PUBLISHED: 18:24 08 April 2019 | UPDATED: 18:40 08 April 2019 The 21-year-old fashion photography student died in 2016 Picture: SUPPLIED BY FAMILY The family of a 21-year-old Ipswich fashion student have blasted a mental health trust’s response to a report aimed at preventing similar deaths. Henry Curtis-Williams died by suicide in 2016, coroner Sean Cummings concluded Picture: SUPPLIED BY ASHTONS LEGALPippa Travis-Williams and Stuart Curtis, the parents of Henry Curtis-Williams who died by suicide in 2016, said they are “extremely displeased” with the Norfolk and Suffolk Foundation Trust (NSFT)’s response to a coroner’s report recommending it takes action to prevent future deaths like their son’s.They are currently pursuing legal action against the trust, and claim Henry’s “lack of care” was nothing other than a “catalogue of fatal errors” made by NSFT.“The family are extremely displeased with the NSFT … [Read more...] about Family’s anger at mental health trust’s response to death of Henry, 21
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NHS Staff Survey: More than half of Norfolk NHS staff working extra hours as results are a mixed bag for trusts
PUBLISHED: 23:59 27 February 2019 | UPDATED: 00:08 28 February 2019 File photo of the NHS logo. Photo: Dominic Lipinski/PA Wire Archant More than half of NHS staff in Norfolk are working extra hours to help prop up the health service, it can be revealed. The data was released as part of the NHS Staff Survey, an annual questionnaire filled out by staff which ranges from topics of recommending trusts as places to work, to how often they witness mistakes or near misses.Released on Tuesday, some of Norfolk’s healthcare organisations scored well with their frontline staff while others took a battering in results compared to last year.At every trust more than 60pc of staff who filled in the survey said they worked extra hours.The highest number was at the East of England Ambulance Trust (EEAST) where 86pc of staff said they had worked extra, while the lowest proportion was 69pc of staff at the James Paget University Hospital in Gorleston (JPUH).The NHS survey co-ordination centre … [Read more...] about NHS Staff Survey: More than half of Norfolk NHS staff working extra hours as results are a mixed bag for trusts
NHS Staff Survey 2018: More than half of Norfolk NHS staff working extra hours as results are a mixed bag for trusts
PUBLISHED: 23:59 27 February 2019 | UPDATED: 23:59 27 February 2019 File photo of the NHS logo. Photo: Dominic Lipinski/PA Wire Archant More than half of NHS staff in Norfolk are working extra hours to help prop up the health service, it can be revealed. The data was released as part of the NHS Staff Survey, an annual questionnaire filled out by staff which ranges from topics of recommending trusts as places to work, to how often they witness mistakes or near misses.Released on Tuesday, some of Norfolk’s healthcare organisations scored well with their frontline staff while others took a battering in results compared to last year.At every trust more than 60pc of staff who filled in the survey said they worked extra hours.The highest number was at the East of England Ambulance Trust (EEAST) where 86pc of staff said they had worked extra, while the lowest proportion was 69pc of staff at the James Paget University Hospital in Gorleston (JPUH).The NHS survey co-ordination centre … [Read more...] about NHS Staff Survey 2018: More than half of Norfolk NHS staff working extra hours as results are a mixed bag for trusts
Three-way split of mental health trust could be on the cards
Video Dr Dan Poulter is speaking out about the Norfolk and Suffolk Foundation Trust Picture: HOUSE OF COMMONS Archant The troubled mental health trust in Suffolk and Norfolk could be split into three, we can reveal. The Suffolk MP penned a letter to Dr Paul Lelliott from the Care Quality Commission about his concerns Picture: PHILIP WOLMUTHBreaking up the Norfolk and Suffolk Foundation Trust (NSFT) into three smaller organisations is an option being actively discussed in crunch talks over its future attended by MPs and the health secretary, it has emerged.If this happens, it could be split into separate trusts for Norfolk, east Suffolk and west Suffolk.The possibility of dividing up the trust is among a number of options being looked at by health leaders – alongside special administration, which would see government officials parachuted in to help.However, the idea has concerned central Suffolk and north Ipswich MP Dr Dan Poulter, who penned a letter warning experts … [Read more...] about Three-way split of mental health trust could be on the cards
Brother slams Park Royal health unit for discharging man who then jumped infront of a train in Neasden
PUBLISHED: 16:24 11 December 2018 Nathalie Raffray Neasden Underground Station. Picture: Google Archant The brother of a troubled man who jumped in front of a train in Neasden has slammed a mental health unit for discharging him with no warning. Darrell Francis, 54, survived his suicide attempt at Neasden tube station on September 18 but lost a leg.His big brother Keith Francis has slammed Park Royal Mental Health Unit who wrote to him saying his brother was being detained but no word was sent that he was being discharged two weeks later.The 55-year-old, who lives in Aylands Close, Wembley, said: “If they had called me and said they were discharging him, I’d have said no, it’s too early, let him stay in there, and this wouldn’t have happened. “Now, when I ask them why they didn’t notify me, they just fob me off. I want the truth, that’s all.”In a letter sent to Mr Keith on September 7, seen by the Times, the … [Read more...] about Brother slams Park Royal health unit for discharging man who then jumped infront of a train in Neasden