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Services supporting people in east and west Suffolk with common mental health presentations such as low mood and anxiety disorders are to be expanded. The NHS Ipswich & East Suffolk and NHS West Suffolk clinical commissioning groups … Read Article about SUF welcomes the expansion of Psychological Therapies in east and west Suffolk

Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (NSFT) Governors' have been holding online events to listen to Trust members' views on how NSFT can continue to improve its services. This feedback will inform the NSFT governors' 2021/22 annual plan. We … Read Article about Our feedback to NSFT governors’ for their 2021/22 Annual Plan

A new COVID-19 support service for health and care staff across Norfolk and Suffolk has been launchedto help people cope with the immense pressures of working during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Norfolk and Suffolk COVID-19 support service; run in … Read Article about New COVID-19 Staff Support Line 0300 123 1335

About #WhatAreWeMissing?#WhatAreWeMissing? is a community led initiative aimed at bringing together the Black, Asian and ethnic minority communities of Suffolk and surrounding areas, with  leaders and mainstream service providers to co-produce … Read Article about #WhatAreWeMissing

Mental Health Transformation Update In 2018, the Ipswich & East Suffolk and West Suffolk Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) joined forces with the other organisations responsible for mental health and emotional wellbeing services in east and … Read Article about #AVeryDifferentConversation

SUF provided our service user feedback report, called Making our Voice Count to the Care Quality Commission (CQC) ahead of their November 2020 inspection of NSFT. Our report identified an increase in positive feedback and service user/family carer … Read Article about CQC finds improvements in services run by Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation Trust (NSFT), but further progress is needed.

On 13th January 2021, The Government published the Mental Health Act white paper, setting out their plans to reform the act. This is now open to a public, online consultation until 21st April 2021.  The publication of the white paper had been … Read Article about The Mental Health Act white paper

As you probably know, SUF is a registered charity which means that we are accountable to the Charity Commission for our legal status. It is important that we keep our charitable objectives under review so that they accurately describe our work. Over … Read Article about SUF Charitable Objectives

19th November 2020 Like many organisations, we always look forward to our AGM as it gives us a chance to meet with our members and to reflect on the work of the previous year. This year of course we could not meet in person, which was a pity, … Read Article about Our 2020 Annual General Meeting

Here at Suffolk User Forum we understand that Christmas can be a difficult time for some and particularly this year with the COVID-19 pandemic we can feel even more isolated.  Our ‘Emergency Support over Christmas’ document lists a lot of the … Read Article about Emergency Support over Christmas