Ben Jackson, Community mental health worker
“I had a service user who waited 15 hours and just got sent home. This is someone with schizophrenia, hearing … Read more
“I had a service user who waited 15 hours and just got sent home. This is someone with schizophrenia, hearing … Read more
“The staff crisis is going to worsen and invariably this is going to mean increased waiting time and it’s true … Read more
“That’s a very difficult thing to have to deal with – when you don’t think you can deliver the care … Read more
“There just isn’t the social care package available at short notice for these patients, they often end up sitting in … Read more
“At the moment I’ve got six trained staff leaving the unit, so that’s six trained nurses leaving at once. We … Read more
“In my experience it is hard to do your job. There aren’t enough staff” “The lack of [mental health] beds … Read more
“It feels really hard and it’s very depressing working with staff that are so demoralised. Most staff come into the … Read more
“There is just not enough funding and we are seeing an increasing number of patients with mental health issues in … Read more
“I think increasingly the crisise is constant, certainly I go out and about a lot, across the UK, but particularly … Read more
“The NHS staff are very committed to keeping the NHS going and it remains something of huge pride, but I … Read more