Message from Jane Birkin (Outreach Officer)
02/12I thought I would just let you all know that we have begun our consultation on our draft equality strategy. We will be discussing this with the group in depth on Tuesday, however we want as many public views on this as possible to help shape our final document. I have added a link which should take you to our online su...read more>>
Reorganising mental health services into clusters doesn't make sense
02/12New diktat will turn those of us who use mental health services into commodities, and break up longstanding therapeutic relationships The first I heard about it was from a friend in the local park. As our dogs rushed around chasing squirrels up trees, she glanced at me in her slightly shifty "spook to spook" way then looked ba...read more>>
Labour scorns Cameron's 'happiness' agenda
02/12Shadow health secretary warns David Cameron against middle class aspirations at a time when people are struggling Andy Burnham, the shadow health secretary, says the government's goal of measuring happiness is in danger of promoting "middle-class" materialistic aspirations and ignoring the urgent need to help people cope ...read more>>
Survey of service receivers experience of CPA and Care Standards
02/12From Wendy Slater (CPA Manager, Derbyshire Healthcare NHS, Foundation Trust, Corporate Division): This year, as part of the audit of the Care Programme Approach and Care Standards, the Trust is sending out a survey to a randomly selected group of 200 mental health service receivers to ask for their experience of services. We would wel...read more>>