Reply To: Mental Health

[jim]

I am in the system myself. At times it is great. At this moment it is great. That is because things came to a head with me, proper crisis and I was sent to the crisis team. They have been wonderful. Coming out to see me twice a day. There were no inpatient beds ir I would have been admitted. However the crisus team is a short term thing. I have already seen them weeks longer than intended. I am now at the stage I am being seen every other day. The crisis team are great. The community team not so good. And that is with me already having a foot in the door. I went to my gp And said things were getting bad, he did nothing. Things escalated until I was in a and e.

I am now terrified with what will happen when I am discharged. I will go back to seeing my psychiatrist once every 3 months. I will have access to the community team duty worker, it is hit and miss who that is. I find the actual people are lovely and do want to help. Thy just are very understaffed.

For what it’s worth. The crisis team are accessible via nhs24 and I think sometimes when things are that bad it is better to try that direct than the gp route.