Proposed Closure of Sutton Bereavement Service
Some bad news from the Bereavement Service. I assume this item will be put on the agenda of the next Health Scrutiny Committee.
For your info, this service was part funded by Sutton Council until we palmed all of it off to the PCT. I voted against the original change. It strikes me it is better to joint fund facilities like these as it embeds institutions like these further into the integration agenda of the Council and PCT.
MESSAGE FROM THE BEREAVEMENT SERVICE
Dear Sir
This organisation is about to be closed down by our local PCT.
The ending of years of funding will result in the closure of this charity that provides 3000 hours per year of one-to-one counselling to your constituents. We note from the recent speech by Rt Hon Patricia Hewitt, Secretary of State for Health of 12 May 2006 entitled 'End of the 'prozac nation' that: "Millions of people suffer from mild to moderate mental health problems, and treating them takes up about a third of GPs' time. Too many people are prescribed medication as a quick fix solution, but talking therapies work equally well and patients prefer to receive them. THIS IS WHAT WE DO, every day of the week with 65 volunteer counsellors. The local reality is that our community is about to be robbed of a valuable service for the want of some high level joined up thinking by our local PCT. Any ideas about how to influence Caroline Taylor, Chief Executive of Sutton>& Merton PCT (Caroline.Taylor@smpct.nhs.uk) will be gratefully received. We are keen to meet you to provide you with all the facts of this potentially disastrous situation. I regret the informality of e-mail but time is of the essence in this situation. I look forward to your reply. Peter Vreede. Director. The Bereavement Service. Grief Counselling in Merton & Sutton. 336-338 London Road. Mitcham. CR4 3UD 020 8648 9628 peter@thebereavementservice.org.uk www@thebereavementservice.org.uk
For your info, this service was part funded by Sutton Council until we palmed all of it off to the PCT. I voted against the original change. It strikes me it is better to joint fund facilities like these as it embeds institutions like these further into the integration agenda of the Council and PCT.
MESSAGE FROM THE BEREAVEMENT SERVICE
Dear Sir
This organisation is about to be closed down by our local PCT.
The ending of years of funding will result in the closure of this charity that provides 3000 hours per year of one-to-one counselling to your constituents. We note from the recent speech by Rt Hon Patricia Hewitt, Secretary of State for Health of 12 May 2006 entitled 'End of the 'prozac nation' that: "Millions of people suffer from mild to moderate mental health problems, and treating them takes up about a third of GPs' time. Too many people are prescribed medication as a quick fix solution, but talking therapies work equally well and patients prefer to receive them. THIS IS WHAT WE DO, every day of the week with 65 volunteer counsellors. The local reality is that our community is about to be robbed of a valuable service for the want of some high level joined up thinking by our local PCT. Any ideas about how to influence Caroline Taylor, Chief Executive of Sutton>& Merton PCT (Caroline.Taylor@smpct.nhs.uk) will be gratefully received. We are keen to meet you to provide you with all the facts of this potentially disastrous situation. I regret the informality of e-mail but time is of the essence in this situation. I look forward to your reply. Peter Vreede. Director. The Bereavement Service. Grief Counselling in Merton & Sutton. 336-338 London Road. Mitcham. CR4 3UD 020 8648 9628 peter@thebereavementservice.org.uk www@thebereavementservice.org.uk
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