Manchester’s mental health services are in crisis – the human cost of the cuts revealed

By manchesterusersnetwork on 21st December 2015   “It’s Time to Be Heard”, Breaking News..., chief executive, Combat Stress, Edale Inquest, Featured News, Featured News 2, Lead Article, Manchester Central CCG, Manchester Mental Health & Social Care Trust, Mental Health, mental health trust, Michele Moran, MUN and TUC, North Manchester CCG, Salford Cuts, South Manchester CCG, Welfare rights  

Special report By: Manchester Evening News Journalist Jennifer Williams: We went to find what it's really like living with mental health issues in Manchester and found services are at crisis point

BY: JENNIFER WILLIAMS Mental health patient John Byron Nothing about John Byron says ‘sometimes I very nearly kill myself’. But every now and then when life becomes too much, he ends up ‘curled up on the floor screaming and shouting’ on the brink of harming himself. When this happens John, aged 49 and a chronic […]