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Please find below a list of the upcoming events SPCN will be attending or venues where we will be having stands to carry on #AVeryDifferentConversation across the County during this summer/August 2018   10am-2pm                  Morrisons … Continue reading #AVeryDifferentConversation – Suffolk Parent Carer Network (SPCN) events dates announced

How you can join in #AVeryDifferentConversation for mental health services in east & west Suffolk - September 2018 Conversation Events; 1.  The Care Plan Approach - How our mental health services can be more inclusive and more responsive to … Continue reading #AVeryDifferentConversation – more SUF led events for September 2018

      PEOPLE living in east and west Suffolk are being urged to have their say about local mental health services as part of a unique engagement opportunity. The NHS Ipswich & East Suffolk and NHS West Suffolk clinical … Continue reading Mental health services – have your say…New online survey opened today!

We are offering you a unique opportunity to express your views about how mental health and emotional wellbeing services are developed and delivered across east and west Suffolk. In the past you may have been asked to share your views on individual … Continue reading “The Future of Mental Health Services – a very Different Conversation”

This week is Mental Health Awareness week and we are pleased to announce the official public launch of Suffolk’s new Children & Young People’s Emotional Wellbeing Hub. The Emotional Wellbeing Hub provides information, advice, and guidance if you … Continue reading Official public launch of Suffolk’s new Children & Young People’s Emotional Wellbeing Hub. 

The recently launched Suffolk Perinatal Services (SPS) has been awarded £366,000 to reach more women suffering from moderate to severe mental health issues. Led by the Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (NSFT), the service provides … Continue reading £366k funding boost for ‘vital’ mental health service helping new and expectant Suffolk mums

Data protection Legislation is changing on 25th May 2018, with the introduction of the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation). We have updated our privacy policy and have also produced a small booklet about the GDPR and how this is managed in … Continue reading Data Protection is changing on 25th May 2018 – find out more about SUF’s Privacy Notice

A meeting took place between NSFT chiefs and health stakeholders in Suffolk last week to discuss closer working between the organisations for the benefit of local service users. Healthwatch, Suffolk Parent Carers Network (SPCN) and Suffolk User … Continue reading Agencies pledge closer working to help improve local mental health services

Suffolk User Forum (SUF), speaking as the voice for mental health service users in Suffolk, has responded to the closure of the Lark Ward in Ipswich. SUF says that it shares the concerns expressed by other about the loss, even temporally, of such … Continue reading Suffolk User Forum responds to closure of psychiatric Intensive Care Unit

Come and see us all from SUF at the Time to Talk Day event at Quay Place (Suffolk Mind) where there will be tea, coffee and lots of conversations about wellbeing and mental health. From 10:30 pm to 12:30 pm  at Quay Place, Ipswich. Full details … Continue reading Time to Talk Day on 1st February 2018 – come and meet the SUF team