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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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Mental Health Crisis Summit: Saturday 28 September 2019, 10am-5pm, Royal Free Hospital School Of Medicine, Rowland Hill Street, London NW3 2PF
We’re taking part in this summit and are on the panel for the Campaigning Strategies session, hoping to pass on what we’ve learnt over the past five years. Where the […]
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EDP: Revealed: How mental health patients are being sent to failing private hospital
Geraldine Scott of the Eastern Daily Press reports: Norfolk and Suffolk Foundation Trust (NSFT) sent 21 patients to Kneesworth House, in Royston, over the last year and on Tuesday it […]
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EDP: Is this in the public interest? Man who attempted suicide in hospital car park is taken to court
Peter Walsh of the Eastern Daily Press reports: Campaigners have criticised a decision to prosecute a man experiencing mental health problems who lay down in front of vehicles at a […]
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North Norfolk Branch Meeting: Experiences of NSFT for CQC inspection: 7 p.m. Tuesday 11th July, Cromer Football Club Clubhouse, Cabbell Park, Mill Rd, Cromer NR27 0BQ
We have been asked by the regulator of Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (NSFT), Care Quality Commission (CQC), to submit feedback before its forthcoming inspection in September. The relevant […]
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EDP: ‘The system is broken’ – emergency mental health 999 incidents double
Dominic Gilbert of the Eastern Daily Press reports: Urgent mental health-related incidents attended by police officers have almost doubled in four years as pressures on the 999 service grow. Coinciding […]
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EDP: Campaigners protesting against lack of mental health services in north Norfolk
David Bale of the Eastern Daily Press reports: Protestors gathered on Cromer pier today and carried placards and banners to highlight the number of people affected by mental health issues. […]
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Protest: Can You See Us Now? Cromer Promenade: Wednesday 8th May 2019, Noon – 2 p.m.
The North Norfolk branch of the campaign is holding a protest on Wednesday 8th May 2019, from noon until 2 p.m. we will be filling Cromer Promenade* with as many […]
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Research: NSFT featured anonymously in prestigious Journal of Management Studies
The salary of more than £150,000 per year paid by Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (NSFT) to its Director of Research without a PhD appears to have finally paid […]
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EDP Front Page: Mental health patients in ‘acute distress’ STILL sent miles away five years after pledge to end practice
Geraldine Scott of the Eastern Daily Press reports: Scores of mental health patients in “acute distress” were sent out of Norfolk and Suffolk for care – despite five years of […]
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Press release: Campaign investigation into the deeply-flawed Mental Health Strategy written by BCG for Norfolk and Waveney STP: Part I
We have already expressed our concerns about the Norfolk and Waveney STP’s Mental Health Strategy. Now, our worst fears have been confirmed. Whilst the Mental Health Strategy contains some fine […]
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EDP: Campaigners ask where mental health nurses will come from under new GP surgery plan
Geraldine Scott of the Eastern Daily Press reports: Concerns have been raised over where mental health nurses to be placed in doctors’ surgeries are going to come from amid a […]
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The Guardian: Nuwan Dissanayaka: Jamie is psychotic and won’t go outside. Mental health services are failing him
This article from Nuwan Dissanayaka needs to be read by everybody with an interest in mental health. Dr. Dissanayaka is really worth following on Twitter. We’re delighted Nuwan’s views are […]
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CAMHS Crisis: Joint Ofsted/CQC Inspection in Suffolk: NSFT’s CAMHS services are ‘poor quality’ and ‘next steps… may include the Secretary of State using his powers of intervention’
What does the joint Ofsted and Care Quality Commission (CQC) SEND inspection published today say about the provision of mental health services for children and young people in Suffolk by […]
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NHS Staff Survey 2018 – Norfolk & Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (NSFT) is appalling – yet again – yet again
Yet again, the NHS Staff Survey results are appalling. Front line staff have been ‘led’ by overpaid muppets for far too long. With the publication of these results, the ‘leadership’ of […]
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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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EDP Front Page: Cross-party letter demands end to ‘chaos and confusion’ in Norfolk and Suffolk mental health
Geraldine Scott of the Eastern Daily Press reports: A cross-party group of MPs have demanded the “chaos and confusion must end” over the region’s failing mental health care provision. Seven […]
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The Thick of: NSFT Comms: New role for Head of Recovery and Participation
NSFT Comms writes: Our Head of Recovery and Participation is to take up a new role to drive through urgent operational matters while making the case for reintroducing primary care […]
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Mental health trust Chief Executive Antek Lejk sends email to staff and seeks to meet MPs
Antek Lejk, the disastrous appointment as Chief Executive of Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (NSFT) has written an email to all staff. I am writing to bring you up-to-date […]
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