Published 9:01 am, Wednesday, May 24, 2017 Image 1of/1 CaptionClose Image 1 of 1 Access to mental health care may be just a virtual visit away 1 / 1 Back to Gallery (BPT) - Mental health disorders impact thousands of people every day, including many of our friends, neighbors and co-workers. Everyone reading this likely knows someone struggling with mental illness and is aware of the toll it can take on individuals, families and communities. Mental health challenges do not discriminate — they affect people from all walks of life regardless of age, gender, ethnicity and socioeconomic level. While stress, anxiety, depression and other mental health disorders impact an estimated 43 million adults nationwide each year, the World Health Organization reports that only about one in four people with a diagnosed disorder is likely to pursue treatment. Unfortunately, barriers prevent people from getting the mental health care they may need. The … [Read more...] about Access to mental health care may be just a virtual visit away
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Redbridge’s mental health trust nominated for two national healthcare awards
PUBLISHED: 13:00 27 November 2017 Aaron Walawalkar Nurse Consultant Geraldine Rodgers collects award for Significant 7 at Cavell Nures Trust awards 2017. Photo: NELFT Archant Redbridge’s mental health trust is in the running to win two national healthcare awards. The North East London Foundation Trust, based in Goodmayes Hospital, is hoping to scoop the awards in two categories - “Healthcare IT” and “Patient Safety.” The Health Business Awards recognise the contributions of organisations and individuals working inside and alongside the NHS across 19 categories, focusing on facilities, specialism and innovation. The former award nomination, sponsored by tech company Fujitsu, recognises NELFT’s MyMind app, aimed at improving adolescent mental health care. The app directs users to approved advice and support and enables them to manage their recovery journey with appointment reminders and access to care plans, and has video messaging … [Read more...] about Redbridge’s mental health trust nominated for two national healthcare awards
Mental health event helping to find a job is being staged at Whitechapel’s Brady arts centre
PUBLISHED: 16:55 22 February 2018 | UPDATED: 18:10 22 February 2018 Mike Brooke Inspire mental health consortium plans employment event at Whitechapel's Brady arts centre. Picture: Anthony Hurren Anthony Hurren Photography http://www.anthonyhurren.com People who have gone through mental illness are telling their story at a Whitechapel employment event about their “journey back into work”. Their examples are among presentations at the Brady arts centre on March 5 by those who have experienced mental issues, explaining their journey of recovery. Another presentation by the Department of Works and Pensions aims to “tackle the myths around universal credit”. The event staged by Inspire, a consortium of eight organisations commissioned by Tower Hamlets Council to run the East End’s recovery and wellbeing services, wants feedback from the public. “The best services are those that consult and involve people,” the consortium’s Charlotte … [Read more...] about Mental health event helping to find a job is being staged at Whitechapel’s Brady arts centre
Suffolk leaders demand mental health overhaul amid bed closures
Sandy Martin (Labour MP for Ipswich). Picture: HOUSE OF COMMONS Archant Ipswich MP Sandy Martin has called for managers of the region’s mental health trust to be replaced after news emerged about vital bed closures. Dr Dan Poulter has called an adjournment debate on Suffolk's mental health crisis. Picture: SARAH LUCY BROWN Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (NSFT) announced last week that it was having to shut 36 beds due to lack of staffing and urgent building maintenance. The trust will close Suffolk’s only psychiatric intensive care beds at the Woodlands unit in Ipswich on Friday until workforce problems can be resolved. Campaigners say this move will increase pressure on the resources in Norfolk and is likely to see vulnerable patients sent out of area for care. Julie Cave, outgoing NSFT chief executive, said there were 9.5 full-time nursing vacancies on the Lark Ward. The Woodlands mental health unit in Ipswich, where the closing Lark Ward is based. … [Read more...] about Suffolk leaders demand mental health overhaul amid bed closures
Mental health trust boss says 36 beds closed since autumn were necessary for patient safety
PUBLISHED: 16:28 29 March 2018 | UPDATED: 16:28 29 March 2018 Julie Cave, Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (NSFT) chief executive. Photo: NSFT NSFT Staffing levels and unsafe environments were among the reasons for the closure of 36 beds at the region’s beleaguered mental health trust over the last few months, it can be revealed. Speaking at Norfolk and Suffolk Foundation Trust’s (NSFT) board of directors meeting today, the organisation’s outgoing chief executive Julie Cave assured the public staff and patient safety were at the heart of the bed closures. But she revealed there had been 36 beds lost since the autumn - 28 of which were temporary. The latest closures came yesterday when it was announced Lark Ward - a psychiatric intensive care unit (PICU) at Woodlands, based at Ipswich Hospital - would close from April 6 due to staff shortages. The number of beds available on the ward had already been reduced from 10 to seven in October. Other temporary … [Read more...] about Mental health trust boss says 36 beds closed since autumn were necessary for patient safety