Tag Archives: mental health
Good Paid carers are hopelessly over-stretched because of council cutbacks
Dogs in kennels are treated better than many of Britain’s elderly
Last updated at 11:22 AM on 25th November 2011
This week the viewing public cried over the sentimental John Lewis Christmas shopping advert with a cute young boy.
Then that bruiser Ed Balls confessed the Antiques Roadshow makes him blub. On Sunday nights millions sob because their favourite star has been voted off The X Factor or Strictly Come Dancing.
But when it comes to real pain, no one seems to care. The truth is that in Britain in 2011, few shed any tears over the cruel way the elderly are treated in this country. A new and shocking report by the Equality and Human Rights Commission shows that thousands of old people are being appallingly abused in their own homes by the very individuals employed to care for them.
Concerns about Carers having to travel long distances to acute wards
Mental health charity joins the SOS battle
A LEADING mental health charity has backed the Mail’s fight to retain inpatient psychiatric beds in Burton.
Mind’s endorsement came on the day it published a report which campaigners claimed gave further support to their case.
“We appreciate that with the increasing emphasis towards mental healthcare in the community, there’s hope that fewer people will need beds on acute psychiatric wards,” said Ken Builth, chairman of trustees of Burton and District Mind.
Patients ‘struggle to get emergency mental health care’
People with urgent mental health problems are struggling to get emergency treatment in England and Wales, campaigners say.
A review by Mind highlighted a range of difficulties patients face getting help from community crisis teams and hospitals.
Its report said responses were all too often slow or not available at all.
