Manchester Mental Health Trust agrees to reconsider cuts decision Following a legal challenge brought by service-users represented by Deighton Pierce Glynn, Manchester Mental Health & Social Care Trust has agreed to consider afresh its decision to go ahead with proposals to change community mental health services which would have resulted in staff cuts of over […]
High-tech patient data in Wigan GP surgeries in Wigan are now using a new electronic system which they hope will cut out errors in patient records and save money. The new system will allow medical staff to send all of their patient clinical correspondence electronically to GP practices. The news comes only a week after […]
Force Seeks Advice On Mental Health Call Issues GMP speaks to Home Office about volumes of calls relating to mental health issues amid criticism from a coroner <img border=’0′ alt=” src=’http://ads.nsi-ltd.com/www/delivery/avw.php?zoneid=97&n=43f1abf’ />Greater Manchester Police is seeking advice about an increased volume of emergency calls to and from people with mental health problems after the force was […]
The Right to Be Heard: Independent Mental Health Advocacy for People Detained Under the Mental Health Act Karen Newbigging Principal Lecturer and Senior Researcher, University of Central Lancashire Last week’s Parliamentary debate on mental health – in which various MPs spoke movingly about their own struggles – has helped give prominence to a subject that […]
‘People power’ victory as health job cuts on hold Manchester: A health trust has agreed to look again at a plan to cut almost 40 front-line-posts-after patients threatened to challenge it in court. Manchester Mental Health & Social Care Trust proposed a series of changes to community services, including axing jobs as part of a […]
Message from Jackie Daniel – IMPORTANT INFORMATION Time for a change… After four years at the helm, I have taken the difficult decision to leave the Trust and take up the reins at Morecambe Bay Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. As I am sure you will be aware, this is a challenging appointment and […]
Morecambe Bay NHS Trust names Jackie Daniel as chief executive A beleaguered NHS trust which was accused of putting patients “at risk of poor care” has announced the appointment of a new chief executive.Jackie Daniel will join University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust in August. The trust, which runs hospitals in Cumbria […]
Report reveals advocacy is vital in mental health Published on Tuesday 26 June 2012 08:24 A new study from the University of Central Lancashire reveals that understanding of the role of advocacy is critical to ensuring people get the support they need from mental health services. The study, funded by the Department of Health, looked […]
“Welfare suicides don’t exist. Suicide is a mental health issue.” That line, by the former Labour official Luke Bozier, pretty much sums up the standard rightwing response to the website Calum’s List. According to its founders, the aim of Calum’s List is “to list the number of deaths where welfare reform has alleged to have had some culpability, and to make the best effort possible to work towards reducing this death toll.” Bozier’s Twitter comments were a gloss on blogposts by The Spectator’s Isabel Hardman and the Telegraph’s Brendan O’Neill.
By: Paul Reed Members of Manchester Mental Health Unison Branch, last weekend ordered its printers to print thousands of pamphlets that are calling upon its members to attend a Public Meeting to discuss with members of the public and their health workers, who have concerns that lives will be lost as a direct result of cuts being made […]