Saturday Journal: The efforts of campaigners could save many lives
It would have saved time if David Strang had listed what NHS Tayside’s mental health services do well, rather than what they don’t.
Gillian Murray
Child forced to wait 425 days for mental health treatment in Tayside
Children have been forced to wait more than year for treatment after being referred to mental health services in Tayside.
Women who lost loved ones to suicide demand reform of ‘failing’ mental health services
A campaigner who blames NHS Tayside for not doing more to save her uncle from suicide has told MSPs she is also being failed by the service.
GP urged Carseview Centre to treat Dundee man days before suicide
A GP who visited Dundee man David Ramsay just days before his suicide has confirmed she urged Carseview staff to admit him, in a letter that has disappeared from medical records.
Huge response to inquiry into NHS Tayside mental health services
Nearly 200 people have made submissions to the inquiry into mental health services in Tayside.
Mental health inquiry could provide lasting legacy for suicide victims
Changes to mental health services in Tayside could become the lasting legacy of those who have taken their own lives across the region, it has been claimed.
Niece of Dundee suicide victim says delays to prevention strategy will cost more lives
More lives will be lost because of “ridiculous” delays to a new training programme in the Scottish Government’s suicide prevention strategy, says a Dundee campaigner.
Patients waiting more than a year for psychological treatment in Tayside
Some Tayside patients with mental health problems have had to wait nearly two years to start treatment, shocking new figures have revealed.
Family hopeful of FAI into death of man turned away from Carseview
The family of a Dundee man who committed suicide after being turned away from a mental health crisis centre hope a Fatal Accident Inquiry could soon be ordered into his death.
Whitewash fears for NHS Tayside review into suicides linked with Carseview
Families of suicide victims in Dundee fear an NHS Tayside review of its mental health services will be a “whitewash”.