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I shall be writing to the CEO or what ever they call themselves to formally complain about the deeply worrying lack of professionalism displayed by this service, with particular emphasis on the grossly unacceptable attitude of the medical staff.I was brought in on a 136 after experiencing a seizure, which as we all know can cause profound but brief personality changes and from start to finish their procedure for dealing with emergency assessments was appalling, unsafe, unprofessional and lacking the guiding hand of anyone who knew what they were doing. I will give much greater detail in my complaint. I will point out that I have spent 25 years working in psychiatry, and the seizure activity I believe is a consequence of being punched in the head too many times by patients. This happened because I have worked in PICUS and acute psych. all my career and have done more emergency assessments than I care to remember. I consider myself an expert and have the track record to back it up. I can say with absolute certainty that this service does not practise to an acceptable standard. Details on request. psychiatry was always a bit dodgy but at least it used to help the ill. nowadays it only helps the pharmaceutical industry, criminals and of course the dr's themselves.

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Response from Goodmayes Hospital - Main Building 8 years ago
Goodmayes Hospital - Main Building
Submitted on 05/10/2015 at 12:21
Published on nhs.uk on 06/10/2015 at 02:31


North East London Foundation Trust responded on 5 October 2015:

I am sorry for the time taken to respond to your review, it has only recently come to our attention that you have not received a response.

I am sorry to hear of your poor experience. I have contacted the Director of Mental Health Inpatients to request that an investigation is carried out to look into the concerns you have raised. As we cannot respond to these serious concerns on an open forum, we would welcome the opportunity to hear from you further and invite you to contact our Complaints Team on 0300 555 1201 ext. 66690 or by email at nelftcomplaints@nelft.nhs.uk at the earliest possible opportunity

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