Crisis Team Crisis: More than a month after the deadline for ending the use of beds beyond Norfolk & Suffolk, the crisis is WORSE not better

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Norfolk & Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (NSFT) and the three clinical commissioning groups in central Norfolk (North Norfolk CCG, South Norfolk CCG, Norwich CCG) made a big splash of their undertaking to end the inhumane, expensive, dangerous and illegal practice of having insufficient beds for people in mental health crisis in Norfolk and Suffolk, which […]

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Community Care: ‘It feels like some lives are worth more than others’: working on the mental health frontline

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Emma Corlett writes in Community Care (trigger alert). “As I say, some lives it seems are worth more than others. Where has the humanity gone? It’s a damning indictment of our society and the state of our services that the local shopping centre has now erected safety hoardings to prevent similar incidents. I have no words.”

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Recruitment Crisis Newsflash: Rather than spend money on frontline staff or beds, another expensive spin doctor joins NSFT instead

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  We can be sure that Melanie Woodnick isn’t paid like one of Jonathon Fagge’s band 1-4s. Norfolk & Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (NSFT) doesn’t have enough money for beds or crisis and community team staff but can afford ‘public affairs consultants’. Astonishing. There isn’t a bed, community, crisis team or recruitment crisis, is there?

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itv NEWS ANGLIA: Trust facing more criticism

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Watch itv NEWS ANGLIA today for more on the worsening crisis at Norfolk & Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (NSFT). Staff and patients have criticised the Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust, saying it’s too difficult for people with mental illnesses to get access to care. The trust has to make £40 million worth of savings

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Jonathon Fagge’s blog on reducing wages and skills in the NHS: Withering response from campaign supporter Tracey Lambert of Unison

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UPDATE: NORWICH CCG HAS DECIDED TO DELETE THE FOI RESPONSE WHICH DETAILED HOW MUCH THE GOVERNING BODY EARNS FROM NORWICH CCG WEBSITE. DON’T WORRY THOUGH, IN THE INTEREST OF NHS TRANSPARENCY WE KEPT A COPY WHICH YOU CAN CLICK HERE TO READ. We’ve written about Jonathon Fagge, the £115,000 per annum Chief Executive of Norwich

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BBC: Norfolk and Suffolk mental health patients sent away for treatment

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Terry Skyrme, from the trust’s crisis team, said cutting staff and closing beds could put patients at risk. He said the trust had nearly 300 unallocated cases and keeping up with demand with fewer staff creates pressures. Mr Skyrme said: “Norwich patients are being sent for treatment to King’s Lynn or Great Yarmouth. “Others are

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BBC Radio Norfolk: Campaigner Terry Skyrme tells the truth as Jonathon Fagge of Norwich CCG and Kathy Chapman of NSFT admit they have failed to eliminate out-of-area beds and have broken their promises

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Remember this? Four months ago, Mark Taylor, chief executive of North Norfolk CCG, on behalf of all the central Norfolk CCGs, promised: “Although the numbers are small, we want it to end by April. As commissioners we do not want people to go out of area and we want to stop that as soon as

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33rd Day of Lent: Going without the NHS

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This shocking story has been shared by ‘Ben’ (name has been changed). It sadly shows another failure caused by the inability of the post cuts, post ‘radical redesign’ Adult Mental Health Services of Norfolk & Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (NSFT) to consistently respond to people in crisis in a timely and appropriate way. However, this

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Letter from Approved Mental Health Practitioners (AMHPs) of Norfolk & Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (NSFT) to North Norfolk CCG

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The recipients of this letter were North Norfolk Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) with copies to Great Yarmouth & Waveney CCG (Healtheast), Norwich CCG, Norman Lamb – Minister of State for Care and Support and MP for North Norfolk, Harold Bodmer – Director of Adult Care Social Services at Norfolk County Council and the Care Quality Commission

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