Assertive Outreach
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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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The Guardian: Nuwan Dissanayaka: Jamie is psychotic and won’t go outside. Mental health services are failing him
This article from Nuwan Dissanayaka needs to be read by everybody with an interest in mental health. Dr. Dissanayaka is really worth following on Twitter. We’re delighted Nuwan’s views are […]
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EDP: Mental health trust’s pledge to eradicate out of area placements by 2021
Geraldine Scott of the Eastern Daily Press reports: The region’s mental health trust has pledged to eradicate the use of out of area beds by 2021. Oh dear. That’s three […]
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EDP: Mother of Norwich man who died of heroin overdose blames institutional failings of mental health trust
Geraldine Scott of the Eastern Daily Press reports: The family of a man who died of a heroin overdose at his Norwich flat blamed “institutional failings of the mental health […]
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EDP: Mother of Norwich patient says son with schizophrenia could have been saved and blasts mental health services
Tom Bristow of the Eastern Daily Press reports: The last time Sheila Preston saw her son alive was Christmas 2014. Almost two years later, two police officers knocked on her […]
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EDP: Patients rate Norfolk and Suffolk mental health trust as one of worst in country
Tom Bristow of the Eastern Daily Press reports: The region’s mental health service has been named as one of the worst performing in the country in a survey of patients. […]
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Campaign statement to Norfolk Health Overview and Scrutiny Committee (HOSC) on unexpected deaths at NSFT
Penny, a Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (NSFT) carer, spoke on behalf of our campaign at the Norfolk Health Overview and Scrutiny Committee (HOSC) of Norfolk County Council today: […]
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BBC News: Increasing numbers of rough sleepers in city
Caroline Kingdon of the BBC reports: A charity in Norwich that helps the homeless says they’ve seen an increase in the number of rough sleepers in the city over the […]
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EDP: Letter: Reasons for rise in unexpected deaths need to be established
In an excellent letter to the Eastern Daily Press, Brian Watkins, Liberal Democrat county councillor for the Eaton Division of Norfolk County Council writes: It is deeply disturbing to learn that there has […]
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Private Eye: Mental Health: Fatal Admission… and how the unexpected deaths at NSFT keep on increasing
Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (NSFT) plumbs the depths of infamy as the tragic and avoidable death of Christopher Higgins features in the current issue of Private Eye. The […]
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EDP: Mental health patients in our region are being failed by the government, says MP
Having our campaigning local media and one MP who genuinely cares about mental health makes such a difference. Annabelle Dickson, Political Editor of the EDP, reports: Norfolk and Suffolk mental health […]
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EDP Front Page Exclusive: Number of deaths at Norfolk and Suffolk mental health service surges
Nick Carding of the EDP reports exclusively: Campaigners say their “worst fears have been confirmed” after it emerged that the number of unexpected deaths of mental health patients in the […]
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BBC News: Mental health death after Norfolk and Suffolk trust failure
Nic Rigby of the BBC reports: A mental health patient died after a “failure” to respond in a “timely way” by a stretched health trust team, a report says. The […]
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Kept in the Dark: Artist’s Impression of chart showing increasing unexpected deaths among those who rely on NSFT
We challenged Gary Page, the Chair of Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (NSFT), to publish NSFT’s data on unexpected deaths after his report to the NSFT Board stated he […]
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Norwich Evening News: Norwich mother hanged herself weeks after overdose
Peter Walsh of the Norwich Evening News reports: A mother of two was found hanged in her own home less than three weeks after she took an overdose, an inquest […]
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Gallery: Slides from Public Meeting: What is happening at NSFT? Do we still need a campaign?
You can view the presentation in the Gallery below or download the slides as a pdf to view offline, distribute or print. The sources of the employment data are […]
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Fantasy Island: The CQC Video Files: ‘Well-led’
What’s the best thing to come out of service strategy? A majority of respondents replied ‘nothing’ when asked their views on the best thing to come out of Service Strategy. […]
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