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About: Lynfield Mount Hospital / Adult mental health service

(as a service user),

I'm writing this to make an urgent complaint. I rang first response about feeling suicidal and depressed, I found the call handler rude, they said can I ask if you're suicidal, why your ringing us not doing it, I was disgusted.

I rang my GP, went to see them, they referred me to first response and I missed 2 calls, before I knew it we got a text saying an ambulance was called, we rang to cancel it. My GP wanted an appointment for someone to ring me and speak to me, but first response called for an ambulance. I've a partner with me a car and it's not helping me.

I'm raising this urgent and taking to the ombudsman. Staff called for a wasted ambulance rather than do the right referral to a talking counsellor, which my GP wanted

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Response from Wali Nazar, Senior Patient Experience Lead, Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust 2 days ago
Wali Nazar
Senior Patient Experience Lead,
Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust
Submitted on 15/05/2025 at 17:35
Published on Care Opinion on 16/05/2025 at 09:09


Hi Kylec, I'm Wali Nazar and I work with the Patient Carer Experience and Involvement Team. Thank you so much for taking the time to let us know about your recent experience with the First Response Team.

I'm very sorry to hear that on this occasion you were not happy with the service you received. I will pass your feedback onto the First Response Team Manager and I will also alert the Complaint Team about your story on the Care Opinion platform.

The Patient Advice and Complaints team (PACs) can be contacted

by email; advice.complaints@bdct.nhs.uk

by telephone; 01274 251440

by post; Patient Advice and Complaints Team, Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust, New Mill, Victoria Road, Saltaire, Bradford, BD18 3LD

If you need any further information about making a complaint, please contact me via email involve@bdct.nhs.uk

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