NHS mental health trust sets up food bank for staff
No don’t do a double take this is true….
A food bank has been set up by an NHS mental health trust over fears its staff are struggling with price rises.
Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (NSFT) said it was “concerned about the impact of the cost of living crisis”.
It said it had set up a food bank to support those “who may be struggling to afford increasing household costs including food and bills”.
Other trusts in eastern England have also started similar initiatives.
NSFT provides mental health and learning disability care for people in more than 50 locations with main bases at Hellesdon Hospital in Norwich, Wedgwood House in Bury St Edmunds and the Woodlands Unit in Ipswich.
A spokesman said it would “keep talking to our staff about how best we can support them and do everything we are able to to help”.