Mental Health
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Newsnight investigation of NSFT’s mortality review also reveals editing out of leadership criticism, continuation of cover up culture and culture of fear. Statement from Authors of Forever Gone.
On 30th August 2023, an investigation into the NSFT mortality review by Nikki Fox and BBC Newsnight aired on BBC. You can find the BBC iplayer link here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m001q1s7/newsnight-brexit-border-checks-delayed-again Nikki […]
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He Died Waiting: The story of Tim – who was one of hundreds of deaths at NSFT
He Died Waiting; Learning the lessons – a bereaved mother’s view of mental health services, by Caroline Aldridge, is a ‘must read’ book for anyone with an interest in mental health. […]
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NOTW: Mental Health Change Managers Band 7 x 2
This week there are two identical twin Nonjobs of The Week (NOTW) as Band 7 Change Managers ‘working’ for the ‘delightful’ Mark Payne of Norfolk and Waveney Clinical Commissioning Group […]
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Knowing me, knowing you, Aha: NSFT’s Annual Report and Accounts 2019-20
Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (NSFT) spent a staggering £6.9m transporting patients to Out of Area beds in 2019-20 because it doesn’t have enough of its own. That’s more […]
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EDP: ‘Unforgivable’ – Mental health trust allowed court hospital order to expire
Jessica Frank-Keyes, Local Democracy reporter of the Eastern Daily Press, writes: Paperwork errors at Norfolk’s mental health trust have risen by more than a third in the past year, it […]
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EDP: Mental health trust blasted for ‘shocking’ fresh rise in out of area placements
Jessica Frank-Keyes of the Eastern Daily Press reports: The region’s mental health trust has been criticised for a “shocking” lack of beds as data revealed a fresh rise in patients […]
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Report reveals mental health trust ‘culture of bullying’ as public excluded from meeting
Jessica Frank-Keyes of the Eastern Daily Press reports: The region’s mental health trust has been criticised for discussing in private a report into its staff culture of “bullying and lack […]
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CAMHS Crisis: What has been happening to waiting lists for children and young people at NSFT?
Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (NSFT) sent dishonest letters to hundreds of children and young people on waiting lists. NSFT claims that the dishonest discharge letters were a ‘mistake’ […]
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Video: BBC Look East: NSFT sends dishonest discharge letters to more than 300 children and young people using Covid-19 as an excuse
This BBC Look East report by Health Correspondent Nikki Fox exposes abuse of the Covid-19 epidemic by Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (NSFT) as a shameful excuse to send […]
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CAMHS Crisis: The shameful discharge letters sent to more than 300 young people abusing the Covid-19 epidemic
These shameful letters sent by Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (NSFT) abused the Covid-19 epidemic as an excuse to discharge 300+ children and young people from waiting lists at […]
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CAMHS Crisis: In full: Appalling CQC report into NSFT’s CFYP Youth Services at 80 St Stephen’s
We’ve never read a Care Quality Commission(CQC) inspection report as bad as this. CQC finds that the management of Norfolk & Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust’s (NSFT) mental health services for […]
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CAMHS Crisis: Service Director of NSFT’s Children, Families and Young People’s mental health services, Rob Mack, needs ‘signposting’ – out of the door
Last week, the Care Quality Commission (CQC) published a devastating report into the Youth service based at 80 St Stephen’s in Norwich, which is supposed to support young people in […]
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Press Release: Victory! NSFT to reintroduce Assertive Outreach with £1m investment
UPDATE 06/05/2020: Sadly, this was an April Fool. The quotes from former Professor Jonathan Warren and Marie Gabriel are genuine and accurate, taken from the Board and Governors minutes. Jonathan […]
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EDP: Opinion: Why we wanted to get hold of emails from NHS’ communications bosses
Tom Bristow of the Eastern Daily Press explains: I have been writing about problems at our mental health service for this newspaper since 2012. In that time, I have sat […]
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EDP: ‘Fobbed off’: Family of grandmother attacked in care home hits out at mental health trust
Tom Bristow of the Eastern Daily Press reports: The son of a dementia patient who died after she was attacked in a care home says he feels “fobbed off” by […]
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The Thick of NSFT Comms: Digital Communications Manager, Band 7 AFC
Help toxic and failed mental health trust, Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (NSFT), ‘get away with it (again)‘ for £43,000 per annum in this Band 7 nonjob as Digital […]
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EADT: ‘Our NHS staff deserve better’, watchdog warns over poor survey results
In a Special Report, Emily Townsend of the East Anglian Daily Times reports: More NHS staff in Suffolk look forward to going to work – but rising numbers of workers […]
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EDP: Young people face five month waiting lists for mental health support
Jessica Frank-Keyes of the Eastern Daily Press reports: Children and young people with mental health issues are waiting up to five months for treatment in parts of Norfolk and Suffolk. […]
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EDP: ‘Got away with it’ – NHS manager gloated about coverage of dead great-grandmother
Tom Bristow of the Eastern Daily Press reports: An NHS manager bragged that the service had “got away” with its failings being highlighted after the death of two dementia sufferers […]
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EADT: ‘Bubbly’ 22-year-old’s death prompts coroner to question online drug sales
Emily Townsend of the East Anglian Daily Times reports: A coroner has questioned online drug sales after a “bubbly” 22-year-old from Suffolk managed to purchase a huge quantity of tablets […]
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