Rebecca writes: “Carers of children who develop mental illness cling onto hope – initially, hope for a complete cure. The shock of a child’s personality altered by incurable mental illness, with their future in jeopardy, takes years to understand. Gradually acceptance emerges with the constant hope that the cared for person attains insight into his […]
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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 impact of cuts forced on our mental health trust. Today we are walking side by side from the office of Ben Gummer MP in Ipswich
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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 representing 23% of health need, yet receiving only 11% of NHS funding. The 20% cut to all NHS trusts has therefore hit mental health hardest,
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A highly-respected national broadcaster and journalist urgently needs to talk to those with knowledge or experience of using mental health services and the impact of the savage cuts and ‘radical redesign’ at Norfolk & Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (NSFT). They want to hear from people who uses mental health services, carers, family members and professionals
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Orwell Housing Association moves into Carlton Court One of the saddest moments of the sham consultation meeting in Beccles was in many respects the most damning. A former governor of Norfolk & Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (NSFT), and pretty much the sole member of the audience to support the NSFT Board, said what a wonderful job
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Campaigners are holding a rally and march against outrageous cuts to mental health services in Salford, Trafford and Bolton. It is taking place on 29th March 2014 at 1230 in Eccles. We give our wholehearted support to this campaign. You can download the rally flyer as a pdf. You can discover more on their website
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Just as the last of the public consultation meetings took place in Beccles, it emerged that Norfolk & Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (NSFT) is closing its Dementia Intensive Support Team (DIST) at the James Paget University Hospital. The DIST is a key component of the sham consultation proposals on which Great Yarmouth & Waveney Clinical
John writes: “Ashcroft is a female residential unit which provides support to people who, due to mental health difficulties, need periods of residential care. For many, regular planned respite for short periods forms a key part of their care plan. This respite enables them to build their resilience, access therapies and talk to familiar staff
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Thanks to the campaign supporter who did some detective work at Companies House. You can download the full Annual return as a pdf.
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A spokesman for the Campaign to Save Mental Health Services in Norfolk & Suffolk said: “Today, members of the Campaign to Save Mental Health Services in Norfolk & Suffolk tried to engage Norman Lamb about the crises in mental health provision. Rather than talk to campaigners, he simply put his head down sheepishly and sought
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James writes: “This ‘Trust’ ironically instils no trust whatsoever in the minds of the jobbing clinicians and admin staff. Senior executives and new ‘associate’ directors are tripping over each other while nurses run wards and woefully inadequate community teams with skeleton staffing.” “Most of us don’t recall seeing advertisements for any associate director posts, nor
Ruth writes: “As a carer it is a relief to be able to access the campaign’s website to access information about the impact of perceived cuts in funding. We carers need to prepare ourselves for a future where the care of loved ones living in the community with life-long mental health needs will receive a
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Please, please do attend the sham consultation in Beccles on Tuesday 25th March 2014 between 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. The acting Chief Executive, Medical Director and Operations Director of Norfolk & Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (NSFT) are being forced to publicly account for their ‘radical redesign’ for the last time by Great Yarmouth & Waveney
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This leaflet can be downloaded as a pdf to print and distribute. Look out for our placards and banners and bring a friend! Norman Lamb, MP for North Norfolk and Minister of State at the Department of Health, is launching the Mental Health Crisis Care Concordat this week. However, mental health services – both nationally
Karen says: “Gateway House, our ‘The Office’-esque building on a business park in Wymondham which has no facilities whatsoever to see service users, is currently home to leaving cards, bunting and endless leaving do’s. By the end of March, around one quarter of our colleagues in already overstretched community teams will have been paid to
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If ever there was a time to reward great journalism with a physical newspaper purchase, today is it – and the double page spread graphic exposure of NSFTCrisis is brilliant – frame-it-on-the-wall good. Award-winning Adam Gretton in the EDP reports: “The mental health trust for Norfolk and Suffolk, which is trying to fill hundreds of
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This is quite the most shocking story from the excellent Adam Gretton of the EDP. “A mental health worker has revealed how she tried to take her own life during a two-month wait to get an appointment with a community team after she was signed off sick.” Click the image below to read more. Whether you
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Read Charlie Cooper’s full story here:
Watch the video below. If you are an Apple user and have trouble viewing the embedded video you can view it directly on Youtube. Sorry, this issue is a sometime side effect of the on-going war between Google and Apple which is beyond our control. You can read the original BBC website story. Listen to the
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