A top NHS executive who earned £175,000 a year has resigned and retired :

A top NHS executive who earned £175,000 a year has resigned and retired :

£175k Pennine Care NHS boss quits before probe into him is completed 17 Jun 2013 By: Dan Thompson John Archer, the chief executive of Pennine Care mental health trust, was absent from work for five months while the probe was carried out and quit before it concluded. A top NHS executive who earned £175,000 a […]

MUN Next Meeting Will Be 1:30pm 5TH June 2013 (News & Information) Meeting !

MUN Next Meeting Will Be 1:30pm 5TH June 2013 (News & Information) Meeting !

MANCHESTER USERS NETWORK For good mental health attend the INFORMATION MEETING!! Big Changes! Important Information, rights & news for patients! Wednesday 5th June 2013.Time, 1.30pm. Held in the, USER’S OFFICE (Next door the Therapy Centre.) Park House Hospital. ALL PATIENTS WELCOME. ** “We need to support and help each other”. ** For further details Tel […]

The Next patient meeting will be at 1:30pm prompt Wednesday 22 ND May , 2013

The Next patient meeting will be at 1:30pm prompt Wednesday 22 ND May , 2013

MEETING AT THE OFFICES OF MANCHESTER USERS NETWORK Park House, Crumpsall Hospital (NMGH) Delaunay’s Rd, Crumpsall, Manchester. M8 5RB The Meeting is an information Meeting and all members are welcome! The Next patient meeting will be at 1:30pm prompt Wednesday 22 nd May, 2013 Ring MUN’s Office on the day of the meeting on Tel: […]

Head of Nursing Leaves Manchester to help new trust board as it continues on its journey towards foundation trust status!

Head of Nursing Leaves Manchester to help new trust board as it continues on its journey towards foundation trust status!

A new chief nurse has been appointed to the board of a health trust. Adrian Childs will replace Jackie Ardley at Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust when she retires. Mr Childs is the director of nursing and therapies at Manchester Mental Health and Social Care NHS Trust. He said: “I am delighted to be given the […]

Mental Health Nurses Struck Off !

Mental Health Nurses Struck Off !

Edale House nurses struck off over patient death 9 TH April 2013 Two nurses have been struck off after a patient was found dead outside a mental health unit in Manchester. Peter Thompson, 41, was refused entry to Edale House on Hathersage Road, where he was a patient, on 3 April 2010 as he had […]

Can You Help To Help Others?

Can You Help To Help Others?

Would you be interested in discussing your experience of the ending of your Cognitive Analytic Therapy (CAT)? What is this research about? I am Peter Lydon, a final year clinical psychology trainee from Lancaster University. I am conducting a research project as part of my training, supervised by Dr. Ian smith (Clinical psychologist, Lancaster doctorate […]

Vice Chair :“We definitely feel this report justifies our concerns about Edale House closing.

Vice Chair :“We definitely feel this report justifies our concerns about Edale House closing.

Inspectors found life-saving equipment was kept locked away on a mental health unit.
Newly-designed wards at Park House, in Crumpsall, were judged below standard and unsuitable, an inspection by the Care Quality Commission found.
Care Quality Commission inspectors found defibrillators were locked away – meaning someone suffering a heart-attack could die before a staff member with the key was found.

More on Police Chief Sir Peter Fahy concerns for people who suffer a mental illness in the City of Manchester!

More on Police Chief Sir Peter Fahy concerns for people who suffer a mental illness in the City of Manchester!

Police struggle with mental health calls Published on Friday 8 March 2013 POLICE officers are struggling to cope with the number of cases they deal with involving people with mental health issues, the Chief Constable of Greater Manchester Police (GMP) has warned. Sir Peter Fahy said policeman were being tied up for as long as […]