David Marsden’s family have slammed mental health care workers for his ‘dehumanising’ treatment on a ward at a hospital he once worked at Desperate mum Fiona tried to help her son as he was seen numerous times by his GP, A&E at Stepping Hill Hospital, as an outpatient with a psychiatrist and by the communityContinue reading “Young man, 22, began struggle with insomnia on holiday and was dead within months, inquest hears”
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Grandad desperate for help took his own life after being passed from ‘pillar to post’ by Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust
Inquest heard man left ‘very upset’ when he learned from his GP, just a few days before he took his own life, that he had been discharged by the mental health team. Manchester Evening News, 15th June 2021 Steven Myers, 49, from Wythenshawe, was found dead in room 222 at The Amblehurst Hotel in SaleContinue reading “Grandad desperate for help took his own life after being passed from ‘pillar to post’ by Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust”
Death could have been prevented: Greater Manchester’s mental health trust ‘lost oversight’
A heartbroken mum says she feels her daughter’s death could have been prevented if she had received the mental health treatment she desperately needed. Olivia Garvey was found ‘collapsed and unresponsive’ at the White Lodge Hotel, in Salford, last September – six months after her last involvement with mental health services. An inquest into the 24-year-old’sContinue reading “Death could have been prevented: Greater Manchester’s mental health trust ‘lost oversight’”
Bed occupancy levels at Greater Manchester Mental Health Trust continue to exceed full capacity.”
Papers discussed by Greater Manchester Mental Health Trust’s board show that whilst demand for services dropped during the pandemic, community mental health services then saw a 26pc increase on pre-Covid levels in March – ‘suppressed demand that is now coming through’. Trafford clinical commissioning group noted a similar pattern. “Referrals to specialist child and adolescentContinue reading “Bed occupancy levels at Greater Manchester Mental Health Trust continue to exceed full capacity.””
The £1.8m project helping Salford patients feel at home again after hospital care
Salford patients delayed on hospital wards are being helped to return to the community with a fresh start in a new home as part of a £1.8 million project. Progressive landlord ForHousing has joined forces with Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation to tackle the long delays in people being discharged due to a lack ofContinue reading “The £1.8m project helping Salford patients feel at home again after hospital care”
Children six times more likely to be restrained than adults
Children in mental health units are almost six times more likely to be restrained compared to adults, according to the findings of an unpublished NHS England review. Several sources who have been briefed, during presentations, on the unpublished review of inpatient child and adolescent mental health services undertaken by NHS England’s Getting it Right FirstContinue reading “Children six times more likely to be restrained than adults”
Build Back Fairer in Greater Manchester: Health Equity and Dignified Lives
Commissioned by the Greater Manchester Health and Social Care Partnership this review, ‘Build Back Fairer in Greater Manchester: Health Equity and Dignified Lives’, includes bold and ambitious recommendations on how to reduce health inequities and build back fairer from the COVID-19 pandemic for future generations. A new Framework is part of the review and comes as life expectancy falls for everyone across the UK, and health inequities widen, atContinue reading “Build Back Fairer in Greater Manchester: Health Equity and Dignified Lives”
“Prescripticide”
From the International Society for Ethical Psychology and Psychiatry: This video challenges one of the most popular beliefs: That mental suffering is a disease that requires corrective treatment through chemical intervention. ISEPP More specifically, this 12-minute short film, ‘Prescripticide,’ is co-sponsored by the International Society for Ethical Psychology and Psychiatry (ISEPP) and the Coalition Against MedicalizedContinue reading ““Prescripticide””
Soteria Past, Present, and Future: The Evidence For This Model of Care
With Robert Whitaker (founder of Mad in America) Saturday, July 17, 2021 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM BST This is a free event, for further information and to register go here About this event Robert Whitaker is an American journalist and author, writing primarily about medicine, science, and history. He is the author of fiveContinue reading “Soteria Past, Present, and Future: The Evidence For This Model of Care”
Open Dialogue for Psychosis: Book Launch and Conference
Organising Mental Health Services to Prioritise Dialogue, Relationship and Meaning On 30 July 2021, Routledge will be publishing the book Open Dialogue for Psychosis – Organising Mental Health Services to Prioritise Dialogue, Relationship and Meaning. This is the first international book on the Open Dialogue approach, with 47 chapters written by people engaged in/developing the approach inContinue reading “Open Dialogue for Psychosis: Book Launch and Conference”
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