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Prescribed wrong medication

Posted By The unhappy

"Prescribed wrong medication"

About: Adult Mental Health / Ward 2 (Adult Mental Health)

(as a service user),

At my MDT meeting a doctor continually referred to my mental health diagnosis as 'my condition' and dismissed completely how I was feeling by putting it down to 'just my condition'. I was discharged despite me pleading that I was ill.   It turned out that it wasn't just my 'condition', I was being medicating me with the wrong type of antipsychotic medication. I think it's about time patients were allowed to consult with their own psychiatrists again, rather than consultants from around the area, before some serious error is made.

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Response from Marie Rooney, Service Manager, Mental Health and Learning Disability Service, NHS Lanarkshire 2 years ago
Marie Rooney
Service Manager, Mental Health and Learning Disability Service,
NHS Lanarkshire

Submitted on 27/07/2021 at 14:07
Published on Care Opinion at 16:13

Many thanks for sharing your experience with us.

I'm sorry that it was so difficult.

I'm covering for the Service Manager who looks after your ward, as it's peak holiday time just now.

I'd really like to be able to look into the points you've raised, so that I can give you a response which is relates to your personal experience.


To help me do this, I wonder if you could email me directly with some details relating to your time in the ward, such as your name, date of admission and the name of the Doctor who was working with you.

Please be assured, this information will be kept in the strictest confidence, and only used by me, to look into your care.

My NHS email is secure and once I have looked into your care, I will delete the emails.

It's very important to us that your experience in our care is a positive one, and when this is not the case, we are always keen to learn and improve.

I look forward to hearing from you.

My email is: marie.rooney2@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk

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