Burnley’s mental health ward closure plans horrify town’s MP (From Lancashire Telegraph)

The hyprocrosy of Gordon Birtwistle is absolutely outstanding. People with mental health issues have been let down to the point of abandonment by the east lancs trust for years. The Tories closed mental institutions in favour of the eutopia of care in the community and look what happened there. We are still trying to pick up the pieces. Mental health is the most stigmatised of illness, due to the fact that it has been abused by the cunning and the gullible. People with genuine mental health issues are often given the basic once over and then pigeon holed for the shrink to see once or twice in about 6 months. The abusers like the court dodgers play the mental issues card very effectively, these people need to be screened out so the people who are ill can be treated in a hospital with dignity and privacy, not just bundled onto a general ward with a complete mix of people. They need one to one professional help not some cut price cheapskate scheme sold as home care. most families do not know how to cope or manage people with genuine mental issues. I would suggest that the board of east lancs trust is not fit for purpose and should be removed immediately. we can replace them with people who know and care about mental health issues. I hope the people that put their trust in Gordon Birtwistle and voted for his coalition will see the lib dems for what they are. His crocodile tears are of no help to the patients or the community in which they will be allegedly cared for.

it wont be long before all services at burnley hospital are transfered to blackburn the whole thing is a joke not only inconvinance but the extra costs just to get there this country is a joke

life under the Condems just gets better and better....

mavrick wrote:
The hyprocrosy of Gordon Birtwistle is absolutely outstanding. People with mental health issues have been let down to the point of abandonment by the east lancs trust for years. The Tories closed mental institutions in favour of the eutopia of care in the community and look what happened there. We are still trying to pick up the pieces. Mental health is the most stigmatised of illness, due to the fact that it has been abused by the cunning and the gullible. People with genuine mental health issues are often given the basic once over and then pigeon holed for the shrink to see once or twice in about 6 months. The abusers like the court dodgers play the mental issues card very effectively, these people need to be screened out so the people who are ill can be treated in a hospital with dignity and privacy, not just bundled onto a general ward with a complete mix of people. They need one to one professional help not some cut price cheapskate scheme sold as home care. most families do not know how to cope or manage people with genuine mental issues. I would suggest that the board of east lancs trust is not fit for purpose and should be removed immediately. we can replace them with people who know and care about mental health issues. I hope the people that put their trust in Gordon Birtwistle and voted for his coalition will see the lib dems for what they are. His crocodile tears are of no help to the patients or the community in which they will be allegedly cared for.

Unfortunately NuLab were equally guilty, the fact is you can't trust any political parties.

mavrick wrote:
The hyprocrosy of Gordon Birtwistle is absolutely outstanding. People with mental health issues have been let down to the point of abandonment by the east lancs trust for years. The Tories closed mental institutions in favour of the eutopia of care in the community and look what happened there. We are still trying to pick up the pieces. Mental health is the most stigmatised of illness, due to the fact that it has been abused by the cunning and the gullible. People with genuine mental health issues are often given the basic once over and then pigeon holed for the shrink to see once or twice in about 6 months. The abusers like the court dodgers play the mental issues card very effectively, these people need to be screened out so the people who are ill can be treated in a hospital with dignity and privacy, not just bundled onto a general ward with a complete mix of people. They need one to one professional help not some cut price cheapskate scheme sold as home care. most families do not know how to cope or manage people with genuine mental issues. I would suggest that the board of east lancs trust is not fit for purpose and should be removed immediately. we can replace them with people who know and care about mental health issues. I hope the people that put their trust in Gordon Birtwistle and voted for his coalition will see the lib dems for what they are. His crocodile tears are of no help to the patients or the community in which they will be allegedly cared for.

SPOT ON MAVERICK

If you think this is bad you should read what they are doing to the older peoples services . A letter in the Burnley express told all about this and how all older people that have dementia will have to go to Blackpool for assessment
How their spouse of similar age will get there to visit is not being addressed by the trust ." who have as one of it,s values compassion " many of these older people have physical illness themselves and also could not afford to travel to Blackpool and back to see their loved ones
The plan is to close the dementia ward in Burnley in March next year yet the ward is full and there are patients on the other older peoples ward with dementia that should not be there . There are also patients from all over Lancashire being placed around the trust area miles away from home and relatives .
I wrote to Gordon Birtwistle about this and got a reply from a lackey saying it is a foregone conclusion.
This country is the worst in the world for it,s treatment of our own older people and money always goes to younger adult areas .
The trust should hang it,s head in shame but it,s not about care any more it,s all about money.

pendle and hillveiw never have a bed available now so how will they cope when burnley close being cared for at home is a farce when ill these people need 24 hour support they do not get that at home if they live at home they get a 10 minute visit a couple of times a week as long as it is not weekend or school holidays when they never have any staff i am talking from experience caring for someone who uses the service i am not scare mongering, be warned this is going to end in tragedy, which will then be covered up we couldnt have avoided this happening yes you can, money needs to be poured into this service not taken away, any day at any time this could be a member of your family needing this service, then lord pity you, you will be shocked to the core how they are treated

We can afford to pay 8.5 billion pounds in international aid, yet we are cutting the NHS at every level. What will happen when a mentally ill person goes postal and kills themselves or someone else; who will be responsible?

Poor Gordon Birtwistle. Lords reform in the bin along with every principal the Lib Dems ever held.

They may once have been lofty king-makers, but in doing so they dug their own graves.

It would be tragic to lose this facility. The ward at Burnley helped us through a very traumatic time - there is a local need for this facility. Why is everything closing at Burnley and being moved to Blackburn? Blackburn Royal is so big now it is unmanageable and impersonal. We need good NHS facilities in local communities and not build out of town monstrosities.

Why did they spend millions upon millions on Burnley General, only to send our entire hospital facilities over to Blackburn.???
Not to mention the effect that this has on the environment, but then they only spout out global warming when there is a tax to be added, don't they.!!!

Why did they spend millions upon millions on Burnley General, only to send our entire hospital facilities over to Blackburn.???
Not to mention the effect that this has on the environment, but then they only spout out global warming when there is a tax to be added, don't they.!!!

Birtwistle knew about this move long ago so how all of a sudden he can be 'horrified' at the news is a farce.
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a commentor stated they received a letter which said the closure was a foregone conclusion, which just emphasises that the Burnley 'MP' knew about the possibility of the closure.
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The trust spokesman is wrong. Burnley hospital isn't an acute hospital and the mental health wards were designed exactly for the purpose of serving increasing mental health issues in the local area.
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why is it nobody seems to give an agreeable comment on what this hospital trust does? why? because NOBODY agrees with the trust's hairbrained closures which are based on financial motives not clinical. nobody I know agreed to close the A&E and childrens wards at Burnley hospital. this pathetic move must be stopped, but what's the Burnley MP done over the last 12 months to convince the trust and others that mental health services at Burnley are crucial? not a lot apart from whingeing and doing nothing.
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mavrick (commenting) is correct, this board aren't fit for purpose considering they also closed chronic pain clinics referals service 7 months ago and STILL have'nt recruited a SINGLE doctor to alleviate the backlog of GP referrals..

There's enough nutters in blackbum without giving them ours.
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