Following the news that the Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (NSFT) have paid PR consultants at Hood and Woolf at least £800,000, BBC News Norfolk asked me for my comment.

I told the BBC that I was aghast by the cost:

“I think there are genuine questions about how this money has been spent. If they’ve been using public money to tell the Care Quality Commission that there isn’t a problem, then I’d like to know about it.”

Read more about this news here.

I have been campaigning for decent mental health services in Norwich and Norfolk. Read more about my campaign here.