Alistair Burt
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EDP: “We are long way off parity of esteem” – shadow mental health minister Luciana Berger hits out at government during visit to region
Nicholas Carding of the Eastern Daily Press reports on our meeting with Luciana Berger, Shadow Cabinet Minister for Mental Health and Clive Lewis, MP for Norwich South: A senior politician […]
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A Revolution in Mental Health? Questions about the Prime Minister’s announcement of new funding
The government is making much of David Cameron’s mental health announcement today and any new money for mental health is welcome. Yet all of the figures are promises for total […]
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EDP: Four-fold increase in bill to send mental health patients out of the region
The Eastern Daily Press reports: A lack of beds and increased demand led to a four-fold increase in the cost of sending people with mental health problems outside of Norfolk […]
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Express and Star: Mental health patient spent 64 HOURS in police custody because there were no NHS beds in the country
The country has run out of mental health beds after the closure of more than two thousand NHS beds. The Express and Star reports: A mental health patient spent 64 hours […]
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Daily Mail: No mental health beds available in England, trust chief was told
The Daily Mail has now picked up on the Press Association report of a national scandal. Click on the image below to read the story on the Daily Mail website:
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BBC News: NHS ‘had no mental health beds left’
Nikki Fox of the BBC reports on the meltdown in mental health services: An NHS trust was told there were no mental health beds available across England, its medical director […]
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EDP: Norfolk and Suffolk’s troubled mental health trust is not improving quickly enough
Nicholas Carding of the EDP reports: The region’s underfire mental health trust is not improving as quickly as hoped, according to a health watchdog’s leader for mental health. A letter […]
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EDP: Heartbroken family say Norfolk teenager received poor mental health care
More high quality reporting from David Powles into the treatment, or lack of treatment, of Kieran Fulcher on the front page of the EDP. Why does the press have to […]
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Audio: Campaigner Emma Corlett of Unison interviewed on BBC Radio Suffolk about cuts of £36 million proposed by NSFT in Special Measures
Listen to Emma Corlett of Unison interviewed by Luke Deal of BBC Radio Suffolk on the subject of the absurd plans for a further £36 million of cuts at Norfolk […]
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Fiscal Fantasy Island: NSFT spends record £2.42 million on temporary staff as out of area bed days nearly double
Having wasted £17.25 million of taxpayers’ money getting rid of staff it needed, Norfolk & Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (NSFT) spent nearly £2.5 million on temporary staff in May alone. […]
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Graphic: The NHS Blame Game
How nobody taking responsibility for NHS cuts works… Enabled by the Health and Social Care Act 2012.
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BBC News: Mental health crisis care ‘inadequate’
Nick Triggle of the BBC reports: People who need urgent mental health care in England are receiving inadequate support, regulators say. The Care Quality Commission reviewed the help given to […]
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BBC News: Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust: Children in adult wards ‘unacceptable’
Norfolk & Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (NSFT) Chair, Gary Page, blames NHS England. NSFT Director of Nursing, Jane Sayer, blames ‘trends’. NSFT Chief Executive, Michael Scott, blames NHS England. The […]
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Newsflash: File on 4: Minding the Gap: Mental healthcare on BBC Radio 4 at 8 p.m. on 19th May 2015
We’re working hard to bring the crisis in mental health services at Norfolk & Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (NSFT) to national attention. The crisis isn’t over. The CCGs and NSFT […]
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