You surely don't mean that there still exists that myth that 'A Carer should be seen and not heard' and that 'A Service User only has one thing to say, then we...
I suspect the silence in the room when a carer has said something is taken quite differently than when a service user speaks up. I agree with your reasons why...
I disagree. I think when the 'room goes silent', and it has on quite a few occassions I have said something, it is NOT the anyone does not know what you...
Hello Pam, that sounds positive if it inspired one person to get involved who would not usually bother. The reason I put up the 'More bureaucracy' title was...
Whether it's bureaucracy or not Rob I am not sure. But I have been involved with this consultation in Exeter last year, Pete came with me and it was the first...
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article4242952.ece  I'm sure it is without even reading the link !  Any thoughts ?     Best wishes, ...
  We would like to invite you to attend this important consultation event on 29th July in Leicester. The event will start at 10.00am and finish at about...
Yes been there done it got the tee shirt!!!!. Until Professionals recognise and respect our expertise little will change. Iv'e cared for Chris for 18 years...
Oh god how do we get through to them? we all try in our own way but I do feel that the only people QUALIFIED to support mh carers are mh carers. You have to...
Hi Georgie, its interesting that I had my heart attack, the day i went to a mental health forum, our new care support worker was there, she came over to...
Hi Pam, I think we need to get away from the 'one size fits all' mentality. There are emotional needs of carers in the therepeutic sense, the need to get grief...
"Then I had to listen to feedback that ignored carers' experiences" I know exactly what you mean Ann, been there many times myself. That is why I am starting...
Hi Pam, the problem is just as you say plus there is the understood part that the outreach team are functioning, that the out of hours is functioning, I think...
I also know what you mean Rob, of course I cannot speak for you but what I have found is you are invited to attend a meeting (as you say there is an agenda) I...
Having read what you just wrote Diane, only another carer would get exactly what you mean. Taking this comment - when you have just spoken up and the room goes...
I think the important thing to understand about all this type of "meeting", is that there is an Agenda already in place. Who decided that Agenda usually has a...
Hi, Hmmmm! I am afraid that as soon as a bunch of people get together at a predesignated place to discuss something with a title, all I can think about is the...
Dear All, This year for World Mental Health Day (October 2008), the Grapevine Project and The Derbyshire Federation for Mental Health have joined forces to...
A special article has been published today in the British Journal of Psychiatry called "Wake-up call for British psychiatry". In essence it criticises...
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23rd June 2008 | Issue 41 About mental illness Living with mental illness How can we help Get involved Dear Rob, This is Rethink's job vacancy bulletin. ...
Email update - 20 June 2008 Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) Welcome to the latest SCIE e-bulletin. This bulletin contains a round up of SCIE...
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