What I liked
Nothing
What could be improved
Everything
Anything else?
I was admitted into their Psychiatric ward three years ago and have since had to struggle to receive after/ongoing care because there is absolutely no record of my stay.
This was probably due to the fact that there was not enough room for me and I had to sleep under a bedsheet on a couch in the dayroom, to be woken (kicked) at 5 in the morning by the cleaner, saying 'this is not a hotel'. You're not kidding!
The stay itself was horrendous - the most minor thing was that it was unbearably hot. I was, however, recorded as dillussional and hearing voices because one nurse would tell me to sleep in one room and a doctor would say I must have a bed to go to. I nearly had my release postponed because staff did not communicate with eachother about their patients - remember we were all psychiatric patients so we weren't listened to/believed.
I have had any subsequent treatment/referral delayed because my sister-in-law, a solicitor, had to vouch for my 'story' about being in the ward. She was the one who collected me and, to do so, had to come into the ward proof I wasn't just hanging about outside the hospital saying I was a patient!.
Absolutely hate the place - look at the post I will make about my treatment in A & E.
"Disgusting, frightening."
About: Ealing Hospital Ealing Hospital Southall UB1 3HW
Posted via nhs.uk
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