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"It is challenging living with people you would not normally choose to live with"

About: St Andrew's Healthcare Essex / Audley

(as a staff member posting for a patient/service user),

I haven’t been here long and I am hoping not to be here much longer. It is challenging sometimes. There are many reasons for this and this environment doesn’t suit me. I would like to be out in the open away from mental health services. I am still a little disorientated in my surroundings. Hospital wards are not easy and sometimes the grounds are too confined. It is difficult living with people you wouldn’t normally choose to live with. Incidents are unsettling. What is good is the food and the ward seems nice. It's ok and the consultant is quite nice.

What needs to be improved on Audley is patients should respect other peoples personal space and stop walking into other peoples rooms and patients should have boundaries.

I am not local so they are hoping to transfer me to my local area. I hope this will be soon.

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Response from Lynn Baxter, Service Director, St Andrew's Healthcare 7 years ago
Lynn Baxter
Service Director,
St Andrew's Healthcare
Submitted on 20/02/2017 at 11:15
Published on Care Opinion at 11:47


Thank you for letting us know what it can feel like to come on to a ward. I understand how difficult that must be, when you don't know people and you would rather be somewhere else. I'm sorry this reply has come so late and I hope that we have been able to help and support you over this period of time. I'm glad to see there are some positive bits for you - nice food is so important! In the meantime, I will feed back your comments to the team and ensure that patients are informed they should respect others' personal space.

I wish you all the very best for your future.

Lynn

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