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Mental Health/crisis/Recovery teams

Posted By Sooze

"Mental Health/crisis/Recovery teams"

About: Somerset NHS Foundation Trust Somerset NHS Foundation Trust / Adult community mental health

(as the patient),

After a weekend of being unwell I rang for help at 111 and the out of hours doctor was very good at first and said he would get me the help I so desperately needed. He said he would ring back after calling the mental health team at Musgrove Park Hospital. He then left me a message on my phone. My understanding of the message was that-Mental Health said I wasn't ill and said if I felt suicidal to go and kill myself, that it was my choice.

Who really wants to feel like this is a choice. It just shows how bad things have got when someone in the caring profession goes and tells you to die.

Not sure if it's down to being understaffed or lack of cash or both but it's sad and scary when you find yourself in a dire situation like this. I'm glad I made it to Monday when I was able to see my GP but feel really lucky after being resuscitated that I am alive and still here by luck.

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Response from Karen Howard-Grenville, PALS, Somerset Partnership NHS Foundation Trust 8 years ago
Karen Howard-Grenville
PALS,
Somerset Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Submitted on 22/10/2015 at 08:54
Published on Care Opinion at 10:17

Dear Sooze

Thank you for sharing your experience with Somerset Partnership. Your account of recent events sounds dreadful, but without more information about you, the Patient Advice and Liaison, (PALS), team are unable to look into this matter more closely, and provide you with some answers.

If you would like PALS to take this forward, please either call PALS on 01278 432022, email us at pals@sompar.nhs.uk or write to PALS at the following address: 2nd Floor, Mallard Court, Express Park, Bristol Road, Bridgwater. TA6 4RN.

Alternatively, if you would like to make a formal complaint, please let PALS know, and the information that you provide will be passed to the complaints team for investigation.

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Update posted by Sooze (the patient)

I have already been in contact with PALS about similar treatment in the past but nobody wants to know.

Thanks for so much concern but I feel it all falls on deaf ears in reality and doesn't get the attention it deserves for such a serious situation.

Update posted by Sooze (the patient)

Been in touch with the PALS services and they say they say there is no evidence recorded I had been unwell this weekend so they could not look into it further.

Response from Lucy Nicholls, Inclusion Manager, Somerset Partnership NHS Foundation Trust 8 years ago
Lucy Nicholls
Inclusion Manager,
Somerset Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

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Submitted on 30/12/2015 at 09:27
Published on Care Opinion at 12:06

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Dear Sooze,

Thank you for posting. Unfortunately the PALS Service was not open on the day that you mention and it may be the case that there is some confusion about which service you are calling. You can always contact us via email at pals@sompar.nhs.uk or telephone 01278 432022.

Best wishes,

LUCY

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Update posted by Sooze (the patient)

As I mentioned I spoke with PALS service at the above number.

I have concluded the Trust do not seem to want to use service users feedback to provide a better service. I feel they have denied my complaint instead of using valuable feedback to gain improvements in bettering services for people in this area.

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