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my husband is not receiving the support he needs

Posted By Fighting

"my husband is not receiving the support he needs"

About: Royal Alexandra Hospital / Trauma & orthopaedics (wards 21-23) Victoria Infirmary / Pain management

(as a carer),

It is with a sad heart that I am having to complain about my husbands treatment at this time up to now is was good.

My husband has had a work related injury which he has been receiving treatment for the past four years. He is dealing with chronic pain in his left shoulder, neck and upper back which is coming from the nerve damage.

My husband was on high dose of slow release morphine 160 twice a day plus severadal 20mg during the day last year it was decided that this has to be reduced the severadal was reduced then stopped and now the twice a day morphine is being reduced, my concern and issue is that he has been on the morphine for that long he now has mental health issues and his ability to cope is not good. Just before Christmas last year he ended up having to be admitted to Levendale Hospital for his own safety.

I feel that we are being let down and for myself I am reaching breaking point to support him through the withdrawal of these medications we keep being told he is a complex case for me this is not a good enough answer. I feel the medical profession have made him dependant on these drugs and other forms of treatment at this point are not workin, I feel these should have been introduced at a much earlier stage. I feel that the professionals have created this problem and my husband is not receiving the support he needs

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Response from Lisa Ramsay, Patient Experience Public Involvement Team Support, NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde 6 years ago
Lisa Ramsay
Patient Experience Public Involvement Team Support,
NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde

I work in a small team within NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde. Part of the team’s role is to support patients and carers through our feedback systems which will help to improve the services we provide. On Patient Opinion, I support Lorna Gray, Patient Experience Public Involvement Project Manager, and Niall McGrogan, Head of Patient Experience Public Involvement.

Submitted on 25/05/2017 at 10:00
Published on Care Opinion at 10:09

Dear Fighting

Thank you for taking the time to post on Care Opinion. I am sorry to read about what your husband and yourself has been going through and understand that it will be a difficult time for both of you.

I have already shared your post with one of our General Managers and we would like to look into what you have shared here further. So that we can do that, would you please email me at Lisa.Ramsay@ggc.scot.nhs.uk with your husband's name, date of birth, CHI number (if you do not have it, then it is okay), which hospital your husband is currently receiving treatment from and quoting the reference 370568?

I look forward to hearing from you.

Best wishes
Lisa

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