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

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

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

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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EDP Front Page: Mental health patient kept in Norfolk police cell for three days

Tom Bristow of the Eastern Daily Press reports: A mental health patient was kept in a police cell for three days in King’s Lynn because no bed could be found for him. A second person needing mental health treatment was detained at Aylsham police station for 36 hours as the region’s mental health service struggled

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24th & 25th May: March on Norman Lamb

You can download a flyer with map as a pdf to use, distribute or print and display in your workplace, café or pub. Maps and itineraries for days one and two can be found at the end of this article. Please let you friends and colleagues know about this important event which is designed to be suitable

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EDP: Mental health trust for Norfolk and Suffolk could face financial penalties over poor performance

  Terry Skyrme, mental health worker and campaigner, asked the commissioners whether they were aware 13 pre-discharge beds at Hellesdon Hospital were about to close. “Have you been aware of the bed crisis for the last two years? The crisis is much, much worse with patients being sent to Harrogate, Brighton, Dorking and Weston-super-mare. It

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Lobby of lead commissioners for mental health in Norfolk – North Norfolk CCG – Tuesday 21 January 2014

You can download the original leaflet in pdf format to print or distribute. MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES ARE IN SEVERE CRISIS: cuts to psychiatric beds, so that patients are being admitted hundreds of miles away from home staff cuts to community and crisis teams, so that patients in the community are not receiving the care they need key

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