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why has my friend not been transferred over

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busyweeks78 · 30/12/2019 19:14

My friend moved areas recently to a town not covered by our mental health team however she is still with the team for the town she no longer lives in. Surely she should be transferred or are people allowed to make a choice?

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blacksax · 30/12/2019 19:15

Why are you asking?

hatgirl · 30/12/2019 19:18

If it's the same CCG and the towns aren't far apart then it probably makes sense from a continuity of care perspective.

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busyweeks78 · 30/12/2019 19:29

I’m just curious

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PriscillaTheHun · 30/12/2019 19:33

I don't know but she could phone her current team and ask them whether they're planning on transferring her.

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busyweeks78 · 30/12/2019 19:36

She said she doesn’t want to be transferred I didn’t think you had a choice?

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RightEarlobeBreath · 30/12/2019 20:20

She might not have a choice but has opted to try and stay under their care rather than suffer via the postcode lottery. I wonder why you are so concerned.

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busyweeks78 · 30/12/2019 21:20

I’m just curious how it worked

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MitziK · 30/12/2019 21:45

Presumably she's staying with her current ED team?

Is it really healthy to be constantly thinking about what happens to your friend, rather than focusing upon your own health and whatever diagnosis your consultant makes once she has all the information, including the blood tests you're due to have, in front of her?

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busyweeks78 · 30/12/2019 21:49

She’s also under cmht as she has other diagnoses. Her eating disorder is just treated differently to mine.

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EvaHarknessRose · 30/12/2019 22:02

It usually goes by your GP rather than home address. But GP might not keep patients who move away once informed.

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busyweeks78 · 30/12/2019 22:05

She’s under a gp where she lives. She changed gp as soon as she moved.

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mumwon · 30/12/2019 22:15

if she moved to our area I wouldn't blame her - mental health support (I have been reliably informed)is a scarce commodity & she would have a l-o-n-g wait

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busyweeks78 · 31/12/2019 08:46

From what I’ve heard that team are pretty similar to the one she’s currently with.

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RightEarlobeBreath · 31/12/2019 14:28

They aren’t the same people though. Similar in work ethic maybe but not the same people she’s come to trust.

It sounds like you have issues regarding your own care being different. I would focus on that rather than trying to find a way to make her care worse.

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busyweeks78 · 31/12/2019 17:42

Yes I understand that I was more interested in if they had been a change of law etc as I’ve known people who moved are usually transferred

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Spidey66 · 31/12/2019 18:53

They normally allow a time to settle in, as a move could trigger a relapse and it's better to stay with the team that knows you if that happens. A transfer of care will happen in due course.

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busyweeks78 · 31/12/2019 19:09

She seems to think it won’t be happening so I’m worried she’s going to get distressed when it does

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