Press – Norfolk & Suffolk Mental Health Crisis

BBC News: Covid-19: Patient gets virus after 240-mile hospital move

Nikki Fox, Health Correspondent of the BBC, reports: A woman said she was “very angry” after her elderly mother caught Covid-19 following a move to a hospital hundreds of miles […]
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EDP: ‘Unforgivable’ – Mental health trust allowed court hospital order to expire

Jessica Frank-Keyes, Local Democracy reporter of the Eastern Daily Press, writes: Paperwork errors at Norfolk’s mental health trust have risen by more than a third in the past year, it […]
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EDP: SPECIAL REPORT: ‘Failed and forgotten’ – are a generation of our children being let down?

In a Special Report for the Eastern Daily Press, Jessica Frank-Keyes writes: A generation of Norfolk’s children are at risk of being “failed” and “forgotten” as issues with already struggling […]
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EDP: Mental health trust blasted for ‘shocking’ fresh rise in out of area placements

Jessica Frank-Keyes of the Eastern Daily Press reports: The region’s mental health trust has been criticised for a “shocking” lack of beds as data revealed a fresh rise in patients […]
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Report reveals mental health trust ‘culture of bullying’ as public excluded from meeting

Jessica Frank-Keyes of the Eastern Daily Press reports: The region’s mental health trust has been criticised for discussing in private a report into its staff culture of “bullying and lack […]
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Video: BBC Look East: NSFT sends dishonest discharge letters to more than 300 children and young people using Covid-19 as an excuse

This BBC Look East report by Health Correspondent Nikki Fox exposes abuse of the Covid-19 epidemic by Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (NSFT) as a shameful excuse to send […]
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CAMHS Crisis: The shameful discharge letters sent to more than 300 young people abusing the Covid-19 epidemic

These shameful letters sent by Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (NSFT) abused the Covid-19 epidemic as an excuse to discharge 300+ children and young people from waiting lists at […]
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CAMHS Crisis: Service Director of NSFT’s Children, Families and Young People’s mental health services, Rob Mack, needs ‘signposting’ – out of the door

Last week, the Care Quality Commission (CQC) published a devastating report into the Youth service based at 80 St Stephen’s in Norwich, which is supposed to support young people in […]
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Press Release: Victory! NSFT to reintroduce Assertive Outreach with £1m investment

UPDATE 06/05/2020: Sadly, this was an April Fool. The quotes from former Professor Jonathan Warren and Marie Gabriel are genuine and accurate, taken from the Board and Governors minutes. Jonathan […]
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EDP: Opinion: Why we wanted to get hold of emails from NHS’ communications bosses

Tom Bristow of the Eastern Daily Press explains: I have been writing about problems at our mental health service for this newspaper since 2012. In that time, I have sat […]
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EADT: Man killed in A14 collision had just left mental health ward at NSFT

Emily Townsend of the East Anglian Daily Times reports: A 54-year-old man died after being hit by a lorry having only just left the West Suffolk Hospital site in Bury […]
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EDP: ‘Fobbed off’: Family of grandmother attacked in care home hits out at mental health trust

Tom Bristow of the Eastern Daily Press reports: The son of a dementia patient who died after she was attacked in a care home says he feels “fobbed off” by […]
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The Times: Abuse inquiry: Norfolk and Waveney STP Chair Patricia Hewitt led group that backed Paedophile Information Exchange

Sean O’Neill of The Times reports: The former Labour cabinet minister Patricia Hewitt must accept responsibility for the “foolish and misguided support” given to a paedophile campaign by a leading […]
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EADT: ‘Our NHS staff deserve better’, watchdog warns over poor survey results

In a Special Report, Emily Townsend of the East Anglian Daily Times reports: More NHS staff in Suffolk look forward to going to work – but rising numbers of workers […]
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EDP: Young people face five month waiting lists for mental health support

Jessica Frank-Keyes of the Eastern Daily Press reports: Children and young people with mental health issues are waiting up to five months for treatment in parts of Norfolk and Suffolk. […]
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EADT: Mum of university student Henry fears more deaths at troubled mental health trust

Emily Townsend of the East Anglian Daily Times reports: The mother of a 21-year-old fashion student who killed himself after being released from a mental health hospital is “astonished” that […]
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EDP: ‘Got away with it’ – NHS manager gloated about coverage of dead great-grandmother

Tom Bristow of the Eastern Daily Press reports: An NHS manager bragged that the service had “got away” with its failings being highlighted after the death of two dementia sufferers […]
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EDP: 81-year-old gran should not have had to die on the roadside on M11

Daniel Moxon and Clarissa Place of the Eastern Daily Press report: The family of an 81-year-old have told of their anger that she faced the indignity of dying on a […]
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EADT: ‘Bubbly’ 22-year-old’s death prompts coroner to question online drug sales

Emily Townsend of the East Anglian Daily Times reports: A coroner has questioned online drug sales after a “bubbly” 22-year-old from Suffolk managed to purchase a huge quantity of tablets […]
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EADT: Special Report: One year on from mental health trust’s damning review – what’s changed?

Emily Townsend of the East Anglian Daily Times reports: Today marks a year since the Norfolk and Suffolk Foundation Trust (NSFT) was rated ‘inadequate’ for the third time in a […]
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