Christmas Party ALL WELCOME SERVICE USERS, CARES, FAMILY, FRIENDS, NEIGHBOURS. Thursday 06 TH December 2012: 7:30pm – 11-30pm Newton Heath Working Men’s Club & Institute Union 67, Old Church Street, Newton Heath, Manchester M40 2JN. Paul Donan DJ – With Elvis In The Building Hot/Cold Buffet – Karaoke – Raffle £5.00 – per person (Pay […]
MANCHESTER USERS NETWORK AGM Meeting. AGENDA Wednesday 28th November 2012, 1.30pm. 1] News and feedback 2] Voting. (Doug Inchbold) a] Honourable members. b] Short say by voted in officers c] Treasurer’s Report. 3] Alan Hartman Genuine User (Patient) Involvement! 4] Any Other Business. “User Groups strive for Needs Met, Equality, Fairness, Rights and Democracy for […]
Mental health crisis erupting in Mumbai The writer has posted comments on this article By Madhavi Rajadhyaksha Madhavi Rajadhyaksha, TNN | Nov 24, 2012, 04.01 AM IST MUMBAI: The tragedy at Kasara ghat, wherein a father allegedly murdered his two pre-teen children before attempting to end his own life two days later, is indicative of […]
Building patient engagement from the ground up 22 November, 2012 A Manchester trust received some of the best scores from patients and carers in a CQC community mental health survey, writes Patrick Cahoon In September 2009, I arrived to take up my position as head of patient experience at Manchester Mental Health and Social Care […]
Manchester Users Network Will hold its ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING [AGM]: 2011/12 Counting the votes we welcome Douglas Inchbold. Public Health Development Manager. Douglas has helped to improve mental health services for many years and promote User (Patient) Involvement. Park House, Crumpsall Hospital (NMGH) Delaunay’s Rd, Crumpsall, Manchester. M8 5RB The Meeting is MUN’s AGM and […]
SALFORD COUNCIL CHAMBER OCCUPIED AS MAYOR APOLOGISES TO MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE USERS Campaigners against cuts to mental health services in Salford this morning occupied the Salford Council chamber as a meeting of the full Council was about to begin, taking over seats normally reserved for the City Mayor, Chief Executive and Ceremonial Mayor. The police […]
Cuts protesters delay Salford council meeting by occupying mayor’s table Jennifer Williams November 21, 2012 Cuts protesters dramatically delayed the start of today’s Salford Council meeting by occupying the mayor’s table. Angry mental health users hung a banner across the top platform of the council chamber and refused to move until they had spoken to […]
Pathway is intended to care for dying patients, not to hasten their death The Liverpool Care Pathway was not designed to hasten the death of patients 7:00AM GMT 07 Nov 2012 SIR – The Liverpool Care Pathway (Letters, November 3) was designed to ensure that the highest standard of care is provided for patients who […]
Is Depression in Men Taboo? By Traci Pedersen Associate News Editor Reviewed by John M. Grohol, Psy.D. on November 17, 2012 A new study suggests that people are less likely to perceive men as being depressed and in need of professional help, even when their symptoms are identical to women’s. “A lot of attention has […]
Unison in unison with Department of Health By Martin Bright, November 15, 2012 Follow The JC on Twitter Across the country, strikes are being organised in the heath service by public sector union Unison. Just this week, the union described plans to cut 50 per cent of nursing staff at NHS Direct as a “disaster”. […]
