Dear @DHSCgovuk & @NHSEngland, Please find attached a letter for @VictoriaAtkins & @AmandaPritchard signed by over 15,000 NHS members of staff. We protest in the strongest terms your abrupt decision to cut the mental health support that @NHSPracHealth provides to staff. 1/3
In the 48 hours since you announced these cuts, innumerable doctors have testified on here that @NHSPracHealth saved their lives when they were suicidal. That 15,000 professionals chose to sign this letter shows how deeply you have distressed, angered & let down staff. 2/3
@doctor_oxford @DHSCgovuk @NHSEngland @VictoriaAtkins @AmandaPritchard @NHSPracHealth ….top tip…don’t mess with Rachel
@doctor_oxford @DHSCgovuk @NHSEngland @VictoriaAtkins @AmandaPritchard @NHSPracHealth Great work Rachel, we stand with all of you 💚
@doctor_oxford @DHSCgovuk @NHSEngland @VictoriaAtkins @AmandaPritchard @NHSPracHealth Have Dept of Health and Social Care/NHS England carried out *and published* an equality impact assessment (under PSED duty) of cutting mental health services for #NHS staff? Over a quarter of NHS staff are from BME backgrounds. First 10 Drs to die during covid-19 were all BME