CHARM calls for Audit of Mental Health Deaths in Greater Manchester
Given the Lampard Inquiry in Essex into unexpected deaths in mental health services and research by campaigners in Norfolk and Suffolk into similar deaths CHARM have decided to initiate research of Prevention of Future Deaths reports by coroners in Greater Manchester. We are currently calling upon Greater Manchester Integrated Care Partnership to commission a professional […]
Manchester Safer Staffing Strike
The three Manchester Early Intervention in Psychosis teams have recently held a ballot, with our Unison and Unite members voting overwhelmingly in favour of industrial action. They will hold the first strike day on Wednesday the 16th of October at the Headquarters of GMMH CHARM fully supports the strike and will be present at the […]
CHARM supports Early Intervention Teams in Manchester decision to strike over concerns for patient safety due to understaffing
CHARM whole heartedly supports the strike to be held on 16th October. At our October monthly Society Meeting we were addressed by representative from the Trade Unions as to the necessity of striking over the appalling state of mental health services in Manchester. The meeting unanimously supported the action to be taken by the Early […]
Charlie Millers inquest: Son’s mental health support was a mess – mum
Source: BBC News, 8 April 2024 The mother of a teenager who took his own life while he was a patient at a secure mental health hospital has told an inquest his support “was a mess”. Charlie Millers, 17, was a patient at Greater Manchester Mental Health Trust’s Prestwich Hospital in 2020. His mother told […]
Teen Charlie Millers died after treatment on short-staffed mental health ward, inquest told
There was a ‘big challenge with staff retention’, said a mental health nurse working for GMMH at the time of Charlie’s death‘, Manchester Evening News, 17 April 2024 The mental health ward where Charlie Millers suffered a fatal injury struggled with short staffing, an inquest has heard. However, staff taking care of Charlie before his […]
Madeline Hughes needed help, but nobody picked up the phone
A personal trainer with a history of mental health problems took her own life following a series of unanswered calls to a helpline, an inquest heard. Madeline Hughes, 34, suffered catastrophic fatal injuries after deliberately walking into the path of a train. Assistant coroner Paul Appleton found there were ‘missed opportunities’ in Ms Hughes’ care. […]
