D-DAY For Manchester Mental Health Services Trust HQ 31 St March 2016

'Manchester deserves better mental health services' campaign is calling for a mass lobby outside Chorlton House on this date, from 9.30am - the meeting starts at 10.00am. Chorlton House, 70 Manchester Road, Chorlton, M21 9UN.

D-DAY For Manchester Mental Health Services Trust HQ 31 St March 2016

D-day for Service Users:  Please support demo outside Manchester Mental Health & Social Care Trust HQ Chorlton House on 31 St March 2016 at 9:30am. The Trust will meet at a Board meeting  to announce their decision if to close 7 front line mental health services; every one of them is needed and absolutely necessary to […]

MUN Meeting to be held 1: 30 pm Wednesday 30 Th December, 2015

If these proposed cuts were to be implemented Services Users can expect more medication, more hospitalization, more of a prison service and less of a NHS organisation

MUN Meeting to be held 1: 30 pm Wednesday 30 Th December, 2015

MUN Meeting to be held 1: 30 pm Wednesday 30 Th December, 2015 Manchester User’s Network’s (MUN}  will hold a meeting of  service user, members on Wednesday 30 Th December, 2015 at 1:30pm along with the group, its friends and its network of Service Users and affiliated groups  to further plan and organize further actions […]

Disabled People Against Cuts hold day of action to minimise Maximus

There were protests outside 31 Maximus offices and assessment centres across Britain on Monday of this week, as it began testing sick and disabled claimants of ESA benefit.

The “work capability assessments” were carried out by Atos until last year when it pulled out after widespread protests.

Make This The Biggest Meeting Concerning Mental Health Manchester Has Ever Seen

Make This The Biggest Meeting Concerning Mental Health Manchester Has Ever Seen!
Make This The Biggest Meeting Concerning Mental Health Manchester Has Ever Seen. We Need Ideas To Fix The Rot. People are dying. Meeting Saturday 22nd November, 2014 “It’s Time to be Heard” If your connected to mental health and we all are, you havCOME AND JOIN US !

“WHAT MANCHESTER DOES TODAY THE WORLD WILL DO TOMORROW “e to be there !

Newton Heath: Rememberance Day, Respecting is part of their makeup !

Newton Heath: Rememberance Day, Respecting is part of their makeup !
Young and old stood shoulder to shoulder in this poignant ceremony marking the 100 years since the outbreak of the First World War A bugler sounded the ‘Last Post’ which marked the beginning and the end of the two minutes’ silence.

Mental health spending in England too low, says Mind !

Mental health spending in England too low, says Mind !

Local authorities in England spend an “unacceptably low” amount of money on public mental health, according to the charity Mind.

A report by the charity says on average just 1.4% of public health budgets is spent on mental health.

Public Health England welcomed the report and said there should be more investment at the local level.

The Local Government Association said councils did many positive things that the report had not recognised.

Mental Health Advocate explains the horrors of patients being placed on drugs that harm them

Interview with mental health advocate who worked in South East London Hospital Trust.

Discussion about the coercive nature of psychiatry, forced medication, stigma, restraint and Electro-convulsive therapy, The non-therapeutic experiences of many patients. Powerful statement.

A MENTAL health service is hosting an awareness event to coincide with World Mental Health Day

A MENTAL health service is hosting an awareness event to coincide with World Mental Health Day.
Bank House, in Swadlincote, is inviting members of the public along to its autumn fair to consult with health experts and learn about the array of different problems with mental health.

A first person account of a man in his mid-20s who struggled with depression

A first person account of a man in his mid-20s who struggled with depression

The suicide of 20-year-old mum Ceri Linden , who had been battling depression, has prompted a man to speak out about his own experiences.

One in four of us are said to suffer with mental health issues at some time – in Wales the rate of suicide for men is higher than the UK average. Due to the stigma attached to the condition, the man writing his moving story wants to remain anonymous:

Suicide should not be hidden away but instead discussed with children

Suicide should not be hidden away but instead discussed with children

Suicide should not be hidden away but instead discussed with children to aid their understanding, claims a kids charity worker.

suicide_-_ashley_rose_-_flickrThe warning comes as researchers, charities and former sports stars prepare to come together this September to host The University of Manchester’s suicide bereavement conference.

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