Young people in distress who are treated by paramedics or A&E staff are not being recorded in England’s health statistics Thousands of patients are being omitted from official health statistics because they are not seen by hospitals or GPs, according to a groundbreaking study of ambulance data in England. More than a third of people who […]
https://www.gbnews.com/news/nhs-bosses-destroying-careers-whistleblowers-speak-out-patient-safety WATCH: Jacob Rees Mogg on NHS sentimentality and hysteria https://www.gbnews.com/opinion/jacob-rees-mogg-tories-nhs-reforms GB News By George Bunn One medic has dubbed it ‘the biggest scandal within our country A group of medics has warned that NHS whistleblowers are having their careers ruined by managers. More than 50 doctors and nurses have said they have been targeted after raising concerns […]
A high proportion of these women may have experienced traumatic events involving physical assault or some loss of power or control. That hospital staff understand this is a matter of life and death When the psychiatrist first told me that I had been detained under section two of the Mental Health Act, I struggled to […]
A LARGE GROUP ANALYTIC PERSPECTIVE Dr N Yoganathan & Dr J Willis It is more than 60 years since the World Health Organisation defined health as a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.(WHO 1948) The description is important as it reminds us of […]
Being active is important for our mental health. But so many of us struggle to get enough exercise. We know there are many different reasons for this, so this Mental Health Awareness Week we want to help people to find moments for movement in their daily routines. Going for a walk in your neighbourhood, putting […]
Making and using visual and audio recordings of patients https://www.gmc-uk.org/professional-standards/professional-standards-for-doctors/making-and-using-visual-and-audio-recordings-of-patients/principles The above link may be of interest to those who like myself am not happy at hearing from Elizabeth that her thoughts and wishes have been ignored as regards being filmed. LPFT have assessed Elizabeth as having no capacity in capacity assessments that are highly […]
More than 3,500 online grooming crimes against children recorded by Police Scotland https://news.stv.tv/scotland/more-than-3500-online-grooming-crimes-against-children-recorded-by-police-scotland https://www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk/child-protection/392-children-protection-news/56500-ministers-to-amend-criminal-justice-bill-to-introduce-mandatory-reporting-of-child-sexual-abuse The Government is to amend the Criminal Justice Bill to make it a legal requirement for anyone in regulated activity relating to children in England, including teachers or healthcare professionals, to report it if they know a child is being […]
Violence against children and adolescents by nursing staff: prevalence rates and implications for practice https://capmh.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13034-020-00350-6 Whistleblowers claim children ‘seriously harmed’ at scandal-hit mental health hospitals https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/mental-health-abuse-children-huntercombe-b2270448.html Systemic abuse’ at children’s hospitals revealed https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/mental-health-abuse-hospital-b2204922.html Victims of doctor who used ‘truth serum’ drug to paralyse and rape at least 130 children as young as ten […]
The UK’s largest mental health charity today publishes previously unseen data laying bare the full scale of the emergency in mental healthcare, with staff reporting 17,340 serious incidents in 12 months. The Care Quality Commission (CQC) figures shows mental healthcare staff across England reported an incident two times every hour[1] in the last year, where people […]
We’re paying £2bn a year to subsidise private mental health hospitals – that’s the cost of government negligence Tue 26 Apr 2022 07.00 BST Last summer, a young man – let’s call him Daniel – walked into a hospital A&E department in England and told doctors that he had schizophrenia. He had struggled with his […]