My assessment

[Ray78Participant]

I had an assessment in the summer with a locum psychiatrist who didn’t even pretend to care. I was very unhappy with what he wrote in a letter to me he didn’t even have the courtesy to sign or spellcheck so had a “second opinion” appointment with a doctor at Cardiff University. He wrote to this arsehole the following week apparently with his suggestions and asked for me be sent a copy of his report. It’s only because I emailed the doctor at the university I found out he’d sent the report pretty soon after seeing me. I asked the community mental health team about it and they said – discovered today – this locum who has since left didn’t put in the right place on the computer system. I will, I hope, get a copy of it in the post tomorrow. Even the woman who I spoke to said it was “not on” and mentioned complaining which is amazing considering this is an organisation which closes ranks if a patient protests at the way they’re being (mis)treated.

[wannabefreeParticipant]

They are supposed to be accountable…

[Ray78ParticipantParticipant]

In my experience if you make a complaint the response is bullshit.

[johna2Participant]

Ray, In my experience that bullshit response is pretty typical across the whole of society. Every agency just looks after it’s own.

[Ray78ParticipantParticipant]

I agree. I’ve been treated like shit before by GPs and mental health workers but nothing like as bad as in the last 12 months.

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