Michael Buchanan
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Research: Specialist mental health services in England in 2014: overview of funding, access and levels of care
Specialist mental health services in England in 2014: overview of funding, access and levels of care Mary Docherty and Graham Thornicroft International Journal of Mental Health Systems 2015 9:34 DOI: 10.1186/s13033-015-0023-9 © Docherty and Thornicroft. 2015 Abstract […]
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BBC News: Mental health patients sent ‘hundreds of miles’ for care
4,447 patients sent out of their area for treatment in 2014-15 – up 23.1% from 2013-14 “I didn’t know where I was, I didn’t have a clue. I knew I […]
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Community Care: Mental health trust should face special measures over ‘inadequate’ safety and leadership, says CQC
We were all delighted to meet Andy McNicoll, deservedly Mind Mental Health Journalist of the Year, at our campaign meeting yesterday. Ethical investigative journalism is a critical component in our […]
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Guardian: NHS mental health care ‘pushed to breaking point by lack of beds’
The lack of acute beds available to mental health patients has left the system at breaking point, the Royal College of Psychiatrists has said. Illustrating the scale of the problem, […]
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BBC Video: Mental health services in England ‘a car crash’
Click the image below to watch Michael Buchanan’s report and interview with Professor Sue Bailey, President of the Royal College of Psychiatrists:
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BBC: Mental health services ‘a car crash’
Sue Bailey speaks the truth: Mental health services in England are “a car crash” and the health secretary is not taking the problems seriously, according to the outgoing president of […]
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BBC Radio 4 Today: Michael Buchanan reports on the beds crisis and Norman Lamb blames everyone except himself
We’re proud to have helped Michael Buchanan of the BBC and Andy McNicoll of Community Care in their excellent work exposing the scandalous bed crisis on the national stage. Even […]
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Audio: BBC Radio 4 World at One on the Mental Health Crisis at Norfolk & Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (NSFT)
http://norfolksuffolkmentalhealthcrisis.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/BBC-Radio-4-World-at-One-4-April-2014-Crisis-at-NSFT.mp3 Isn’t it incredible that NHS England couldn’t find anybody to talk on national radio about the crisis in mental health?
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