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My son's illness and court appearance

Posted By Trishbob1

"My son's illness and court appearance"

About: Inverclyde Royal Hospital / General Psychiatry

(as a parent/guardian),

He was admitted to IRH last April very ill due to starving himself for weeks, on drips couldn't walk was hallucinating badly.

After six weeks he came home, suffers depression he's half blind, has severe pains in his legs.

Five weeks after he came home a summons arrived. He'd been charged by a nurse for lashing out and swearing at her. Nobody informed us about this at the time.

He's been to court seven times now, taxi there taxi back as he's still very much ill. The court this morning threw out the charge after consultant read his medical records at time of said incident, leaving my son a nervous wreck.

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Response from Lorna Fairlie, Patient Experience, Public Involvement Project Manager, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde 9 years ago
Lorna Fairlie
Patient Experience, Public Involvement Project Manager,
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde

I work in a small team in NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde which seeks to involve patients and carers in the work of the NHS. The biggest part of my role is in managing feedback projects across the Board area, one of which is Patient Opinion. It is my job to give our patients and carers the opportunity to give us feedback, and to make sure that this is passed to the right people to help us improve the services we provide.

Submitted on 26/01/2015 at 09:22
Published on Care Opinion at 12:09

Dear Trishbob1,

I am so sorry to hear of the health problems that your son has, and is still, experiencing. I know that when a loved one is ill it puts a strain on the family and as his mother I can only imagine how worried you must be.

Your comment details the experiences your son has had since leaving hospital care and as this has now moved into a legal situation, it is very difficult and would be inappropriate for me to discuss this on a public forum such as this. Your post does not highlight any specific areas of concern about the care given by NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde. However, if you have such issues which were not dealt with at the time then please contact me directly on lorna.gray@ggc.scot.nhs.uk.

I wish your son all the best for the future.

Yours Sincerely,

Lorna

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