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EDP: Revealed: People waiting more than a DAY for emergency mental health treatment
Emily Townsend reports: Patients in mental health crisis are still waiting more than four hours to be seen in an emergency – with the longest delays going beyond an entire […]
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CAMHS Crisis: Joint Ofsted/CQC Inspection in Suffolk: NSFT’s CAMHS services are ‘poor quality’ and ‘next steps… may include the Secretary of State using his powers of intervention’
What does the joint Ofsted and Care Quality Commission (CQC) SEND inspection published today say about the provision of mental health services for children and young people in Suffolk by […]
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The Guardian: Ministers urged to act over Norfolk and Suffolk mental health trust
Matthew Weaver of The Guardian reports: The health secretary, Matt Hancock, is facing mounting calls to intervene in England’s worst performing mental health trust after it was rated inadequate for […]
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Survey: Parent/Carer experiences of Mental Health services for children & young people in Norfolk & Suffolk
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 […]
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EADT: Damning report finds Suffolk failing some children with special education needs leaving families ‘frustrated and confused’
Andrew Hirst of the East Anglian Daily Times reports: Families have had to “fight every step of the way” to get help for the children with the greatest needs in […]
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CAMHS Crisis: in accordance with the Children Act 2004 (Joint Area Reviews) Regulations 2015, Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Education, Children’s Services and Skills (HMCI) has determined that a written statement of action is required because of significant weaknesses
Many mental health services for children and young people (CAMHS) and for people with learning disabilities in Suffolk are provided by Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (NSFT). NSFT is […]
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CAMHS Crisis: BBC News: Norfolk and Suffolk NHS mental health facility has empty beds
Nikki Fox of the BBC reports: Mental health campaigners are “incredulous” five beds for children are unused when 20 patients are being treated “out of the area”. Norfolk & Suffolk […]
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BBC News: Norfolk and Suffolk mental health trust to cut 90 posts
Nikki Fox and Nic Rigby of the BBC report: An NHS trust caring for mentally ill people in Norfolk and Suffolk which was placed in special measures by a care […]
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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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itv NEWS Anglia: Are mental health services in the East improving?
Victoria Lampard of itv NEWS Anglia reports: Sophie Liddament’s friend in Norfolk was eventually admitted to hospital for treatment but she says it took five suicide attempts in one week to […]
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BBC News: Investigation of mental health deaths in Norfolk and Suffolk to report in May
The BBC reports: An NHS trust caring for mentally ill people in Norfolk and Suffolk is to carry out an independent review of unexplained deaths. Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation […]
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BBC News: Mental health deaths in Norfolk and Suffolk prompts investigation
BBC News reports: An NHS mental health trust has announced it is commissioning an investigation into the rising number of unexpected deaths of patients. The Norfolk & Suffolk NHS Foundation […]
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EDP: Meeting hears of mental health concerns
Patients, carers, professionals and members of the public met at the University of East Anglia to share their experiences at the second anniversary meeting of the Campaign to Save Mental […]
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EADT: Why are mental health problems rising in Suffolk?
In a major new piece of investigative journalism, David Powles of Archant reports: Huge increases in the number of children in Suffolk suffering from mental health problems were today laid […]
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Video: BBC News Exclusive Investigation – ‘Firefighting to keep patients alive’
‘Unprecedented failings’: ‘Firefighting to Keep Patients Alive’ An exclusive investigation of the crisis in mental health services in Norfolk and Suffolk on the national News at Six and Ten on […]
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