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 […]
MindFreedom is a human rights organization with members worldwide. If you care about freedom and human dignity in the face of forced psychiatry, you’ve come to the right place. MindFreedom members unite to STOP human rights abuses in the mental health system. Welcome to the campaign for MindFreedom. Unlike most other mental […]
Former solicitor jailed for defrauding clients of almost £2m https://www.cps.gov.uk/cps/news/former-solicitor-jailed-defrauding-clients-almost-ps2m Solicitor jailed for stealing £84,000 from elderly clients https://www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/solicitor-jailed-for-stealing-84000-from-elderly-clients/5118647.article Ex-solicitor jailed for stealing £340,000 from client https://www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/ex-solicitor-jailed-for-stealing-340000-from-client/5112423.article Property solicitor stole funds, any advice? https://www.lemonfool.co.uk/viewtopic.php?t=39488#p595082 Crooked solicitor who stole £94,000 from elderly dementia-struck client and her own father is jailed for two years https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13039437/Crooked-solicitor-stole-94-000-elderly-dementia-struck-client-father-jailed-two-years-despite-trying-blame-wickedness-folly-love-starting-new-relationship.html Victims of […]
Government to introduce legal costs cap to support victims https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-to-introduce-legal-costs-cap-to-support-victims NHS faces huge clinical negligence legal fees bill https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-51180944 This article is more than 5 months old Whistleblowers sacked by NHS fear no change after Lucy Letby case https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/sep/01/whistleblowers-sacked-by-nhs-fear-no-change-after-lucy-letby-case ‘The NHS sold out its staff’: Doctors whose lives were devastated by long COVID to sue health […]
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 […]