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Press Release: Campaign statement on the delays to the cuts café
A spokesperson from the Campaign to Save Mental Health Services in Norfolk and Suffolk said: “People in crisis need real services, not being patronised with cups of tea and endless […]
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EDP: Mental health crisis hub delayed by a year as patients continue to be sent hundreds of miles for treatment
Geraldine Scott of the Eastern Daily Press reports: A crisis hub pegged to help stem the number of mental health patients sent miles away due to a lack of beds […]
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Campaign Cartoon: Director of Corporate Affairs and Communications Rebecca Driver quits NSFT: Veni! Vedi! Verti!
“I came! I saw! I turned around!” The Director of Corporate Affairs and Communications of the worst-run mental health trust in the NHS, Rebecca Driver, only appointed just before Christmas, […]
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The Guardian: Ministers urged to act over Norfolk and Suffolk mental health trust
Matthew Weaver of The Guardian reports: The health secretary, Matt Hancock, is facing mounting calls to intervene in England’s worst performing mental health trust after it was rated inadequate for […]
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Three Days of Action: Hat-trick of failure: Three strikes and you’re out!
We expect Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (NSFT) to receive yet another atrocious inspection report from the Care Quality Commission (CQC) on Wednesday 28th November. We have planned a […]
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EDP Front Page: Is ‘remote, awful and inhumane’ mental health support in north Norfolk behind a spate of young men’s deaths?
In investigative reporting that is worthy of a national journalism award, Jessica Frank-Keyes of the Eastern Daily Press writes: Grieving parents and a retired GP say “remote, awful and inhumane” […]
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Invitation: Meet the Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspectors at 6.30 p.m. on Wednesday 26th September 2018 at the Maid’s Head Hotel, Norwich NR3 1LB
As part of its current inspection of Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (NSFT), inspectors from the regulators of care, Care Quality Commission (CQC), would like to meet to hear […]
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EDP: ‘I want to get my sleeves rolled up and improve things’ – New mental health boss sets out priorities
Geraldine Scott of the Eastern Daily Press reports: The new boss of the region’s mental health trust has expressed his disappointment after it was revealed service users and carers gave […]
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BBC News: Peter Wrighton murder: Alexander Palmer doctors ‘warned’ of knife hoard
Robby West and Matt Precey of the BBC report: The parents of a mentally ill ex-soldier warned a health trust he was collecting knives before he murdered an 83-year-old dog […]
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EDP: Mental health trust’s pledge to eradicate out of area placements by 2021
Geraldine Scott of the Eastern Daily Press reports: The region’s mental health trust has pledged to eradicate the use of out of area beds by 2021. Oh dear. That’s three […]
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EDP: Mental health boss brands rejection of funding as ‘utterly indefensible’ as governors raise concern over recruitment figures
Gemma Mitchell of the Eastern Daily Press reports: A mental health boss has hit out and branded it ‘utterly indefensible’ that a bid for more than £5m which would be […]
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EADT: Suffolk patient moved 150 miles to Derbyshire mental health unit following Lark Ward closure
Gemma Mitchell of the East Anglian Daily Times reports: A Suffolk father is facing a six-hour round trip to visit his vulnerable son following the closure of a vital mental […]
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Healthwatch Suffolk condemns service user and carer engagement at Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (NSFT)
Healthwatch Suffolk comments on the announcement of the closure of the Suffolk PICU by Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (NSFT): Healthwatch Suffolk note with serious concern the news that […]
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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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BBC News: Norfolk and Suffolk mental health beds closures ‘shocking’
The BBC reports: Thirty-six mental health beds are being closed by Norfolk & Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust, eight of them permanently. Further details have emerged after it was revealed a […]
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EADT: ‘This is a humanitarian disaster’ – Mental health trust closes 36 beds
Gemma Mitchell of the East Anglian Daily Times reports: The region’s beleaguered mental health trust has had to shut 36 beds since autumn, it has been revealed. Beds have closed […]
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Beds not Tea: Cuts Café Consultation: Last chance to respond
The bureaucrats who commission NHS mental health services in Norfolk have decided to run their consultation into the proposed cuts café over the Christmas and New Year holiday period, thus […]
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EDP Data shows mental health trust has cut doctors and nurses – but chief disputes the figures
Geraldine Scott of the Eastern Daily Press reports: New data has revealed the number of doctors at the region’s mental health trust has shrunk over the last five years – […]
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