Mental Health massive victory – for now – for Manchester Users Network and unions

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Now that there is to be yet another review of mental health services, we will need to continue the campaign to get the best mental health services which the people of Manchester deserve.

Mental Health massive victory – for now – for Manchester Users Network and unions

By: Caroline Bedale First Published: 15/07/2016 Just wanted to let you all know that we have won! At least for the time being, none of the 8 community based and specialist psychological services will be closed by Manchester Mental Health and Social Care Trust. The Manchester Users Network had helped a service user to take […]

‘Sacrificed to feed the beast’: North Manchester hospital ‘faces extinction’ under Tories’ ‘staggering’ NHS cuts

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“This is going to mean huge losses of services all across the board – and North Manchester General will face extinction as a general hospital.

‘Sacrificed to feed the beast’: North Manchester hospital ‘faces extinction’ under Tories’ ‘staggering’ NHS cuts

18 Jan 2016 – 01:21PM | By Emma Powys Maurice North Manchester General Hospital may face ‘extinction’ as the shocking scale of budget cuts proposed by the government’s Healthier Together programme becomes clear. NHS campaigners gathered in Manchester this weekend in a conference to protest against the cuts, claiming that the knock-on effects are likely to impact […]