Norman Lamb MP appears on itv NEWS Anglia as a campaigner, a self-proclaimed mental health champion: “It is misguided to think that you can reduce spending in mental health and not expect consequences to that” So, who is the Minister of State at the Department of Health directly responsible for mental health who has overseen […]
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This is shocking. How could Norman Lamb even consider handing ownership of mental health services in Norfolk and Suffolk to these people? Leadership, morale and staff engagement The board had some significant changes over the past year. There was a relatively new chair who had been in post just over a year. The chief executive was
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3. WHAT IS YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE LEVELS OF STAFF ENGAGEMENT IN YOUR ORGANISATION(S) AND THE MAIN CHALLENGES YOU CURRENTLY FACE TO IMPROVING THIS? Our staff engagement data is currently poor; NSFT scored very poorly in the 2013 NHS Staff survey, being in the bottom 20% of participants on many measures. Our overall staff engagement
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2. WHAT DO YOU SEE AS THE MAIN BENEFITS OF THE MUTUAL MODEL IN ADDRESSING THE STRATEGIC CHALLENGES IDENTIFIED AT (1) ABOVE AND ON IMPROVING SERVICES TO PATIENTS? 1. Benefit: Employee engagement and morale. NAViGO (a mental health services mutual) reduced staff absence from 6.8% to <3% in the two years after mutualising, and has
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1. WHAT IS YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE MAIN STRATEGIC CHALLENGES FACING YOUR ORGANISATION(S) AND HOW HAVE YOU ADDRESSED THESE TO DATE? 1. Challenge: Rising referrals, and falling revenues on historic block contracts, causing financial pressures. NSFT has demonstrated strategic leadership though implementing a merger of two previous trusts in 2012, and a full redesign and
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Emma Corlett, Unison steward at the NSFT, said: “The figures match what we have seen on the ground. “There are a number of factors that have impacted on staff, including significant loss of resources and the reorganisation of services. “The consequences of that was people applying for their own jobs and in some cases colleagues
We have received an email from an NSFT email address. It reads: Dear Campaign I am contacting you as requested by my employer as a result of disciplinary action taken against me. I have been instructed to; “..request the removal of the audio file and provide evidence of when this is complete…”. Sadly, this request
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From most recent NHS Staff Survey Results (2013) Exclamation marks indicates performance in the worst twenty per cent of all NHS mental health trusts. From NSFT Friends and Family Test Q1 2014 “How likely are you to recommend NSFT to friends and family as a place to work?” Answer = -52 “we do our best
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