It seems like common sense that the first place someone with a health problem is likely to turn for help is their GP, who is expected to deal with them in an appropriate manner. For people with mental health problems, however, this isn’t necessarily the case. According to the anti-stigma campaign Time to Change (TTC), many people experiencing mental distress arrive at the GP surgery to find that primary care professionals are ill-equipped to deal with their needs. Sometimes the sheer volume of work GPs must contend with means there aren’t the resources available. But often a lack of awareness and training about mental health issues means patients do not receive the care and attention they need.
Category Archives: mental health
Anti-stigma project helps GPs treat people with mental health problems
Time to Change hopes its model for raising awareness among primary care staff can be rolled out across the country
Time to Change has made headway in changing attitudes among clinicians and support staff.
Dementia beds set to be axed in Carlton Colville as part of mental health shake-up
Reducing the 12 beds and maybe staff
Anthony Carroll anthony.carroll@archant.co.uk
Thursday, May 23, 2013
11:41 AM
The mental health trust for Norfolk and Suffolk has launched an internal consultation into the future of acute dementia beds for elderly people in Great Yarmouth and Waveney.
Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust has announced it is looking at reducing the 12 beds at Carlton Court Hospital in Carlton Colville, near Lowestoft, and replacing them with dementia intensive support teams to provide care for more elderly people at their homes in the Waveney and Yarmouth areas.
It is believed the number of beds in the dementia ward could be cut to three and 31 staff could be affected.
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