“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.

A top NHS executive who earned £175,000 a year has resigned and retired :

A top NHS executive who earned £175,000 a year has resigned and retired :

£175k Pennine Care NHS boss quits before probe into him is completed 17 Jun 2013 By: Dan Thompson John Archer, the chief executive of Pennine Care mental health trust, was absent from work for five months while the probe was carried out and quit before it concluded. A top NHS executive who earned £175,000 a […]

MUN Next Meeting Will Be 1:30pm 5TH June 2013 (News & Information) Meeting !

MUN Next Meeting Will Be 1:30pm 5TH June 2013 (News & Information) Meeting !

MANCHESTER USERS NETWORK For good mental health attend the INFORMATION MEETING!! Big Changes! Important Information, rights & news for patients! Wednesday 5th June 2013.Time, 1.30pm. Held in the, USER’S OFFICE (Next door the Therapy Centre.) Park House Hospital. ALL PATIENTS WELCOME. ** “We need to support and help each other”. ** For further details Tel […]

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.

“struggling to plug a £5.8 million overspend in its Adults Services budget “

“struggling to plug a £5.8 million overspend in its Adults Services budget “

Care in crisis as council awaits more cuts Article published:December 2012 Cuts have left Manchester City Council struggling to plug a £5.8 million overspend in its Adults Services budget as needs rise across the city. Costs are surging due to a rise in the number of people who need care for learning disabilities, a report […]

“If this was the end of the shocking story it would be bad enough”

“If this was the end of the shocking story it would be bad enough”

SALFORD SUICIDE MAN TURNED AWAY BY MENTAL HEALTH TRUST AND ARRESTED! Star date: 7th November 2012 A Salford Star Exclusive MENTAL HEALTH HELL IN SALFORD: PART 1 A Salford man with a history of mental health and self harm problems was refused help by Greater Manchester West Mental Health Trust workers at Cromwell House in […]

Demonstration Against French Healthcare Compay ATOS !

Demonstration Against French Healthcare Compay ATOS !

1500 DISABLED PEOPLE DEAD FROM STARVATION, ILLNESS AND SUICIDE AFTER BEING DEEMED ‘FIT FOR WORK’ BETWEEN JANUARY AND AUGUST 2011 ATOS DON’T GIVE A TOSS! Time to fight back ! 31 May, 12pm: Protest march from Albert Square to ATOS “assessment” centre at Albert Bridge House 6 June, 7pm: Public Meeting at Friends’ Meeting House […]

ISRAELI EXPERT BANNED FROM MANCHESTER MENTAL HEALTH TRUST AS WORLD HEADLINES BRING RIDICULE TO THE TRUST ONCE AGAIN !

ISRAELI EXPERT BANNED FROM MANCHESTER MENTAL HEALTH TRUST AS WORLD HEADLINES BRING RIDICULE TO THE TRUST ONCE AGAIN !

U.K. union bars Israeli expert from conference on conflict resolution Wed, May 02, 2012 Iyyar 10, 5772 This Story By: Anshel Pfeffer LONDON – A master-class on conflict resolution that was set to be given by an Israeli lecturer in Manchester next week was canceled by the British National Health Service, after trade union members […]