Ben Gummer
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EDP: Opinion: ‘The biggest disgrace at mental health trust is that people were warned, and failed to act’
Former mental health nurse and Norfolk County Council mental health champion Emma Corlett writes in the Eastern Daily Press: As yet another damning report about Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation […]
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No More Daves: EADT: David Martin’s inquest begins in Ipswich – amid reports from BBC Panorama of 50% increase in ‘unexpected’ mental health deaths
Andrew Hirst of the East Anglian Daily Times reports: The family of an mentally-ill man who died amid filth and squalor in Ipswich are hoping for answers at this week’s […]
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An NSFT Mother and Carer responds to the tragic death of Henry Curtis-Williams
A mother and carer responds to the tragic death of Henry Curtis-Williams: “Again another young person has died when he should have been protected from the dangers of mental illness. Assessed […]
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Daily Mail: Parents whose fashion student son, 21, died five days after being released from a mental health unit say police failed to tell them when they found him ‘staring over the side of a bridge’
Keiligh Baker of the Daily Mail reports: The parents of a student who took his own life just five days after being released from a psychiatric unit are ‘distraught’ that […]
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EADT: Campaigner seeks answers after his mentally ill brother died alone in filthy Ipswich flat
Andrew Hirst of the East Anglian Daily Times reports: More than a year after Steve Martin learned his mentally ill brother had died alone and amid filth and squalor, his […]
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The Sun: Daughter-from-hell Macey, 9, terrifies mum…
Even The Sun is now printing articles about the problems accessing mental health services for children and young people in Suffolk. Bella Battle reports: Chloe, from Ipswich, Suffolk, said: “Does […]
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No More Daves: Campaign scores important victory as Suffolk Coroner decides inquest is necessary
We’ve supported campaign member Steve Martin’s demand for an inquest into the circumstances of his brother’s death in squalor without hot water or heating in Ipswich whilst under the care […]
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Sunday Telegraph: Mental health in the NHS: ‘My son wanted to die; we begged for help but there was none’
When Linda Jones received a call from her distraught husband, one cold day in December 2008, to say that their beloved 17-year-old son, Matthew, had committed suicide in his bedroom, […]
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Petition: Asking Ipswich Coroner to hold an Inquest into how David Martin died
David Martin’s brother, Steve, writes: “There is significant doubt that bi-lateral pneumonia was a naturally occurring natural cause for David’s death. Were multi agency failings and institutional neglect contributory factors […]
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Gallery: What care in the community can really look like
David’s story was told in a powerful piece of journalism by Nikki Fox on BBC Look East this evening. David died prematurely of pneumonia in squalor, without hot water or […]
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BBC: Norfolk and Suffolk mental health trust funding concerns
Nic Rigby of the BBC reports: A mental health trust covering an area where care minister Norman Lamb is MP has warned it is struggling to provide a “safe and […]
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Financial crisis: EDP ‘It can not go on’ – CEO’s warning on mental health funding
Michael Scott, who took over as boss of Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (NSFT) earlier this year, said his organisation was already around £1m in deficit for the current […]
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23rd Day of Lent: Going without the support of our own MPs – Open Letter
Dear Norfolk & Suffolk Members of Parliament, We are a group of mental health staff, people who use services and members of the community who are deeply concerned about the […]
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Walk for Mental Health: Join us on 1st and 2nd April!
Mental health services across the country are in crisis. The cuts have decimated many services in Suffolk and Norfolk. Mental health services have been traditionally underfunded, with mental ill health […]
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