Category Archives: mental health

The magic of pantomime has transformed a team of Norfolk care workers into stars

Care workers take to the stage in Goldilocks pantomime

Emma Knights Wednesday, February 20, 2013
8:30 AM

  Goldilocks and the Three Bears panto performed by a team from NorseCare at Poringland. Goldilocks, Helen King, with the three bears, played by Liz Lockwood, Charli Sauire, and Laura Pearson. Picture: Denise Bradley Goldilocks and the Three Bears panto performed by a team from NorseCare at Poringland. Goldilocks, Helen King, with the three bears, played by Liz Lockwood, Charli Sauire, and Laura Pearson. Picture: Denise Bradley

The magic of pantomime has transformed a team of Norfolk care workers into stars of the stage for a very special production of Goldilocks and the Three Bears.

 

And the team from NorseCare have shown they can put on a great show –oh yes they can! – with their version of the classic children’s story that they are taking on a tour of the county to entertain care home residents, their friends and family.

The cast and crew are made up of staff from different NorseCare care homes and the organisation’s head office.

NHS Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Cares

New mental health service for people in Cornwall

Friday, February 15, 2013

A new service has been set up to improve the mental health of people in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.

BeMe is part of a national network of services known as ‘Improving Access to Psychological Therapies’ (IAPT).

NHS Cornwall and Isles of Scilly approved the new provider after a formal commissioning process at the end of 2012.

Neill Richardson, BeMe’s clinical lead, said his team offered a range of services to people experiencing anxiety and depression.

500 jobs to go in mental health services – Norfolk and Suffolk – Where is the Care?

Suffolk and Norfolk mental health shake-up concerns

SMHP's chief executive Aidan Thomas Aidan Thomas, the chief executive of the trust, hopes change will improve the service

Concern has been raised over the pace of a major shake-up of mental health care in Suffolk and Norfolk.

Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust is looking to cut up to 500 staff as it tries to make savings of £40m.

The Trust told the Norfolk and Suffolk scrutiny panel, meeting to oversee plans, that the concerns were being addressed.

Panel chairman Alan Murray said members broadly backed the need for a reorganisation.

The new strategy includes addressing people at an earlier stage of their illness to try and avoid the need for care beds to be used.