Mental health bosses can’t say whether disgusting patient abuse uncovered in Greater Manchester hospital is still happening
Some staff were filmed by an undercover Panorama reporter embedded in the unit, the footage appeared to show patients being bullied, humiliated, swore at and tauntedMental health bosses could not say whether the kind of abuse uncovered in one in-patient psychiatric facility is still happening across Greater Manchester’s mental health services. Manchester Evening News, 22 […]
Latest dehumanising failure of our most vulnerable as more than HALF of Manchester mental health patients not being read rights
Manchester leaders have again slammed the failing mental health trust after months of promised improvements – to little avail Manchester Evening News, 21/12/2023 More than half of Manchester mental health patients are not being read their rights within two weeks of being sectioned. Just 47 per cent of patients in south Manchester and only 41 […]
Greater Manchester Mental Health Trust apology after Horwich death
The Bolton News, 14th December 2023 A 75-year-old man with depression was discovered dead after the NHS Trust responsible for his treatment missed up to five visits. There was “no continuity of care”. Robert Leigh, from Horwich, was discovered dead at his home this year in what coroner Professor Dr Alan Walsh ruled as a […]
Nearly a third of staff absences in the Greater Manchester Mental Health Trust are stress-related
Nearly a third of staff absences in the Greater Manchester Mental Health Trust over the past year were stress-related, new figures show. Source: Manchester World, 1/12/2023 Health think tank The King’s Fund said staff shortages across the NHS must be addressed to ease stress and heavy workloads. NHS Digital figures show there were roughly 48,500 […]
Almost 15,000 Manchester children in contact with mental health services
Almost 15,000 children in Manchester were in contact with mental health services in the year to September, new figures show. Source: Manchester World, 4/12/2023 Almost 15,000 children in Manchester were in contact with mental health services in the year to September, new figures show. It comes as more children than ever accessed mental health services […]
“Deterioration instead of progress”: Greater Manchester’s failing mental health system more than a year on from abuse bombshell
Key areas for improvement like ‘ligature risk management’, ‘safeguarding’, and ‘sexual safety’ have been classed as ‘deteriorating’ Source: Manchester Evening News, 3/12/2023 More than a year on from shocking revelations that patients were being abused by staff at Greater Manchester’s troubled mental health system – and numerous pledges of progress – half the improvements the […]
