EDP: Tranquilisation changes came too little too late for Norwich man, says sister

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Geraldine Scott of the Eastern Daily Press reports: “The sister of a mentally ill man who died after being tranquillised in hospital has slammed the region’s mental health trust for not addressing problems with the practice sooner. And a inquest into his death found failings in the care he received from Norfolk and Suffolk Foundation […]

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Audio: Campaigner Emma Corlett of Unison interviewed on BBC Radio Norfolk about massive cuts envisaged by NSFT’s 5 Year Strategic Plan

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We have already written about the massive cuts envisaged by the 5 Year Plan submitted by Norfolk & Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (NSFT) to its regulator, Monitor. At the NSFT Board meeting last week, one of the non-executive directors of NSFT acknowledged that the real-terms depth of the planned cuts is 7.5 per cent per

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EDP: Mental health trust warns of more jobs cuts in Norfolk and Suffolk as part of plans to make £44m more savings

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Campaigners have pledged to lobby Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust’s (NSFT) board of directors meeting today over a new plan, which says that extra savings of £44m would need to be found by 2019, if there is no major increase in mental health funding. Members of the Campaign to Save Mental Health Services in

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NSFT pulls its Five Year Strategic Plan from the internet

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But you can still read our copy of the five year strategic plan here. The plan begins on page 20 of the pdf. Strange the way it disappeared after we criticised it. The papers for the Board of Directors meeting in Swaffam tomorrow don’t contain it any longer. How embarrassing.

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26th June 2014: Help us oppose the NSFT Board’s five year plan for further ‘savings’ of £44.1 million, 200 more job losses and more reorganisations and chaos

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Norfolk & Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (NSFT) Chair, Gary Page, is too busy watching the football in sunny Brazil to attend the next public Board of Directors meeting at The Green Britain Centre (formerly Eco-Tech) in Swaffam on Thursday, 26th June 2014. But it is vital that we attend. Join us to oppose the rubber stamping

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19th Day of Lent: Going without representative non-executives on NSFT Board

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“The least gender diverse body included in the whole survey was the Norfolk & Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust, with all eight board members being men and none from a BAME background.” Based upon research published by the Ipswich and Suffolk Council for Racial Equality.

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Audio: Emma Corlett of Unison and the Campaign interviewed on BBC Radio Norfolk with NSFT Operations Director over CQC Inspection Failure

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Listen as the Operations Director of Norfolk & Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (NSFT) tries to claim that the Care Quality Commission’s (CQC) concerns are limited to the signing of Care Plans and waiting times in Access & Assessment. Read the excerpts from the CQC report to discover that the CQC’s concerns are far wider and deeper

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