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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]