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"7 weeks as inpatient"

In the first week of being admitted, I was told by a member of staff that I would be let down by the system. They were correct. After 7weeks as an inpatient and my mood becoming worse they decided to discharge me with out warning and with out plans out in place for me. I told them going home wasn’t an option, due to having children to look after. I was sectioned the day before my discharge due to being deemed unsafe due to an overdose I took. I was told by a doctor I was severely depressed and that my medication needed reviewing. 7 weeks as an inpatient with out improvement. Instead of looking at my medication I was discharged. They allowed me to leave the hospital with out my belongings. Knowing I was in a bad place mentally. I was in crisis. They didn’t care. My family told them not to allow me to leave until they arr9ved to collect me, due to their concerns for me. However I was still allowed to leave. Later to be found by the police and taken to hospital for treatment. Green lane is a shocking hospital. They do not do their hourly checks correctly. I was out on leave for 4 hours but I was written down as in by 2 different members of staff. They have no psychologist, no talking therapy at all. Most of the members of staff do not want to be there. I was having a bath on the day I was sectioned by the doctor, to over hear members of staff moaning about not being paid enough “for this" what ever that is spouse to mean. The few good members of staff were amazing, had the time to talk to you about your thoughts and worries. But most really didn’t have the time and didn’t care about keeping you safe. I’m now discharged in to the community feeling the same as I went in. Extremely suicidal. I’ve 3 children who I can not look after as well as I would like. I fear for my future. The crisis team do not work for me. Due to having anxiety I don’t like different people coming every day. I’ve lost all faith in the mental health team. I feel like all my hope of getting better has gone.

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