THE NHS IS NOT FOR SALE ! KEEP THE NHS PUBLIC AS DESIGNED AFTER TWO WORLD WARS!

THE NHS IS NOT FOR SALE ! KEEP THE NHS PUBLIC AS DESIGNED AFTER TWO WORLD WARS!

NHS NOT FOR SALE ! The new Government Health and Social Care Act means Commis-sioning Groups (CCG‟s) made up mainly of GP‟s are now given the money to buy our local health services. They have to offer contracts to private health care providers as well as the NHS. When will this happen? It is happening […]

Your Rights Explained To Have A Mental Health Advocate To Help You!

Your Rights Explained To Have A Mental Health Advocate To Help You!

AN ADVOCACY PROJECT DIFFERENT KINDS OF ADVOCACY! (Patient choice and different advocacy complement each other). Compiled by Manchester Users’ Network. What kind of advocacy do Mental Health Service Users Need? There are different and diverse communities, groups and individuals and only different kinds of advocacy can meet Mental Health Service Users needs. Commissioners need to […]

National Survivor User Network [NSUN] held AGM in Salford !

National Survivor User Network [NSUN] held AGM in Salford !

October 26th 2012 NSUN members have said NHS and council cuts, poor consultation and benefit changes are combining making the lives of people with mental health conditions harder. Although the charity’s second annual conference discussed these problems we also heard that by working together and convincing politicians, health professionals and those who commission them to […]

Linseed Can Help More Than Your Cricket Bat :

Linseed Can Help More Than Your Cricket Bat :

What can transform someone from being diagnosed with bipolar disorder and chronic fatigue syndrome to a state of total mental and physical wellbeing? As James Boschman discovered, omega-3 fatty acids can work those wonders and more. Within three weeks of incorporating flax seed — the highest known vegetable source of omega-3s — into his diet, he was sleeping normally and, in his words, “not crazy anymore,” as the omega-3 fatty acids leveled out the wild fluctuations in his brain.

The sick left to perish by new UK benefit rules

The UK government is said to be considering removing the right of appeal for people denied social security benefits. The implications of this are horrific.

The sick left to perish by new UK benefit rules

  The UK government is said to be considering removing the right of appeal for people denied social security benefits. The implications of this are horrific. Thursday 12 May 2011 Tags: GOVERNMENT, BENEFITS, UK   It is a scenario we should all dread, for whatever your circumstances today, nobody can predict tomorrow. Rumours are rife […]

The Right Hon Tony Lloyd House of Commons Justice Debate:- EDALE HOUSE

The Right Hon Tony Lloyd House of Commons Justice Debate:- EDALE HOUSE

On Tuesday in the House of Commons Mr Tony Lloyd MP Ask questions about Edale House Closing

It is a great pleasure to follow Mr Evennett, who takes great pride in his suburb. In the same way, people in Manchester have enormous pride in what our city is all about. That is why I wanted to raise two important local issues today. First, the Edale unit, which is a secure mental health unit, is currently located in the central Manchester hospital. Manchester Mental Health and Social Care trust specifically had the unit designed only a few years ago as part of a private finance initiative in that hospital. The strategic health authority gifted the trust some £16 million for the project, but only four years on, the trust has decided that it wants to abandon the unit and move its facilities elsewhere. The trust proposes to move the unit to Park House—the site of the North Manchester hospital. By all accounts, that decision is perplexing.

THE SUM OF £3.9 Billion REQUIRES ALL USERS TO ASK QUESTIONS

THE SUM OF £3.9 Billion REQUIRES ALL USERS TO ASK QUESTIONS

Mental Health Services: Hospital Beds Below was given in Written answers in The House of Commons on Thursday 20th November 2008, the amount for Mental Health Trust’s belonging to the NHS to give dignity to its patients seems an amount of monies to be a sum which needs every MP and especially our Manchester MP’s […]

Fish oil and Stress & Eicosapentaenoic Acid [EPA] !

Fish oil and Stress & Eicosapentaenoic Acid [EPA]  !

It is well known that stress can potentially have a negative effect on both physical and mental health, but recent research conducted by the University of Valencia in Spain indicates that high-grade ethyl-epa fish oil could possibly prevent some of the adverse effects associated with chronic or prolonged stress. Ethyl-epa is a concentrated and purified form of the Omega 3 essential fatty acid Eicosapentaenoic acid or EPA. Researchers found that ethyl-epa helps transport the stress hormone cortisol through the blood brain barrier. This indicates that ethyl-epa fish oil could help cortisol to return to normal levels, which is important when we consider that during periods of prolonged stress, cortisol levels can remain very high and pose a significant risk to health.

Signed Books Giveaway! Comment and Win! books signed by Tony Benn

Signed Books Giveaway! Comment and Win! books signed by Tony Benn

BOOK ONE: “More Time for Politics” is the publication of Tonys Diaries from 2001-2007 and is signed by Tony Benn ‘To the patients of Park House’

BOOK TWO “Dare to Be a Daniel Tony Benn, Then and Now” and Signed By Tony Benn with the words in Tonys own handwriting ‘For the support of Karen Reissmann’

It’s a beautiful written book about Tonys life and times and will be a historical collection piece for when the story is told about Karen’s own heroic stand for the patients of Manchester, it would make a wonderful present at Christmas for anyone who is interested in politics.

Tony Benn Former HM.Gov Minister and Man of the People

Tony Benn Former HM.Gov Minister and Man of the People

“Manchester Users Network has the support of Mr Tony Benn ‘Pensioner’
Once labelled part of the ‘Looney Left’, today, the former Rt Hon Mr Tony Benn MP (Rtd) is today seen as one the world’s greatest champion fighters for the causes he represents. When Mr Benn speaks introducing himself as Mr Tony Benn ‘PENSIONER’ his audiences are silent and cling to each and every word the master Parliamentarian utters, it is a pleasure just to watch his audiences many with different and intriguing expressions, their faces both young and old light up with sincere respect for this ageless and tireless former world war two fighter pilot. Even today the young have great respect for Mr Benn some of them describing him as “ the man who keeps to his principles” .