One day at end of first week of December on Eden ward the nurse in charge had no choice but to lock off the day room. As the number of staff dropped to 3, that is the nurse in charge and 2 HCAs. This is getting to be a common theme.
As a patient on Eden ward, we are told we should run on 7 staff and most days we run on 5 staff which can be manageable from what I can see. But they struggle when it comes down to fresh air which we have a right to daily, but quite often the staff levels drop to 4 when this happens it has an impact on the running of the ward. First, we lose fresh air then we lose the day room. When the staff have breaks the ward drops to 3 this sometimes causes conflict between staff and patients. Sometimes we are made to wait for prn and medication because they arnt any body to give them to us. This is not me having a pop at ward staff as I know this is higher management and they are leaving the ward on unsafe numbers of staff. What I personally find difficult and other patients have said the same is when they are struggling sometimes after a psychology session, we are told that there is not enough staff to do a one to one.
I don’t blame ward staff I blame higher management and I don’t like it when they say we should deal with it ourselves as we are a step down ward. The thing is some have just started difficult work and yes, I struggle so please act and give us help
"not enough staff. unsafe numbers of staff."
About: Rampton Hospital / Personality Disorder Pathway Rampton Hospital Personality Disorder Pathway DN22 0PD
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