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StopSIM members speak of huge toll of campaign and lack of support from charities

By John Pring on 2nd December 2021 Category: Activism and Campaigning

StopSIM members speak of huge toll of campaign and lack of support from charities
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Five disabled activists who helped expose an “unlawful, unethical and unacceptable” mental health scheme have spoken of the huge personal toll their campaigning has taken on them, and the lack of support they received from the large mental health charities. The […]

NHS bodies continued ‘unsafe’ mental distress scheme after being told of ‘dodgy’ data

By John Pring on 17th June 2021 Category: Human Rights

NHS bodies continued ‘unsafe’ mental distress scheme after being told of ‘dodgy’ data
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Two NHS organisations continued to support a controversial scheme aimed at service-users in severe mental distress, despite being warned by police that dodgy data had been used to persuade other forces and health trusts to adopt the programme. The multi-agency Serenity […]

Police emails show dodgy data was used to sell ‘unsafe’ mental distress scheme to NHS

By John Pring on 3rd June 2021 Category: Human Rights

Police emails show dodgy data was used to sell ‘unsafe’ mental distress scheme to NHS
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Emails released by a police force show how “hugely inaccurate” data was used to persuade NHS trusts across England to sign up to a mental health scheme branded unethical, unlawful and unsafe by disabled activists. The emails were secured from Hampshire […]

NHS England silent over ‘unsafe’ mental distress emergency scheme

By John Pring on 6th May 2021 Category: Activism and Campaigning

NHS England silent over ‘unsafe’ mental distress emergency scheme
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NHS England has refused to respond to calls for a halt to the use of a mental health scheme branded unethical, unlawful and unsafe by disabled activists, despite at least one NHS trust and a police force promising to review its […]

Coalition calls for halt to use of ‘unethical and unsafe’ mental distress emergency scheme

By John Pring on 29th April 2021 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Coalition calls for halt to use of ‘unethical and unsafe’ mental distress emergency scheme
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Disabled activists are calling for an immediate halt to the use of a multi-agency scheme that they believe is unethical, unlawful and unsafe, and which they say puts people in severe mental distress at risk of being denied vital support. Under […]

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