EADT: Mum of university student Henry fears more deaths at troubled mental health trust

Emily Townsend of the East Anglian Daily Times reports: The mother of a 21-year-old fashion student who killed himself after being released from a mental health hospital is “astonished” that Suffolk’s mental health trust has been kept in ‘special measures’ for so long. Henry Curtis-Williams, from Ipswich, was found dead in London in 2016 – just […]

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EADT: ‘Bubbly’ 22-year-old’s death prompts coroner to question online drug sales

Emily Townsend of the East Anglian Daily Times reports: A coroner has questioned online drug sales after a “bubbly” 22-year-old from Suffolk managed to purchase a huge quantity of tablets from regulated websites. Gemma MacDonald, from Stowmarket, died on July 22 after taking a “massive” overdose of medication she bought online, an inquest in Ipswich

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BBC News: Norfolk and Suffolk Foundation Trust ‘did not update GP’

BBC News reports: A mental health trust treating a 15-year-old girl with anorexia failed to keep in touch with her GP or keep full records, a report states. Again. Ellie Long, 15, was found hanged in her room in Wymondham, Norfolk, in 2017. While the managers of Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (NSFT) play

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Petition: Directly Address the Mental Health Crisis at UEA

Adam Harvey writes: One UK student dies by suicide every four days and UEA has seen several student deaths this year, all of which have affected UEA as a community, and all of which are unacceptable. Each time the university releases an identically robotic statement, but nothing practical is being done to change the inadequate

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EDP Front Page: Is ‘remote, awful and inhumane’ mental health support in north Norfolk behind a spate of young men’s deaths?

In investigative reporting that is worthy of a national journalism award, Jessica Frank-Keyes of the Eastern Daily Press writes: Grieving parents and a retired GP say “remote, awful and inhumane” mental health support is leaving young men in north Norfolk at a heightened risk of taking their own lives. In recent months two young men

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BBC News: Peter Wrighton murder: Alexander Palmer doctors ‘warned’ of knife hoard

Robby West and Matt Precey of the BBC report: The parents of a mentally ill ex-soldier warned a health trust he was collecting knives before he murdered an 83-year-old dog walker. Alexander Palmer, 24, stabbed Peter Wrighton 45 times in woodland near East Harling, Norfolk, in August. A letter from a Norfolk and Suffolk NHS

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Press statement: Untrue and misleading statements made by Alistair Campbell

Yesterday, Alistair Campbell told the Eastern Daily Press: “On the one hand they’re saying services are terrible, and on the other hand they’re saying we don’t want any change. But there’s a bit of a big inconsistency in that. If they’re not happy with the services then at least look at some of the changes

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EDP: OPINION: Coroners are too quick to shy away from saying a death was a suicide – it is time for a change

Geraldine Scott of the Eastern Daily Press writes: Across Europe, one person takes their own life every two hours. And in Norfolk we have significantly higher rates of suicide than other parts of the UK. The number of suicides in Norfolk is appalling: The age-adjusted three-year-rolling suicide rate, as published by the Office for National

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Meeting with NSFT on Monday 14th August

Sorry about the late notice. We are meeting NSFT to talk about improving its Suicide Prevention Strategy and recent moves elsewhere in the country to adopt a zero tolerance approach. Meet in the top car park at Hellesdon Hospital at 1645. The delegation will be led by Terry Skyrme. A location map is below:

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Video: BBC Look East leads with the failure of NSFT in the tragic case of Katrina Rolph

Amelia Reynolds and Kim Riley of the BBC report on the tragic and preventable death of Katrina Rolph: How many more preventable deaths can be allowed to happen? Why haven’t we got properly-funded mental health services in Norfolk and Suffolk? Why doesn’t Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (NSFT) have a competent Board? What are

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Deaths Crisis: Daily Mail: High-flying law student died after becoming convinced she was being poisoned

Katie French of the Daily Mail reports: During the hearing, the court was told how Katrina was let down by a catalogue of errors by medical staff. It was revealed Katrina had raised the alarm with medics about her mental health but while her doctor urgently referred her for treatment – a youth service’s team

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