What a tangled web we weave…3

So – some information on Dr Chris Manning and Primhe – “Primhe is the UK primary care professional charity dedicated to mental health and the care of those with mental illness in primary care settings. Our mantra is “bringing ‘mental’ into the mainstream”.

You’ll recall that Chris Manning used to be at Depression Alliance in the good old days along with Jim Thomson and Amelia Mustapha… see here and here for more information.

Of course Chris is also involved in Jim’s new ventures: the Centre for Mental Health and the Healthwell.org – and Primhe, of course, employs Innervate (which Jim Thomson works for).

Well, I suppose you may as well keep it in the family, so to speak – all the links are here if you want them again and the graphic download is here – charities-web.pdf

But the point of this post is to send you over to Bob Fiddaman – he’s found out some interesting information about Primhe…

So once again I ask what have we discovered here? – something or nothing?

You decide for yourselves, ladies and gentlemen.

But bear this in mind: The ABPI’s campaign orchestrates both lobbying and public relations in its overall strategy. At a briefing to the Pharmaceuticals Marketing Society in 2000, the ABPI described its “battle plan” thus: “to deploy ground troops in the form of patient support groups, symapthetic medical opinion and healthcare professionals…”