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Does no one care what is happening to mental health services?
Mental health trust announces first redundancies in Norfolk
Adam Gretton, Health correspondent Thursday, April 18, 2013
1:49 PM
More than 40 mental health workers in Norfolk have been told they are being made redundant as part of a restructure of an NHS trust, it was announced today.
Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust said 41 members of staff, who work in Norwich and West Norfolk, had been issued with notices of redundancy following a consultation.
The mental health trust is planning to cut 502 out of 2,128 posts and 20pc of its inpatient beds by 2016 in order to balance its books.
Event in North Norfolk for people with disabilities – 23rd April
Equal Lives event in Cromer next week to discuss living with disabilities
Thursday, April 18, 2013
11:10 AM
Life for people with disabilities will be the subject of an open afternoon in Cromer next week.
The former Norfolk Coalition of Disabled People, which has just re-launched itself under the name Equal Lives, is holding the event in Cromer Parish Hall on Tuesday April 23 from 3pm-6pm.
The organisation is inviting people to come along and have their say on matters facing disabled people.
Dementia concern
UEA expert claims dementia checks for all over-75s would be a “disaster”
David Freezer Thursday, April 18, 2013
6:30 AM
Government plans to introduce dementia checks for all people aged over 75 would be a “disaster”, a local health expert has claimed.
Dr Chris Fox from UEA’s Norwich Medical School is calling for dementia screening to not go ahead.
The former NHS consultant will speak out at the TEDMEDLive healthcare conference in Bristol today and say the stigma and anxiety caused by being diagnosed with early signs of dementia would greatly outweigh any benefits.
