"Friendships, Family, honesty, loyalty, Staff, activities..."

On Erskine ward, Things they do well to keep me safe are, Remove myself from negative situations as soon as they arise. Being in Hospital, care from Staff, group work, having someone to talk to, Medication, Stop everyone from walking around the day room, Staff presence. We are locked in and cannot open the door from the inside.

Things they could do better to feel safer are… Stamp out and challenging negative or passive aggression behaviour before it becomes aggressive. Stop inappropriate conversation. Kitchen dinner combined. More Staff, Therapeutic Meals, More Groups, keep what we already have Enforce walking round the day room Keep quieter dayroom, scrap the rule book there are far too many. The Team work together to help have a positive experience and positive pathway by, Giving us time to collect our thoughts by letting me get out of my head the stumbling blocks that keep me in the past. Ward round, care plans, activities, playing games, TV, fresh air together bingo staff trying to be amenable not normally hostile.

To improve you could Listen more and never be judgemental, incorporate home visits, community work scheme, Patients personal phones in rooms, personal patient pin number for the phone self-help phone calls, be more homely on the ward, more conversations, , staff often throw up obstacles such as fresh air in my case cannot be facilitated, seems that way way anyway.

Caring, and feeling cared for, the things that make us feel this ways are, Genuine friendships, Family, honesty, loyalty, Staff, activities the Gym, medication, dentist, you don’t get kicked out of Rampton they let you stay here and feed you.

It could be better by themed weekend meals listen more to each other be as real as you can be and not plastic. I feel quite involved in our community, but keep doing things like communication day, mutual regards and understanding and spend more time talking