Call for review to have statutory powers to make witnesses give evidence after only 11 of 14,000 come forwar Bereaved relatives have said an independent inquiry into the death of almost 2,000 mental health patients across NHS trusts in Essex is not “fit for purpose” in the absence of legal powers to compel witnesses to give evidence.Continue reading “Essex mental health inquiry pointless without legal powers, say families”
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Soteria Network AGM with Special Guests
Saturday, 13 May 2023 12:00 – 16:00 Birchcliffe Centre, Birchcliffe Road, Hebden Bridge, HX7 8DG If Only There’d Been A Soteria House – Stories of Struggle, Hope and Survival – A Day to Advance Our Cause with Horatio Clare, Tanya Frank and Rufus May Book your place on Eventbrite here The Soteria Network is anContinue reading “Soteria Network AGM with Special Guests”
“Do it for Dan” Long Distance Walk : Jeff Evans Fundraiser for CHARM
Support Jeff as he commences his long distance walk along the length of the pilgrim route, Camino Frances (from St. Pied de Port in France to Compestela, Spain) to raise funds for CHARM from the 1st April until Early May You can support Jeff and CHARM by sponsoring his fundraising walk at JustGiving here WeContinue reading ““Do it for Dan” Long Distance Walk : Jeff Evans Fundraiser for CHARM”
Children’s mental health service in Wigan ‘struggling with staffing’
Mental health services for children and young people are struggling with recruiting and maintaining staff in Wigan, a meeting heard. Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAHMS) in the borough was taken over by Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust back in 2021 and they are now operating out of a base on ManchesterContinue reading “Children’s mental health service in Wigan ‘struggling with staffing’”
Edenfield Centre: Patients and staff put at risk, report finds
An NHS mental health trust exposed in an undercover BBC report on patient abuse put those in its care and staff at “undue risk”, a review has found. Panorama found a “toxic culture of humiliation, verbal abuse and bullying” at the Edenfield Centre in Prestwich near Manchester last year. The Good Governance Institute (GGI) found pivotalContinue reading “Edenfield Centre: Patients and staff put at risk, report finds”
‘I feel the most stable’: supported housing for people with mental illness in Bolton
A case study from Bolton at Home shows how housing associations can support young people with severe mental illness and avoid inpatient re-admittance. Many housing associations are working in partnership with healthcare providers and we believe that every decision about care should be a decision about housing. Bolton at Home provides both housing and supportContinue reading “‘I feel the most stable’: supported housing for people with mental illness in Bolton”
NHS England accused of ‘massive betrayal’ over police-led SIM scheme
A policy to protect patients from a controversial scheme has been indefinitely delayed. The SIM scheme sees police embedded in clinical teams to help manage patients who persistently call emergency services A policy to protect patients from the controversial SIM scheme has been indefinitely delayed NHS England has been accused by campaigners of a “massiveContinue reading “NHS England accused of ‘massive betrayal’ over police-led SIM scheme”
Launch event for SUSTAIN: Managing hunger side-effects of antipsychotics
Friday, 31 March 2023, 13:00 – 14:30 BST, Online This study aims to co-develop (with service-users, carers, and mental health professionals), a feasible and acceptable non-pharmacological (non-medication) support package to enhance self-management of antipsychotic-induced hunger. In 2015, as part of the NIHR CLAHRC GM funding award, the team ran a research prioritisation event with service users,Continue reading “Launch event for SUSTAIN: Managing hunger side-effects of antipsychotics”
Is it Safe? Justice in Care and CHARM Meeting
An open discussion led by CHARM (Manchester) about the campaign to tacklefailings and abuse in hospital and community based mental health services inManchester. Online on Saturday 18th March 2023 book here
CQC tells Manchester mental health trust to make further improvement
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has told Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust it must make improvements following an inspection of their community-based mental health services for people of working age in October. Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust provides community mental health services for adults of a working age to people fromContinue reading “CQC tells Manchester mental health trust to make further improvement”
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