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"Poor consultation"

About: Highbury Hospital

(as a relative),

 My girlfriend went to Highbury Hospital for a consultation with a psychiatrist after her GP referred her to the Hospital.


She was seen  about 25 min by a psychiatrist. They arrived late, not even knew the name of the patient. 
She told them her story and start crying as it was difficult to speak about past and painful experiences. Rapidly the doctor told her that she had depression and that she should take serotonin tablets, that this would help her to deal with her emotions.
She told them that she is happy with her life at the moment and she doesn't have depression. She just came to seek help in order to receive perhaps a therapy treatment to deal with her past. Instead after a short consultation and feeling pressured by a doctor watching their watch constantly and not even really paying attention, she left feeling confused and disappointment by the lack of care of this person. 
I just wanted to share her story as I feel that there was a lack of care shown. I am disappointed and want to request that they review their policies in terms of patient treatment.
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Response from Glen Owen, General Manager, Low Secure Community Forensic Services, Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust 5 years ago
Glen Owen
General Manager, Low Secure Community Forensic Services,
Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Submitted on 05/09/2018 at 14:18
Published on Care Opinion at 16:44


Dear Monkino04,

Thank you for taking the time to submit this feedback about the service, all feedback received is valued and fed back directly to the team and those involved. I am sorry that your girlfriend did not find her appointment to provide her with the plan she hoped for.

I am concerned that your girlfriend feels that other treatment options may suit her better than medication. If you are happy to contact me at glen.owen@nottshc.nhs.uk I would like to discuss this further to see if I can support with finding a more satisfactory outcome in conjunction with the team.

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