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As Robotic Reeves 'pauses' hospital builds, St Helier crumbles

Our Sutton reporter, BELLE MONT, on the latest, devastating setback to NHS provision in this part of London 25 years of uncertainty and broken promises: St Helier Hospital has been ill-served by all three major political parties Less than a month since being elected with a historically large majority, the recriminations are beginning to be heard around Keir Starmer – “Kid Starver’s” – Labour…

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Mental health at university: know where to find support

Foster an environment in which it’s OK to say: ‘I feel a bit low today.’ Photograph: PeopleImages/Getty Images

At the beginning of his second year at Loughborough University, Rahul Mathasing started struggling. His moods were becoming darker, his motivation disappeared and he started missing lectures. He approached the university medical centre, which referred him to the local NHS community mental health team. His pattern of behaviour – manic episodes in which he couldn’t concentrate or sleep, as well as episodes of very low moods – led to a diagnosis, in February 2015, of bipolar disorder.

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The systems engineering student, who continues to see a psychiatrist and is on medication to treat his disorder, has had help from the students’ union, the medical centre, and his department, which gave him a leave of absence: “They’ve done every thing...

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Why do schools exist? To provide work to thousands of people around the country? To instill proper British values like racism and homophobia at a young age? No. It does achieve both of those objectives but schools were invented to educate the youths. So surely people with priority in deciding what happens in a school should be youths? But no. The education system is run by a 47 year old who's job before becoming a Member of Parliament was in accounting. She sounds very qualified to decide how 8.2 million people in 24000 schools live their lives for 11-13 years. 24 former teachers were elected in the 2010 election. None of the 3 Secretaries for Education since then have been. Michael Gove was a private school educated journalist whereas Nicky Morgan was a private school educated corporate lawyer, making her of course an expert as to what pupils require in their education.

The fact that children have absolutely no say on a national level could be excused, one could argue that it could be irresponsible to have a minor with any national power, but it would be logical to think students will have a say at their own schools, would it not? I am a grammar school attendee in a privileged area so I understand that I can't necessarily talk for everyone on this topic, but in my school there is no input from students. On the contrary in fact. People in my year interviewed applicants for the post of a new teacher, and the senior leadership of the school decided to employ the person that the students didn't want. A similar story occurred at another school, an art teacher hated by a group of 16 year olds was employed because the teachers liked them. Because of course colleagues choices are priority when deciding who will teach 11 year olds.

Returning to the great Michael Gove, what annoyed me most about his tenure in charge was the fact that according to his aid Paul Burstow he "was just not interested in mental health and wellbeing". Educational psychologist numbers dropped by 7% under him due to lack of funding, losing help to thousands of pupils around the country. He did this despite a more than 150% increase in young women being admitted to NHS facilities between 2004-14, and amounts of teenagers with psychiatric conditions almost doubling in the 4 years to 2015. There are a huge number of reasons why the increase could be occurring but one may well be the increased pressure to get higher grades at GCSEs due to the deflated grade boundaries levels, and in the last year an increased difficulty level. Gove evidentially doesn't understand the concept of mental health given that Gove more recently as Justice Minister oversaw the rejection of a plan to improve conditions in prisons by trying to stop bullying and by investigating the huge numbers of prisoner suicides. A man that doesn't care about mental health has been placed in charge of two of the least mentally stable demographics in the country. There is a problem here.

What is infuriating is the way people are seen as numbers and grades and not as people by the people with power in the school. Any education establishment that leaves so little time for relaxation, and assumes people will spend all day, every day revising is an establishment that doesn't care about the people behind the grades. Any establishment that punishes people for self defense, or fighting against bullying is an establishment that cares about reputation more than people. Any establishment where a person can be told off while having a panic attack is an establishment that cares more about image than people. An establishment like that is obviously not conducive for a good mental health, but with bad mental health comes a lack of motivation and a decrease in completed work which of course leads to greater pressure and a worse education, going back to my original point. The education system is built to educate. But what it manages to achieve is the precise opposite.

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#MoralBankruptcy #StateLimits #FamilyLaw Courts are a revolving door for too many parents!

Family courts are a revolving door for too many parents | Paul Burstow | THE GUARDIAN | 20 November 2017

  Family drug and alcohol courts can help break the patterns that blight children’s lives; this innovation should be shared

For too many parents the family court is a revolving door, with child after child removed, often for the same reasons. Photograph: Alamy

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‘The government must unlock the money. Because the care crisis is now’ | Hélène Mulholland

Chronic underfunding means that even basic needs for the most vulnerable are not being met, says shadow social care minister Barbara Keeley

Ask Barbara Keeley what keeps her awake at night and Labour’s shadow cabinet member for mental health and social care will tell you it’s the stories of people in “heartrending” situations whose care is being cut.

Related: For equitable and sustainable social care we need a dedicated tax | Paul Burstow

It isn’t fair to create an even bigger postcode lottery where the level of service you can get depends on where you live

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Charities urged to debate donor experience

#Charities urged to debate donor experience at @PRCA_UK event

Charities in the UK were urged to debate the future of the donor experience at a PRCA Charity & Not-For-Profit Group event in London. Speakers from the Commission for the Donor Experience, Copper Digital and former government minister Paul Burstow, all claimed that charity public relations and communications plays a vital role in the future of fundraising and re-building trust in the sector.…

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Hospital admissions for teenage girls who self-harm nearly double

The number of girls treated for substance overdose went up tenfold to 2,750 over the past 20 years. Photograph: Catchlight Visual Services / Ala/Alamy

The number of girls under the age of 18 being treated in hospital in England after self-harming has nearly doubled compared with 20 years ago, according to NHS figures.

The figure reached 13,463 last year against 7,327 in 1997. In comparison, the figure for admissions of boys who self-harmed rose from 2,236 in 1997 to 2,332 in 2017.

The number of girls treated for attempting a substance overdose has risen more than tenfold to 2,736 last year from 249 in 1997, while the number of boys treated increased over the past 21 years from 152 to 839 last year.

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Charities have warned that the sharp rise among young girls is due to the pressures of school work and social media. The NSPCC said it provided 15,376 counselling...

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Five priorities for improving children's mental health | Paul Burstow http://dlvr.it/P409g9

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Young people’s mental health is a ‘worsening crisis’. Action is needed | Mary O’Hara

‘Whatever the language deployed to describe the scale of mental health challenges facing Britain’s young people, it has to be addressed immediately.’ Photograph: Alamy Stock Photo

One recent report called the problem a “silent catastrophe” while a survey of teachers labelled it an “epidemic”. But, whatever the language deployed to describe the scale of mental health challenges facing Britain’s young people, it has to be addressed immediately.

NHS figures published last month revealed that almost 400,000 children and young people aged 18 and under are in contact with the health service for mental health problems. According to the figures, the number of “active referrals” by GPs in April was a third higher than the same period two years prior. Those seeking help for conditions such as depression and anxiety showed a sharp increase.

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What can be done to tackle the youth mental health treatment gap? | Paul Burstow http://dlvr.it/NKCS19