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To think the NHS mental health system is a shitshow?

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ChaoticGouda · 05/09/2020 19:14

This is probably going to turn into a bit of a whingey rant, sorry Blush

Disclaimer that I'm not talking about most nurses, doctors and staff, who are lovely and doing their best in unfair, overworked and underfunded circumstances.

However in my years of going into and out of the doctor's office for help and support, the feeling of being pushed out of CBT because I hadn't made enough improvement during sessions, the dismissal both I and loved ones have had when going to GPs about any issue other than depression/anxiety...

Plus the fact that specialist clinics for things like ADHD, EDs, etc (especially for adults) are still hard to access and shockingly underfunded despite these issues becoming increasingly talked about amongst the general public...

Of course I'm grateful we have an NHS, grateful that I'm not forced to pay for everything like in some countries, and grateful that I'm safe and relatively comfortable enough to be complaining about this. I'm definitely luckier than a lot of people on the planet, and I know it's a less-pressing issue to complain about, on the grand scale of things.

Still not going to stop me from complaining, though! Grin

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Stompythedinosaur · 09/10/2021 03:28

I work in mh care and I agree it is a total shitshow.

Lots of staff care but the bar for treatment is infeasible high - we aren't able to work in the ways that are effective because we don't get contact until someone is too unwell. We aren't able to stay working with people until they make a full recovery either - once they are slightly less critically I'll that is it.

We have under 50% of our nurse roles filled, I try to employ more nurses each month but there just aren't any. Surprisingly few of the nurses I qualified with are still working as nurses.

My caseload is full of very extreme cases. People who merely have a "normal" mental health problem have limited chance of being picked up.

Stompythedinosaur · 09/10/2021 03:29

But, that is what our country chose and voted for. It isn't the fault of the staff who are mainly trying to hold thing together as best they can.

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