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"My son's care"

About: Adult Mental Health Community / City East Local Mental Health Team (LMHT) Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust - Queen's Medical Centre Campus / Accident and emergency

(as a parent/guardian),

My son was in a critical mental health condition recently he felt that he had been badly let down by the mental health team at Lavender House Nottingham as he was in transition from them to Highbury Hospital. I know that this takes time but felt that one member of staff was very abrupt this was not acceptable as he was in a mental health crisis. He was not prepared to phone the Crisis team as he had some bad experiences with them - ie take a hot bath or go for a walk.

He had to go to A&E at the Queen's Medical Centre to get some medication due to his current condition, a doctor told him to sit in a more secluded area, a nurse in triage approached him and said what are you doing sitting there in a very abrupt manner. He said to the nurse that he was told to sit there due to his current condition, I feel that these two events should not have happened.

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Response from Tracey Taylor, Community Psychiatric Nurse, City East Local Mental Health Team, Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust 10 months ago
Tracey Taylor
Community Psychiatric Nurse, City East Local Mental Health Team,
Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust

I am a Community Psychiatric Nurse

Submitted on 22/08/2024 at 17:12
Published on Care Opinion at 17:12


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Hello Callaway

I am sorry that your son has had this experience and thank you for raising it to our attention. If you would like to contact me to discuss this further please do so at tracey.taylor@nottshc.nhs.uk

I do hope that your son now has the right care

Yours sincerely, Tracey

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