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"Disappointed with the service and the treatment I’ve received"

About: West London NHS Trust / Primary Care Mental Health Service (Hounslow)

(as the patient),

First appointment was in October 2018 at feltham. There was no reception for the mental health service so I went to two others that was there and no one knew where to send. I emailed a member of staff saying I was here and where I was. Eventually they found me and had my appointment. This member of staff said they would call me the end of November to see how I was doing etc and they never did.

In December I sent a very distressing email as I was struggling very badly with my mental health and they never responded and I never heard anything again from them. I then got referred again a couple months ago and two over the phone appointments. I’ve now been sent a letter for a appointment face to face. I tried calling and emailing to reschedule it as I was working but no one answered. 6 days later I received a letter saying they’ve rescheduled my appointment but now I can’t do that day because I booked on the day it was originally on so I could attend as I assumed that as they didn’t answer it wasn’t being changed. Instead I rescheduled my dentist appointment, I was trying to get my psychiatrist appointment on the same day as the dentist so I wouldn’t have to take much time off work but as they didn’t answer I rescheduled the dentist instead and had to change my shift. My job is new and I don’t want to have to keep changing things. I’m very disappointed with the service and the treatment I’ve received in 2018.  

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Response from Sara Kerry, Patient Experience Coordinator, Central Governance Team, West London NHS Trust 4 years ago
Sara Kerry
Patient Experience Coordinator, Central Governance Team,
West London NHS Trust
Submitted on 06/09/2019 at 07:58
Published on Care Opinion at 07:58


Dear Sn194

Firstly, I would like to apologise for the inconvenience and disappointment that you experienced in dealing with our reception team and other members of staff at Hounslow Recovery recently.

I am sorry to hear that we did not contact you as agreed despite you leaving a message telling us you were distressed. I also appreciate the difficulties of arranging new appointments, especially if you have just started a new job. Once again, please accept my apologies for the inconvenience that we have caused.

We have been experiencing some challenges in the front end of our service; unfortunately, these challenges had an impact on the quality of service we deliver. However, we have started a recruitment campaign to ensure that we are in a better position to respond to our service users and their carers promptly.

We are committed to learning from the information we receive via complaints to make improvements in our services.

You are welcome to contact me on 0208 483 2020. It would provide an opportunity to explore your complaints further and put measures in place to reduce further occurrence in the future.

In the meantime, I will share your complaint with the whole team at our next clinical meeting as we always try our best to learn from feedback about the services we provide.

Best regards

Ade Omomo-Rashed

Team manager
Hounslow Recovery Team

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