In a Special Report, Emily Townsend of the East Anglian Daily Times reports: More NHS staff in Suffolk look forward to going to work – but rising numbers of workers are reporting being bullied, harassed or abused by managers. Thousands of health workers from across the region have had their say in the latest NHS […]
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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 was revealed how Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspectors found dirty wards and “uncaring and disrespectful” staff at Hertfordshire unit, as well as Priory Hospital Blandford
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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 getting wider attention in the national press. Dr. Dissanayaka is the consultant psychiatrist in the Assertive Outreach team in Leeds. Of course, assertive outreach at
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 Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (NSFT)? The teams delivering health provision are not seen to be sufficiently responsive to children and young people with
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 the Chief Executive of Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (NSFT), Antek Lejk, has now been rejected by front line staff as well as service
We wrote to: Matthew Hancock, Secretary of State at the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) and MP for West Suffolk Dido Harding, Chair, NHS Improvement (NHSI) Ian Dalton, Chief Executive, NHS Improvement (NHSI) Dale Bywater, Executive Regional Managing Director (Midlands and East), NHS Improvement (NHSI) Paul Watson, regional director at responsible for the
The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), NHS England (NHSE) and NHS Improvement (NHSI) appear to have decided to ignore the third Inadequate report from care regulator, Care Quality Commission (CQC) and are trying to kick the can down the road yet again, leaving the Chief Executive of Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust
Nick Triggle of BBC News reports: New rights should be given to severely ill mental health patients detained in hospital to stop abuse and neglect of this vulnerable group, a review says. The 1983 Mental Health Act is outdated and needs an overhaul, sectioning is being misused and does not properly protect patients’ rights, it
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Former mental health nurse and Norfolk County Council mental health champion Emma Corlett writes in the Eastern Daily Press: As yet another damning report about Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (NSFT) is released, we need to take a look at why local mental health services are in such a mess. A perfect storm of
Matthew Weaver of The Guardian reports: The health secretary, Matt Hancock, is facing mounting calls to intervene in England’s worst performing mental health trust after it was rated inadequate for a third time. There have been more than 250 extra deaths in Norfolk and Suffolk over the past five years as a result of the
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BBC Health Correspondent, Sophie Hutchinson, of the BBC national News at Six, discusses Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (NSFT) being expected to fail yet another inspection by Care Quality Commission (CQC). When are NHS Improvement, NHS England and, most of all, Health Secretary, Matthew Hancock, going to act?
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We expect Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (NSFT) to receive yet another atrocious inspection report from the Care Quality Commission (CQC) on Wednesday 28th November. We have planned a week of action across Norfolk and Suffolk. Wednesday 28th November: Protest against the Board of NSFT outside the main (top entrance) to Hellesdon Hospital, Drayton
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Nikki Fox and Julian Sturdy of the BBC report: The family of a drowned patient have claimed he might still be alive if the fake psychiatrist responsible for his care had done her job properly. Darren King, 31, of Suffolk, died after suffering a seizure in his bath in 2017. Mr King was living independently
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Are you demoralised by the five years of scandalous human misery and deaths caused by the cuts and chaos at Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (NSFT)? Are you worried by the impending and atrocious inspection report from the Care Quality Commission (CQC)? Allow Antek Lejk, the Chief Executive of NSFT who took his job
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Geraldine Scott of the Eastern Daily Press reports: Serious safety incidents led to 35 deaths at the region’s mental health trust over a six month period, figures have revealed. The data, which showed the number of “unintended or unexpected incidents that could have or did lead to harm” reported between October 2017 and March 2018,
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Norfolk and Waveney’s so-called STP is holding consultations across Norfolk with a view to creating a ten year strategy for mental health. The STP bureaucrats are talking about a Stalinist ten-year plan when mental health services are in crisis NOW. Of course, the bureaucrats will be long gone before the ten years are up, with
URGENT: APPLICATIONS CLOSE ON WEDNESDAY 14TH NOVEMBER 2018 We already have several campaigners on the Council of Governors at Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (NSFT). Although the repeated CQC failures of NSFT show that the Council of Governors has proven itself to be an embarrassment at either representing the public, services users and carers
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Directors of Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (NSFT) are saying that they believe that the mental health trust has failed its recent inspection by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), even before the report is published. This would be the third inspection failure by the mental health trust for Norfolk and Suffolk. The situation is
As part of its current inspection of Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (NSFT), inspectors from the regulators of care, Care Quality Commission (CQC), would like to meet to hear current views of the care delivered by the mental health trust for Norfolk and Suffolk. The last time CQC inspected NSFT, one year ago, it
