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Saw someone beginning of sept after waiting 4 months in crisis. Crisis team said they were too busy when they were called, didn't call back then went home without leaving even a note that I'd called (my mum on my behalf) and was in need. I was suicidal and had been having painful palpitations for over 12 hours from how bad I was. Parents took me to a&e as I actually got some help there not hung up on and forgotten. After my appt in sept the Dr there prescribed me 2 weeks worth of medication and sent me on my way. I had to fight my Dr to get a repeat prescription of it as even now almost two months later no letter has been sent to my GP (or myself) as promised, that I even attended an appt let alone was legitimately prescribed meds. On top of that, despite many people with mental health not being able to use phones to speak on including myself, there is no email provided which is shocking in this day and age so I'm stuck on being able to get someone to fax my assessment letter to my GP so I can sort my prescription. If the Dr even bothered to write one!

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Response from Canada House 6 years ago
Canada House
Submitted on 01/11/2017 at 15:40
Published on nhs.uk at 17:32


We are very sorry to read your feedback about the difficulty you have had in accessing support which is not what we would hope.

It would be helpful to understand what happened and see what we can learn from your experience, and improve.

If you are happy to discuss your experience in more detail then would you please contact our Patient Experience Team on patient.experience@kmpt.nhs.uk.

We will also pass on your comment about having an email correspondence option and are conscious that KMPT is already looking to have a portal where clients can engage with our support via the web.

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