Tracy Shelvey, who died days after a man accused of raping her was cleared, plunged to her death after staging Rochdale rooftop protest Tracy Shelvey was given inadequate support by agencies including the police, council and social and health services, the inquest heard. Photograph: PA Josh Halliday Tuesday 15 December 2015 A coroner has found […]
UPDATE: Richard Ayomanor, who was missing from a secure unit in Manchester has been now been found - police have said
Ayomanor, 38, was last seen on Saturday at Tesco in Cheetham Hill Sunday 13 Th December, 2015 By John Scheerhout Greater Manchester Police are hunting Richard Ayomanor, a missing registered sex offender. UPDATE: Richard Ayomanor, who was missing from a secure unit in Manchester has been now been found – police have said Police […]
Trust chiefs were grilled at a public meeting over shock plans to axe £1.5m in frontline services 9 th December. 2015 BY: JENNIFER WILLIAMS Manchester’s mental health trust bosses have faced the wrath of patients and trade unions at a stormy meeting on £1.5m in ‘cruel’ cuts to frontline services. Health chiefs were accused of […]
Public Meeting Prior to the meeting of Manchester City Councils Joint Scrutiny Committee. Manchester User’s Network {MUN} will gather on Wednesday 9th Dec to protest and to lobby council on behalf of the Services Users organisation ; which supports users and ex-users of psychiatric services in Manchester and provide a forum for users to have […]
Syria action must be matched with mental health funding for veterans, charity warns Sunday 6 Th December, 2015 Combat Stress warn that it is struggling to cope with the increase in demand from veterans, particularly those who served in Afghanistan and Iraq. Credit: PA Military action in Syria must be matched with urgent additional […]
YOUR SERVICE IS NEEDED SOS SAVE OUR SERVICES MEETING 8 Th December 1:30 pm Manchester City Council Joint Health & Scrutiny Committee Have Invited Manchester User’s Network (MUN) to attend a seminar to be held Wednesday 9th December at 10am in Committee Room 2, Level 2, Town Hall. The purpose of the seminar is to […]
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A further well-established fact is that in austere times, health commissioners tend to raid mental health budgets to plug the growing deficits in the acute hospital sector.
by Dr KailashChand In austere times, health commissioners tend to raid mental health budgets to plug the growing deficits in the acute hospital sector Mental health services form a crucial part of the NHS, and yet they have always been the poor relation in the health service. The Independent Mental Health Services Alliance has […]
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