tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36128386.post2457273286781783997..comments2023-11-05T01:35:46.416-07:00Comments on The Psychiatrist Blog: Thought of the Week - Has This Also Happened in your Area?Dr Michelle Tempesthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09318876662760890328noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36128386.post-6806930889371297902007-04-30T15:05:00.000-07:002007-04-30T15:05:00.000-07:00Michelle you will be interested to know that Menta...Michelle you will be interested to know that Mental Health services have improved significantly. I know because Tony Blair said so today: I have blogged on it <A HREF="http://menssana.wordpress.com/2007/04/30/stop-press-mental-health-services-improving/" REL="nofollow">HERE</A>, but would be interested in your viewAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36128386.post-45304137062091527872007-04-30T14:38:00.000-07:002007-04-30T14:38:00.000-07:00Thanks Ellee - I guess not - but it's when you add...Thanks Ellee - I guess not - but it's when you add up the figures it makes for very scary reading! MichelleDr Michelle Tempesthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09318876662760890328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36128386.post-35763570053489304082007-04-30T11:35:00.000-07:002007-04-30T11:35:00.000-07:00I've read about this too in the CEN, it is truly s...I've read about this too in the CEN, it is truly shocking, but is there any part of the country that isn't suffering the same way?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36128386.post-19152336073173893922007-04-30T08:21:00.000-07:002007-04-30T08:21:00.000-07:00Thanks anonymous, so it has also happened in your ...Thanks anonymous, so it has also happened in your area. Sorry to hear that. MichelleDr Michelle Tempesthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09318876662760890328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36128386.post-68910854278796508732007-04-30T07:02:00.000-07:002007-04-30T07:02:00.000-07:00Here in Huddersfield we have lost most mental heal...Here in Huddersfield we have lost most mental health beds, they are moving 20 miles away to the pfi hospital yet to be built in Wakefield. In the meantime the MHT is "lodging" all the acute female patients in a private hospital in Bradford @£500 a night.They have moved male acute in with the psycho geneatrics, mainly female, and are selling off the site which belongs to the acute trust, so they can pay the rent on the pfi in Halifax.Meanwhile the purpose built mental health facility at the Halifax pfi stands empty and is to "let". I know this sounds complicated and ridiculous, but it is true. We got a petition up in 2006 with 50,000 signatures, that's more than 1in3 of the local population, we took it no10, but they have still gone ahead.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36128386.post-76456630443127402732007-04-29T14:33:00.000-07:002007-04-29T14:33:00.000-07:00Hi Quasar9 - Addenbrookes Hospital hospital has FT...Hi Quasar9 - Addenbrookes Hospital hospital has FT status. I'm not sure the mental health trust has FT status. As for the £3 million, the newspaper reports have detailed the cuts and the wards/beds which have closed as a result. This blog was reporting how many local issues never get into the national press, even though similar tales may be happening everywhere. <BR/>MichelleDr Michelle Tempesthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09318876662760890328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36128386.post-70621285869160720612007-04-29T14:21:00.000-07:002007-04-29T14:21:00.000-07:00Hi Michelle, before I commentit would help to know...Hi Michelle, before I comment<BR/>it would help to know what these £3million cuts entail - could you be more specific.<BR/><BR/>PS - So the ban doesn't apply to you. Or is blogging not considered media?<BR/><BR/>If you think that the Trust will use a letter to gag doctors<BR/>think what the Trust would do to discredit any patient that wants to make a complaint.<BR/><BR/>The las time I asked Addenbrooke's Trust, they insisted they had only had three complaints in ten years. I wonder if all other complaints got lost in the shuffle to secure Foundation Trust status.QUASAR9https://www.blogger.com/profile/00593390598251093182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36128386.post-67914485604145423572007-04-29T13:45:00.000-07:002007-04-29T13:45:00.000-07:00Thanks anon and David. Unfortunately mental healt...Thanks anon and David. Unfortunately mental health is seen as a cinderella service and often the service users don't have a loud political voice. It's a great shame. Thanks. MichelleDr Michelle Tempesthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09318876662760890328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36128386.post-5273679985303465812007-04-29T13:22:00.000-07:002007-04-29T13:22:00.000-07:00You have to wonder why funds are being cut when re...You have to wonder why funds are being cut when record amounts of money is going into the NHS. Where is all the money going??<BR/><BR/>On a serious note, why is mental health provision always at the bottom of the list when it comes to funding? Is it more to do with unawareness of mental illness or just seen as an easy fund to cut back on?David Anthonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08240242801763405583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36128386.post-68398318587288173492007-04-29T12:11:00.000-07:002007-04-29T12:11:00.000-07:00Did that really happen and I just heard nothing ab...Did that really happen and I just heard nothing about it... that stinks!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com