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MPs discuss mental health problems in emotional Commons debate
A Tory MP disclosed she suffered suicidal feelings after having a baby as a series of MPs spoke today of their personal battles with mental illness in an emotional Commons debate.
The Conservative Dr Sarah Wollaston, a GP, said she had experienced “severe” post-natal depression at what should have been the “happiest time of my life”.
She said: “I know what it’s like and I’m sure there are many other MPs who will know exactly what it feels like to feel that your family would genuinely be better off with you and to experience the paralysis that can come with severe depression.”
Report from the Hardest Hit North-East Conference
Cuts are costing us our independence, disabled people in Newcastle tell Government
Over 200 disabled people, carers and disability campaigners gathered at Newcastle Civic Centre on Friday 1 June to discuss the impact of government cuts on disabled and older people. The conference comes after a march and rally last October which was the largest of a series across the country with over a 1000 people taking part.
Biggest mental health trust at mercy of worried doctors
The first major casualty of controversial NHS reforms, which give doctors the power to commission services, looks set to be the end of the West’s biggest mental health organisation, it emerged yesterday
Doctors in both Bristol and in Wiltshire are looking into the possibility of scrapping an agreement with the troubled Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership (AWP) and ‘re-tendering’ the job of looking after mentally-ill patients in their individual areas.
