Health Scrutiny Committee
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Audio: BBC Radio Norfolk: Matthew Gudgin interviews NSFT interim CEO Julie Cave and a campaigner about the closure of yet another 36 beds
Matthew Gudgin of the BBC interviews a spokesperson for our campaign and the interim Chief Executive of Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (NSFT), Julie Cave, about the closure of […]
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EDP: Norfolk and Suffolk mental health boss under fire over ‘unexpected deaths’
Tom Bristow of the Eastern Daily Press reports: Chief executive of the Norfolk and Suffolk Foundation Trust (NSFT) Michael Scott was quizzed yesterday by Norfolk County councillors about why so […]
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Campaign statement to Norfolk Health Overview and Scrutiny Committee (HOSC) on unexpected deaths at NSFT
Penny, a Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (NSFT) carer, spoke on behalf of our campaign at the Norfolk Health Overview and Scrutiny Committee (HOSC) of Norfolk County Council today: […]
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Invitation: Join us at meeting investigating the rise in unexpected deaths of NSFT patients at Edwards Room, County Hall NR1 2DH at 10 a.m. on Thursday 8th September
We have provided evidence to the Norfolk Health Overview and Scrutiny Committee (NHOSC) and hope that a carer and distinguished member of our campaign will be given the opportunity to […]
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Graphic: The NHS Blame Game
How nobody taking responsibility for NHS cuts works… Enabled by the Health and Social Care Act 2012.
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Campaign’s evidence to Health Overview & Scrutiny Committee (HOSC) of Norfolk County Council on 16th April 2015
On 16th April, the Health Overview & Scrutiny Committee of Norfolk County Council held a meeting to review the disastrous ‘radical redesign‘ at Norfolk & Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (NSFT). […]
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Daily Mail: EXCLUSIVE: NHS more than DOUBLES spending on private beds for mental health patients after slashing hundreds of its own beds – to save money
“In some areas, bed cuts were drastic. One trust alone, Norfolk and Suffolk, axed 74 mental health beds from its stock of 322 in just two years – a cut […]
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EDP: Cash-strapped Norfolk and Suffolk mental health trust spends £307,500 on one redundancy
This is an incredible story of hubris and incompetence which has placed the safety of mental health services at risk due to the subsequent recruitment crisis as well as wasting millions […]
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EDP: New chief’s pledge to open new mental health beds in Norwich
At last, after a year of campaigning, Norfolk & Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (NSFT) has finally acknowledged that the ‘so-called bed crisis’ is a real bed crisis and that beds […]
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BBC Norfolk and Suffolk mental health bed cuts criticised
A spokesman for the Campaign to Save Mental Health Services in Suffolk and Norfolk said: “The campaign is very concerned about the loss of the 136 suite which provides a […]
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Sister campaigns: itv NEWS Anglia – Health campaigners win fight over Lifeworks closure plans
Congratulations to all those involved in saving Lifeworks in Cambridge. We should have posted this sooner. Click on the image to visit the itv website and watch the video. Warning: […]
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Crisis Team Crisis: More than a month after the deadline for ending the use of beds beyond Norfolk & Suffolk, the crisis is WORSE not better
Norfolk & Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (NSFT) and the three clinical commissioning groups in central Norfolk (North Norfolk CCG, South Norfolk CCG, Norwich CCG) made a big splash of their […]
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NSFT – A Warning from History: March 2013 – Unison’s submission to the Joint Norfolk & Suffolk Health Overview & Scrutiny Committee
Fourteen months ago, when Unison sent the letter below, the Board of Norfolk & Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (NSFT) wasn’t campaigning for fairer funding for mental health. As recently as […]
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Sister campaigns: Cambridge News on Lifeworks building occupation
“But service users have now occupied the building for a month in opposition, while councillors have criticised a lack of public consultation on the move and this week set up […]
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Silent Protest at Suffolk County Council Health Scrutiny Committee, Endeavour House, Ipswich: 22nd January 2014
Suffolk County Council Health Scrutiny Committee is taking place on Wednesday 22 January at Suffolk County Council at 10 a.m. Health Service issues will be discussed, including the crisis in […]
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