eastern Daily Press reports: The boss of the region’s beleaguered mental health trust is retiring with immediate effect. The trust recently had its third inspection and NSFT chair Gary Page said as they “await the inspection report, Michael feels now is the appropriate time for a new leader to take forward

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EDP: Health secretary Jeremy Hunt admits care for 19-year-old Lydia Stafford, from Congham, was not good enough before her death

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Geraldine Scott of the Eastern Daily Press reports: A young woman from Norfolk who was “intelligent, loving and full of life” may have survived if the same level of treatment for eating disorders was fair across the country, health secretary Jeremy Hunt has admitted. Lydia Stafford was just 19 when she was found dead at

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C4: Wasting Away: The Truth About Anorexia: Thursday 24th August 2017 at 10 p.m.

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Members of our mental health campaign are featured in C4’s documentary, The Truth About Anorexia, talking about the tragic death of Lydia Stafford. The programme begins at 10 p.m. on Thursday 24th August 2017. Click on the image below to discover more on the Channel 4 website:

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EDP: Mental health crisis services in Norfolk are ‘uncaring, unwelcoming, unsafe and ineffective’ says new report

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Geraldine Scott of the Eastern Daily Press reports: “Tell them you are suicidal and they do nothing”. This is one of the shocking comments made by people in desperate need about Norfolk’s mental health crisis care. They are revealed today in a damning report by Healthwatch Norfolk, which spoke to 680 crisis care users –

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Dis the CQC: NSFT pays consultants £58,000 to contradict the Care Quality Commission about beds

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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

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Beds Crisis: EDP: Man spends nearly three days in police custody waiting for a mental health bed

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Geraldine Scott of the Eastern Daily Press reports: A man was held in police custody for nearly 60 hours while he waited for a mental health bed to become available. The man – one of 10 similar cases recorded by police between May 2016 and February 2017 – was arrested for a public order offence

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Greed: EDP: £54,000 payment for ex-NSFT boss who got top job at Colchester Hospital three months later

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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

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Press Release: NSFT loses drug and alcohol services in Norfolk – Norfolk Recovery Partnership (NRP) not even shortlisted

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The Board of Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (NSFT) has been shocked that Norfolk Recovery Partnership (NRP) has not even been shortlisted for the new contract to deliver drug and alcohol services in Norfolk. NSFT’s Board should not be surprised. Public Health Norfolk and Norfolk County Council have made it very clear how unhappy

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Healthwatch Norfolk: Question Time: Sustainability and Transformation Plan (STP) Public Meeting 17/07/17

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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

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Survey: Parent/Carer experiences of Mental Health services for children & young people in Norfolk & Suffolk

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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

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Petition: Major improvements to NSFT Suffolk and Norfolk mental health services needed now!

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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!  

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Fact check: EDP: ‘Things are moving in the right direction’ at region’s mental health trust, says chief executive

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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

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Video: BBC Look East leads with the failure of NSFT in the tragic case of Katrina Rolph

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Amelia Reynolds and Kim Riley of the BBC report on the tragic and preventable death of Katrina Rolph: How many more preventable deaths can be allowed to happen? Why haven’t we got properly-funded mental health services in Norfolk and Suffolk? Why doesn’t Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (NSFT) have a competent Board? What are

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Deaths Crisis: Daily Mail: High-flying law student died after becoming convinced she was being poisoned

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Katie French of the Daily Mail reports: During the hearing, the court was told how Katrina was let down by a catalogue of errors by medical staff. It was revealed Katrina had raised the alarm with medics about her mental health but while her doctor urgently referred her for treatment – a youth service’s team

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Fixed, Flawed Farce: Part 4: BBC News: Trust among worst for treating mentailly ill patients out of county

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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

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