EADT: ‘Our NHS staff deserve better’, watchdog warns over poor survey results

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 […]

EADT: ‘Our NHS staff deserve better’, watchdog warns over poor survey results Read More »

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 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

EDP: Revealed: How mental health patients are being sent to failing private hospital Read More »

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 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

The Guardian: Nuwan Dissanayaka: Jamie is psychotic and won’t go outside. Mental health services are failing him Read More »

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 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

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’ Read More »

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 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

NHS Staff Survey 2018 – Norfolk & Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (NSFT) is appalling – yet again – yet again Read More »

Our correspondence to Health Secretary, Matt Hancock, and the Chief Executives of NHS Improvement and NHS England regarding their toleration of the mental health Mid Staffs at NSFT

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

Our correspondence to Health Secretary, Matt Hancock, and the Chief Executives of NHS Improvement and NHS England regarding their toleration of the mental health Mid Staffs at NSFT Read More »

Campaign Road Trip: Three strikes and you’re out! London protests at DHSC, NHSI and NHSE and meeting MPs in Parliament: Monday 17th December 2018

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

Campaign Road Trip: Three strikes and you’re out! London protests at DHSC, NHSI and NHSE and meeting MPs in Parliament: Monday 17th December 2018 Read More »

BBC News: Mental health: The NHS patients who are ‘abused and ignored’

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

BBC News: Mental health: The NHS patients who are ‘abused and ignored’ Read More »

EDP: Opinion: ‘The biggest disgrace at mental health trust is that people were warned, and failed to act’

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

EDP: Opinion: ‘The biggest disgrace at mental health trust is that people were warned, and failed to act’ Read More »

The Guardian: Ministers urged to act over Norfolk and Suffolk mental health trust

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

The Guardian: Ministers urged to act over Norfolk and Suffolk mental health trust Read More »

Video: BBC News at Six: NSFT expected to fail yet another CQC inspection

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?

Video: BBC News at Six: NSFT expected to fail yet another CQC inspection Read More »

Three Days of Action: Hat-trick of failure: Three strikes and you’re out!

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

Three Days of Action: Hat-trick of failure: Three strikes and you’re out! Read More »

BBC News: Fraud doctor Zholia Alemi: Drowned man’s family voiced fears

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

BBC News: Fraud doctor Zholia Alemi: Drowned man’s family voiced fears Read More »

Antek Lejk’s Game of Shame: NSFT Edition™

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

Antek Lejk’s Game of Shame: NSFT Edition™ Read More »

Deaths Crisis: EDP: Deaths at mental health trust due to safety incidents rise by 75pc

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,

Deaths Crisis: EDP: Deaths at mental health trust due to safety incidents rise by 75pc Read More »

Call to action: Norfolk and Waveney STP mental health consultation event: FREE: Monday 19th November, 1800-2030, Assembly House, Norwich NR2 1RQ

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

Call to action: Norfolk and Waveney STP mental health consultation event: FREE: Monday 19th November, 1800-2030, Assembly House, Norwich NR2 1RQ Read More »

Do you support the aims of the mental health campaign? ELEVEN governor vacancies at NSFT

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

Do you support the aims of the mental health campaign? ELEVEN governor vacancies at NSFT Read More »

Demonstration at NSFT Annual General Meeting (AGM): Hat-trick of failure: Three strikes and you’re out!

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

Demonstration at NSFT Annual General Meeting (AGM): Hat-trick of failure: Three strikes and you’re out! Read More »

Invitation: Meet the Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspectors at 6.30 p.m. on Wednesday 26th September 2018 at the Maid’s Head Hotel, Norwich NR3 1LB

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

Invitation: Meet the Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspectors at 6.30 p.m. on Wednesday 26th September 2018 at the Maid’s Head Hotel, Norwich NR3 1LB Read More »

Scroll to Top