While on an adult acute psychiatric ward I had a review with my consultant psychiatrist once a week (in theory). Before I went into the room where the review was taking place, a nurse who happened to be on duty would go in before me, armed with the notes that nurses and health care assistants had written about me the previous week. The nurse who went in with the notes might be a nurse I happened not to have exchanged two words with the previous week. I didn't like third-hand information being given not only to my consultant, but also to others in the consultant's team present at the review, before I joined the meeting. There were many good things about the review, for example, I was always introduced to everyone in the room. But I would have liked to have been in at the beginning. I would have preferred it if the nurse with my nursing notes, and I, had gone into the room at the same time so that I could hear what she had to say, and both she and I had the same opportunity to say what we had to say about me. I felt sidelined/dis-empowered watching the nurse go in before me with my notes.
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"Patient review with consultant, nurse contribution"
About: Highbury Hospital Highbury Hospital Nottingham NG6 9DR Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust / Adult mental health (inpatient) Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Adult mental health (inpatient) NG3 6AA
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