Jake Foxford of the East Anglian Daily Times reports: Hundreds of damning stories from mental health patients in Suffolk will be considered in the next inspection of the region’s struggling NHS trust. The Norfolk and Suffolk Foundation Trust (NSFT) will soon be inspected by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) after being rated inadequate three times […]
Healthwatch Suffolk comments on the announcement of the closure of the Suffolk PICU by Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (NSFT): Healthwatch Suffolk note with serious concern the news that the Lark Ward, a psychiatric intensive care unit (PICU) run by Norfolk and Suffolk Foundation Trust (NSFT) at Woodlands, will close from Friday 6th April
Andrew Hirst of the EDP reports: The Stepping Forward survey results presented in Ipswich at the Suffolk User Forum event was intended to show how far the NSFT had improved in the view of its service users after being placed in special measures earlier this year. Although the trust has agreed measures to improve since
Healthwatch Suffolk and Suffolk User Forum have organised a meeting to give initial feedback on their survey of those who rely on mental health services in Suffolk: “Our initial survey results show that in some key areas services have not improved since the Norfolk and Suffolk Foundation Trust was placed in special measures by Monitor”
