Labour Health Secretary Aneurin Bevan founded the organisation in 1948
The NHS brought doctors, nurses, pharmacists, opticians, dentists and hospitals together for the first time
It was the first time health services were free for all at the point of delivery
Good Sir Richard Leese went out
On the feast of Stephen
When the snow lay round about
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CARDS, CAROLS AND ELVES TO SAVE GREATER MANCHESTER NHS Last Christmas we had an NHS And the very next year We gave it away…and sometimes to no-one special…’ Save the NHS campaigners were out at the Albert Square Christmas Market in Manchester today, singing festive songs and carols with suitably changed lyrics, much […]
NHS Improvement (NHSI) has now approved the proposed merger between the financially struggling Manchester Mental Health and Social Care Trust (MMHSCT) and Greater Manchester West Mental Health NHS FT (GMWMHFT), with the merger to take effect in the New Year. The pair will join together to form a new single trust, Greater Manchester Mental […]
Thomas Szasz: Does mental illness exist? A conversation with Thomas Szasz. Filmed at the Centre of Excellence in Interdisciplinary Mental Health where he discusses ‘does mental illness exist? “If you talk to God, you are praying; If God talks to you, you have schizophrenia.”–Thomas S. Szasz. Wednesday 10 Th September, 2014 Thomas S. Szasz received […]
PLANS are being developed to allow people with mental health issues to be cared for in Bolton instead of being placed as far away as Birmingham. The town could be home to a ‘locked’ rehabilitation unit after proposals were put before the Bolton Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) last week. Barry Silvert, clinical director of commissioning, […]
Here’s what patients, trade unionists, politicians, commissioners and mental health workers are saying about yesterday’s decision
When revealed the plans back in October they prompted a public outcry. But despite a public consultation finding people massively against the move – and warnings that it will cost lives – the trust has pushed ahead with the cut, arguing it doesn’t have enough money to balance its books otherwise. Patients, trade unions, politicians […]
The city's mental health trust is expected to axe £1.5m in services this morning. Here's why all of us should be outraged
BY: Jennifer Williams When cuts have gone on this long, there is a danger they can start to look a bit samey, to barely pass as news. A million from this service. Two million from that. This council has shrunk by this percent. This other public body is about to fall over. But there are […]
It’s time for proper training for GPs and teachers, a new funding model and nationwide awareness of the issue
BY: NICK CLEGG Royal touch: the Duchess of Cambridge meets headteachers in Scotland to discuss mental health in schools Andrew Milligan – WPA Pool/Getty Images Eight years ago, when I became leader of the Liberal Democrats, I used one of my first opportunities at Prime Minister’s Questions to ask Gordon Brown about mental health services. The […]
Public Meeting Prior to the meeting of Manchester City Councils Joint Scrutiny Committee. Manchester User’s Network {MUN} will gather on Wednesday 9th Dec to protest and to lobby council on behalf of the Services Users organisation ; which supports users and ex-users of psychiatric services in Manchester and provide a forum for users to have […]
Nearly one in four areas of England has unacceptably high rates of early deaths among people with mental health problems, a report suggests.
The warning by independent experts funded by the Cabinet Office came after they looked at deaths before 75 in 2011-12 in more than 200 local areas.