Egregiously inadequate support for patient - a foreign national -detained under mental health act
Writing this in great distress from a country on the other side of the world.
A family member is currently hospitalised, obviously very ill; and at present has no -we truly mean 'no' - friends, family, colleagues or other support people in the UK.
Our communication via email to the first ward during this admission was unanswered and unacknowledged.
Having already been hospitalised for close to a month our family member has only just been set up with a method to communicate with us, thanks to the kind assistance of a staff member.
Our family member hospitalised there is without any formal ID - all documents are lost. They have no funds and we believe, no access to any financial support until ID is re-established.
They are apparently without shoes or their own clothes and state they have been since admission several weeks ago. By their own account they are wearing a few items of donated clothes, need a hair cut, and need new underwear, other basic clothing, and assistance with the process of reapplying for all ID documents, which must come from the country of origin (or our country's embassy there in London).
This is an unacceptable state of affairs. How is it that someone can be detained under the mental health act, and left so totally alone, unaided and unsupported?
"Egregiously inadequate support for patient"
About: Acute and urgent care / Inpatient wards Acute and urgent care Inpatient wards SW17 7DJ
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