Mental Health Act 1983 code of practice
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BBC News: Mental health: The NHS patients who are ‘abused and ignored’
Nick Triggle of BBC News reports: New rights should be given to severely ill mental health patients detained in hospital to stop abuse and neglect of this vulnerable group, a […]
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Fixed, Flawed Farce: Part 3: EDP: A staggering waste: More than £1.6m spent sending region’s mental health patients to private hospital in just seven months
Geraldine Scott of the Eastern Daily Press reports: More than £1.6m has been spent by the region’s mental health trust on sending patients to a private hospital since it was […]
Bed Crisis, CQC Inspection, Dangerous, Fantasy Island, Financial crisis, Fixed Flawed Farce, Gary's Page, Knowing me, knowing you, aha!, NSFT Cuts, NSFT Incompetence, Press, Questions for the Board, STP -
Fixed, Flawed Farce: Part 2: EDP: Half of mental health beds budget for Norfolk and Suffolk spent in first month of year
Tom Bristow, Investigations Editor of the Eastern Daily Press reports: Last year the Norfolk and Suffolk Foundation Trust (NSFT) went £3.5m over budget on sending patients to beds at other […]
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Beds Crisis: EDP: Campaigners criticise new mental health trust proposals: ‘We want beds not cups of tea’
Geraldine Scott of the Eastern Daily Press reports: No new beds for patients in psychiatric crisis will be made available by the region’s mental health trust, despite concerns being raised […]
Bed Crisis, Campaigning, Clozapine Crisis, Community Crisis, CQC Inspection, Crisis Team Crisis, Dangerous, Deaths Crisis, Fantasy Island, Gary's Page, Kept in the dark, March for Mental Health, NSFT Cuts, NSFT Incompetence, Press, Questions for the Board -
Exclusive: Letter to HealthEast from all Waveney AMHPs exposes crisis in Suffolk and calls for NSFT Executive Board to resign
“NSFT are not to fit to lead or manage mental health services in Great Yarmouth and Waveney. The testimony and reflection above demonstrates this. As such, nothing they propose can […]
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Devastating HealthEast consultation: NSFT is breaking the law and ignoring NICE and Department of Health guidance
“Managers are in the impossible situation of holding medical recommendations for admission to hospital, but unable to comply with their duty under section 13 MH Act 1983. We have reached a […]
Bed Crisis, Cashless Concordat, Community Crisis, Crisis Team Crisis, Dangerous, Gary's Page, HealthEast Consultation, NSFT Cuts, NSFT Incompetence, Questions for the Board, Sham Consultation