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Costs of day centre are too high

Posted By tabby

"Costs of day centre are too high"

About: Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust / Adult mental health (inpatient)

(as the patient),

I'm an outpatient and i go to the day centre in Nottingham.

I have been going to the day centre for several years and i have recently been funded and attend 2 groups in art and woodwork. I have just found out I'm having to pay £25 for a 2 hour session where the teacher is a service user himself.

I understand that day centres need to be funded but find this amount a bit extortionate as this takes up the majority of my budget. I also found out that there is a rating system to which service users are charged, I feel this to be unfair.

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Response from Jane Danforth, Involvement & Experience Officer, Involvement, Experience and Volunteering Team, Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust 12 years ago
Jane Danforth
Involvement & Experience Officer, Involvement, Experience and Volunteering Team,
Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust

Hello, my name is Jane Danforth. My role involves helping our service users, volunteers and staff to understand that Notts Healthcare wants to hear stories about our services. We reply to every story and it really helps us to improve what we do, how we do it and to hear about what works well too.

Submitted on 16/02/2012 at 14:02
Published on Care Opinion at 14:11

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Thank you for your posting. I am not sure what day centre you are attending.

So I can reply to your posting with more information, please get in touch either by replying to me on the Patient Opinion site or by calling me .

Jane Danforth Involvement Officer

0115 9934567

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Update posted by tabby (the patient)

The day centre is Open Doors, Victoria Embankment.

Due to these high costs people are unable to access these services, when for many its a place they feel safe and comfortable,

Response from Jane Danforth, Involvement & Experience Officer, Involvement, Experience and Volunteering Team, Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust 12 years ago
Jane Danforth
Involvement & Experience Officer, Involvement, Experience and Volunteering Team,
Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust

Hello, my name is Jane Danforth. My role involves helping our service users, volunteers and staff to understand that Notts Healthcare wants to hear stories about our services. We reply to every story and it really helps us to improve what we do, how we do it and to hear about what works well too.

Submitted on 20/02/2012 at 14:02
Published on Care Opinion at 14:04

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Hi Tabby

Thank you for replying so promptly. Do you want to give me a call on the above number to have a chat about it?

Someone on the site read your posting and passed on some information to pass on to you about the day centre costs.

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