On Thursday 26th March some of our group members
are having a trip out to Glossop Labour Club to watch a
band. We are meeting up at Manchester Piccadilly train
station to catch the 18.46 to Glossop which will take us
to Glossop Labour Club where the band is playing. We
will return on the 21.37 train arriving back at 22.10.
If you would like to come along just meet us at the
station at 6.30pm, we will wait near the train timetable
board. The train fare is £4.30 return.
As readers of this blog may know, Manchester Mental Health and Social Care Trust is in the process of relocating psychiatric inpatient services from Edale House at the Central Manchester Hospital (MRI) site to Park House at North Manchester General Hospital. We've always been concerned about the impact that this move will have on carers and service users in terms of increased transport times. A representative from the Trust came to our meeting last month to update us on plans for transport and the Trust's latest newsletter contains the following update on the service user and carer transport sub-group: "The group last met on 6 February and it was decided that another visitor questionnaire should be undertaken to make sure that we make the right decisions about transport. It was also agreed that more engagement and communication with service users is necessary and the service users and carers who attend the meetings will support this....
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