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Fiscal Fantasy Island: NSFT spends over half its Out Of Trust Acute (OOA) Beds budget in first two months of the year
The number of out of trust acute (OOA) bed days has nearly doubled: from 332 days in April 2016 to 647 days in May 2016. Most of these patients are […]
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RSA Norwich: The Road to Hell is Paved with Good Intentions
Terry Skyrme reflects on the recent RSA mental health event in Norwich: “Campaign supporters held a protest outside an event organized by the RSA at St Michael’s church in Norwich. […]
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Help: Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspecting NSFT in July 2016
CQC, the independent regulator of health, mental health and adult social care in England will be inspecting Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust the week beginning the 11th July. They […]
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Yet another death: Enough is enough
Today, another young women has died after Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (NSFT) ignored her family’s desperate pleas for help. Yet another ‘unexpected death‘ to add to the statistics. Yet […]
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NHS Staff Survey 2015 – Norfolk & Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (NSFT) is appalling – yet again
Yet again, these results are appalling. Yet again, they are not only bottom quartile, they are bottom quartile of the bottom quartile. Percentage of staff witnessing potentially harmful errors, near […]
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BBC News: Trust’s plan to avoid ‘media traps’ scrapped
Nic Rigby of the BBC reports: A failing mental health trust has scrapped plans insisting governors do not talk to journalists without consulting it first, in case they say “things […]
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Kept in the Dark: Video: BBC News: Cuts, Crisis and Cover-up at NSFT
A brave whistleblower tells Nikki Fox of the BBC that the crisis has not gone away; that the demand for mental health services still far exceeds clinical capacity; that the […]
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Video: Mustard TV: ‘It constantly feels like chaos’ – Damning staff report reveals extent of problems in our mental health trust
A damning report’s highlighted the challenges facing NHS staff looking after some of Norfolk’s most vulnerable patients. Unmanageable workloads, intolerable pressure and insufficient resources are just some of the issues […]
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EDP: Mental health trust boss admits staff report should have been handled differently
Nicholas Carding of the EDP reports: A governor of the mental health trust has said the publication of the Alexander report should have been handled more openly and honestly. The […]
Community Crisis, Dangerous, IT, Kept in the dark, Lorenzo, NSFT Cuts, NSFT Incompetence, Press, Questions for the Board -
EDP: In depth: Extracts from the report into mental staff and their views on changes
We’ve been called liars, trolls and mental health extremists. We say we simply told the truth and fought for decent mental health services. Read the story from inside NSFT and […]
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EDP: Revealed: Damning contents of staff report into problems within Norfolk and Suffolk’s mental health trust
Campaign supporters should buy the EDP today. We need to support high-quality investigative journalism which has played a key role in holding Norfolk & Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (NSFT) to […]
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Kept in the Dark: EDP: Mental health trust rejects efforts to reveal damning report
The EDP reports: The region’s ailing mental health trust has refused to release a highly-critical report containing the views of some of its staff, claiming that doing so would stop […]
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Kept in the Dark: NSFT blocks our appeal against refusal to release the Alexander Report
Yet again, the Chair of Norfolk & Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (NSFT), Gary Page, demonstrates that NSFT is incapable of genuine transparency, as he tries to hide the devastating impact […]
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BBC News: Protest over ‘gagging’ questions
Nic Rigby of the BBC reports: Campaigners with taped up mouths held a protest against restrictions on their rights to ask questions to the board of the Norfolk and Suffolk […]
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Lobby against Gagging: NSFT Board of Directors Meeting: Thursday 28th May 2015, 0830, The King’s Centre, 63-75 King Street, Norwich NR1 1PH
It is vital that we keep up the pressure on the NSFT Board to secure proper funding and deliver real improvements for mental healthcare, especially now that NSFT refuses to […]
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Kept in the Dark: NSFT gags service users, carers, governors, staff and public
Board of Directors – Public Session Held on Thursday 26th March 2015 at 9.30 am in the Main Hall, Hellesdon Hospital Chair’s welcome and notifications Gary Page welcomed the Board of […]
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Kept in the Dark: Norfolk & Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (NSFT) tries to hide the devastating impact of the ‘radical redesign’
Our decision to publish the chain of emails between our campaign and Norfolk & Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (NSFT) finally forced a response from Michael Scott, the £175,000 per year […]
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NHS Staff Survey 2014 – Norfolk & Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (NSFT) is worst performing mental health trust in England – official
These results are appalling. They are not only bottom quartile, they are bottom quartile of the bottom quartile, absolutely the worst of the worst. Overall staff engagement – NSFT is worst […]
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BBC News: Norfolk and Suffolk health trust in special measures
Nic Rigby of the BBC reports: A mental health trust has become the first in England to be put in special measures. NHS regulator Monitor will send a team to […]
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