PPlog

Andrew Roberts of the Survivor History Network sends out this small plea: The last month has been very difficult for me as it is not only my most difficult annual period at work (reaching its end on Monday) every year but also a period when my whole work environment, and that of my colleagues, is changing and I have to redesign and relearn everything (That is how it feels). This process of redesign and relearning carries on throughout the summer. Many people in the Survivor History Group know about this and I am grateful to those who have refrained from asking me to do things during this period. The number of things I am being asked to do is, however, large and during this past few weeks it seems to have increased quite dramatically. I do not even get the time to think what I can do and cannot do. All I do is respond to some requests, knowing that others are being ignored. I have been trying to say no to requests I will not be able to fulfil, but some of the requests

On Saturday last Bob Blizzard, ex MP for Lowestoft, organised a demonstration against the plans for Norfolk and Suffolk Mental Health Trust to cut 17 beds from the NHS dementia unit at Carlton Court in Carlton Colville, near Lowestoft. I went and supported the demonstration. We had some initial problems; explained in this e mail to Ed Bober, the Secretary of Norfolk Coalition Against the Cuts: “HI Ed. No doubt you will have read about protests about services beds cuts by the Norfolk and Suffolk Mental Health Trust. The latest is the bed cuts at Carlton Court. Now this hospital is sited over the border in Suffolk but it serves Gt Yarmouth too. I think our Coalition should cover health as well as social care and welfare. There is a Demonstration against the cuts at Carlton Court 12 noon on Saturday. I'm going representing DPAC Norfolk (I have past connections with the unit and its not far from where I live) but I'm a little bit embarrassed as a retired UNISON member that the unio