Ruth Hartman Newly Qualified Occupational Therapist 1.30pm, Wednesday 28th August 2013.

Ruth Hartman Newly Qualified Occupational Therapist 1.30pm, Wednesday 28th August 2013.

Meeting What do Modern Occupational Therapists do in Mental Health? Invited & Welcomed, Ruth Hartman Newly Qualified Occupational Therapist Held in Recovery Education, Room 1. (Where Mainway was). Park House Hospital. 1.30pm, Wednesday 28th August 2013. Ruth, also was a young Mental Health Carer and attended meetings to improve services for her parents and others. […]

Manchester Users Network Will Hold A Meeting On Wednesday, 14 Th August, 2013 at 1:30 pm

Manchester Users Network Will Hold A Meeting On Wednesday, 14 Th August, 2013 at 1:30 pm

The Next patient meeting will be at 1:30pm prompt Wednesday 14 Th August, 2013 Manchester Users Network (MUN) will meet on Wednesday 14 Th August, 2013 at the offices of MUN. As part of “It Is Time To Be Heard” campaign. It will be an occasion to allow feedback from this campaign. A published agenda […]

Bedroom Tax: Man yells ‘I’m sick of this s**t’ before cutting throat !

Bedroom Tax: Man yells ‘I’m sick of this s**t’ before cutting throat !

Bedroom Tax: Man yells ‘I’m sick of this s**t’ before cutting throat in horrifying benefits office protest 26 Jul 2013 12:40 Witnesses say the middle-aged man sliced his throat from ear-to-ear with a knife as he spoke to an adviser A Bedroom Tax victim yelled “I’m sick of all this s**t” before cutting his throat […]

When A Poster Says A Thousand Words A Government Needs To Listen “It Is Time To Be Heard”

When A Poster Says A Thousand Words A Government Needs To Listen “It Is Time To Be Heard”

Our Aims: To support users and ex-users of psychiatric services in Manchester and provide a forum for users to have a bona fide say in planning and provision of mental health services.

Our office is based in Park house (North Manchester general hospital)

“Samaritans called in to train housing staff as levy sparks suicide attempts”

“Samaritans called in to train housing staff as levy sparks suicide attempts”

Bedroom tax: Samaritans called in to train housing staff as levy sparks suicide attempts 21 Jul 2013 Demand for training sessions with experts from the emotional support charity has shot up 48% in the past three months, the Sunday People reports. Housing chiefs are calling in Samaritans as the Bedroom Tax pushes more tenants to […]

MUN SAY NO TO IDS & His Wicked Bedroom Tax On Our Service Users!

MUN SAY NO TO IDS & His  Wicked Bedroom Tax On Our Service Users!

Greater Manchester Against The Bedroom Tax NO BEDROOM TAX FEDERATION RALLY and CONFERENCE 1pm – 4pm Sat 20th July Friends Meeting House, Mount St, M2 5NS We are out to Axe the Bedroom Tax. We need to build a bigger, better organised movement that is larger, broader, stronger, more determined, and more effective. That is […]

“Karen has always been a champion of her clients.”

“Karen has always been a champion of her clients.”

“Karen has always been a champion of her clients.”

Karen Reissmann, community nurse and UNISON activist, was sacked by Manchester Mental Health and Social Care Trust in 2007. She was sacked for speaking out about cuts and the effect of privatisation.

Mental Health Nurses Struck Off !

Mental Health Nurses Struck Off !

Edale House nurses struck off over patient death 9 TH April 2013 Two nurses have been struck off after a patient was found dead outside a mental health unit in Manchester. Peter Thompson, 41, was refused entry to Edale House on Hathersage Road, where he was a patient, on 3 April 2010 as he had […]

Vice Chair :“We definitely feel this report justifies our concerns about Edale House closing.

Vice Chair :“We definitely feel this report justifies our concerns about Edale House closing.

Inspectors found life-saving equipment was kept locked away on a mental health unit.
Newly-designed wards at Park House, in Crumpsall, were judged below standard and unsuitable, an inspection by the Care Quality Commission found.
Care Quality Commission inspectors found defibrillators were locked away – meaning someone suffering a heart-attack could die before a staff member with the key was found.