Mental Health
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Mental health is now recognised as a core business issue — not just a personal one. Employees’ well-being directly affects productivity, engagement, and retention, while poor mental health carries a...
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Wednesday 10 September 2025 is World Suicide Prevention Day (WSPD). WSPD was first set up in 2003 by the International Association for Suicide Prevention, working in partnership with the World...
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This week (Monday 5 May – Sunday 11 May) is Maternal Mental Health Awareness Week 2025. This campaign highlights the mental health challenges faced by women during pregnancy and the...
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November is Men’s Health Awareness Month – a time to highlight the key issues that men face today. It’s also an opportunity to raise awareness about proactive steps, from regular...
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The inquest into the death of 51-year-old Christopher Sidle, from North Walsham, concluded today, 22 March 2024, in Norwich in front of Norfolk’s Senior Coroner, Jacqueline Lake. Ashtons Legal are...
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Ruth Houghton, Medical Negligence Executive, has secured a settlement of £22,500 for the family of CC, who took his own life in March 2020 following a failure by the mental...
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November is Men’s Health Awareness Month. This annual awareness month is an appropriate opportunity to highlight various men’s health initiatives and reflect on some of the health issues men face...
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Ali Masterson, Trainee Legal Executive in our Medical Negligence team, has obtained a settlement of £17,500 for the family of JM, who tragically took his own life following a delay...
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International Stress Awareness Week 2023 takes place from 30 October – 3 November, raising awareness about the mental and physical impacts stress has on the body. Stress is the body’s...
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Youth Mental Health Day is on the 19th September 2023 and encourages understanding and discussion of mental health in young people, enabling them to live happy and healthy lives all...
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In an article by the BBC on 29 August 2023, it appears that auditors Grant Thornton revealed how the Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Trust (NSFT) had “lost track of patient’s...
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Amanda Cavanagh, Associate at Ashtons Legal, provides the following statement on behalf of the family. “Our family are heartbroken and devastated by the loss of Madie and need time to...
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