Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (NSFT)

Provides mental health, substance misuse and learning disability services across Norfolk and Suffolk.

Reviews (264)

Good relationship with Counsellor.

June 8, 2016
Good relationship with Counsellor, would like to choose the gender of the translator. Between October 2015 and March 2016 I have attended Mariner House for counselling about 6 times. The Counsellor has been very good. The translator has been good as well but in the future I would like a choice of gender. I was not given the choice at the beginning. They have prescribed me tablets which has helped. Talking through my problems helps sometimes.
Anonymous

Reply from Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (NSFT)

Thank you for taking the time to give feedback. It is good to hear that the counsellor was helpful. On the question of the gender of the interpreter, we use a local organisation called INTRAN to arrange our interpreters. INTRAN try where possible to find an interpreter that suits the individual’s preferences. Please let your counsellor know in advance your gender preference and INTRAN will do their best. The more notice they have the more likely it is that they will be able to find the right person for you.


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reffered as an urgent case by gp 2weeks ago

June 5, 2016
Had a recurrance of depression and acute anxiety, referred by my gp as urgent, had a visit by cpn, who passed my details on to a care team. 2 weeks have passed and I have not been contacted by anyone. Luckily I have managed to get out of the desperate situation I was in.
Trevor Blackman

reffered as an urgent case by gp 2weeks ago

June 5, 2016
Had a recurrance of depression and acute anxiety, referred by my gp as urgent, had a visit by cpn, who passed my details on to a care team. 2 weeks have passed and I have not been contacted by anyone. Luckily I have managed to get out of the desperate situation I was in.
Trevor Blackman

Reply from Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (NSFT)

Dear Mr Blackman
We are aware that colleagues have visited you to assess you and offered support and we hope your health continues to improve.
The process for referral into our services requires assessment of the information sent from your GP which summarises your situation and determines when your appointment to see our practitioners is made. Our assessments are carried out and appointments made according to each individual’s needs.
If you would like more information about accessing our services, getting support or would like to tell us more about your experiences please contact our Patient Advice and Liaison Service Team
Contact them via pals@nsft.nhs.uk or tel: 01603 421191 BT Freephone: 0800 279 7257 (calls from mobiles and other providers may charge) between 9am and 5pm Monday to Friday - outside these hours you can leave a message on the PALS voicemail which they aim to respond to on the next working day. Please use the reference HW 16-15 when contacting PALS


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very stressfull and unhelpfull

June 4, 2016
I have been passed from pillar to post around my local team and having to work with many different people which isnt helpfull as i struggle meeting new people and getting the confidence to open up. I have recently been in a very bad way and i have been told that i wont be getting any support. I am very upset by the way i have been treated over the past few years and i feel my local team has let me down on several occasions.
Anonymous

Reply from Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (NSFT)

We are sorry to hear that you are experiencing difficulties in accessing support and advice.
It is really difficult to comment or give you information without hearing more about your situation, so we would encourage you to make contact with our colleagues in the Patient Advice and Liaison Service Team who are available to listen and can offer you support, advice and information about your current situation and for the future.
Contact them via pals@nsft.nhs.uk or tel: 01603 421191 BT Freephone: 0800 279 7257 (calls from mobiles and other providers may charge) between 9am and 5pm Monday to Friday - outside these hours you can leave a message on the PALS voicemail which they aim to respond to on the next working day.
Please use the reference HW 16-15 when contacting PALS


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When you need the help ...no one is there

June 1, 2016
I didn't want a phone call ...I needed a real person
debra english

Discharge difficult

June 1, 2016
It's been difficult time get discharged by the consultant (outpatient)
Anonymous

interesting but too little to really help

May 29, 2016
This course must be longer over the course of weeks to really help.
David Arrowsmith

Haphazard

May 27, 2016
Individual care-cos and doctors are usually excellent and caring. It is more getting in to talk to someone, with messages usually not being passed on (often get told hasn't been emailed through to staff member and once put on a post it note at a desk seldom used as mainly out in community) - poor practice in office reception skills and I've found the out of hours service to be a waste of time. I'm considering my role as peer tutor in recovery college as although very helpful at times and I've learned much there however seems to be no backup in place and seems too much to do by a few overworked people with little resources
Anonymous

Reply from Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (NSFT)

We're sorry to hear that communication has not always been effective with the teams and services you have been accessing. We do need to learn from individual's experiences.
The role of peer tutor is vital to us in as honest sharing of experiences inspires both the individual journey of recovery and to the development and delivery of services.
Please contact our Patient Advice and Liaison Service Team who can support you in describing your experiences and offering you advice and information for the future.
Contact them via pals@nsft.nhs.uk or tel: 01603 421191 BT Freephone: 0800 279 7257 (calls from mobiles and other providers may charge) between 9am and 5pm Monday to Friday - outside these hours you can leave a message on the PALS voicemail which they aim to respond to on the next working day.
Please use the reference HW 16-09 when contacting PALS
Or contact Sarah Mitchell, Recovery College Manager: sarah.mitchell@nsft.nhs.uk


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terrible

May 26, 2016
short breaks and we have to wait to go to the toilet meaning we have to ask and that feels like being at school.and xxxxx is too demanding and bossy. Also I have a learning disibility of understanding things and she gives us the work and we have got to do it within short space of time and that puts pressure and stress on me.and she works too quick and i cant keep up with her teaching because i get too stressed out .
Anonymous

Reply from Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (NSFT)

Most people (over 99%) rate their experience in the recovery college as good or excellent. We are always keen to get honest feedback that helps us to improve things. If you have had a particularly ‘terrible’ time I would be keen to meet up and explore what we could do differently in the future.

I am sorry you have not had a good experience at the Recovery College. Usually, tutors let people know where the toilets are at the beginning of the session and let people know they don’t need to ask to go. We like to continually review our courses and workshops using the feedback we get. As a result of this some of our workshops and courses now give students more time to do the activities and explore the topic. A Peer Deputy Manager started in post last month. Part of her role will be to ensure peer tutors have the skills they need to do the best job they can. I am happy to meet up and discuss the concerns you have raised
Sarah Mitchell, Recovery College Manager: sarah.mitchell@nsft.nhs.uk


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Not consistent

May 25, 2016
My problems have been constant but my care hasn't. Under hellesdon since 1991. Care then transferred to west Norfolk then back to hellesdon 2015. I am now back as a user and have been told there is no psychiatric doctor to see me as the one that left has not been replaced. There are now no community psychiatric nurses to make home visits which are, I think, necessary to help users in the moment which frees the outpatients at the hospital to be used for urgent cases. I have been an in patient and this was very hard. There were not enough nurses or staff to care for everyone. Their time was taken up treating the people that were at more risk than I was. We all needed help and care. More staff would have made my stay more bearable and helpful in my recovery. Because of this I had an early discharge from care and left very angry and no different to when I was admitted.
Michelle locke

Reply from Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (NSFT)

Michelle
Thank you for taking the time to describe your experiences and we hope that if you have been referred into services you have received contact now.
Please do contact our Patient Advice and Liaison Service Team who can support you in describing your experiences and can offer you advice and information for the future.
Contact them via pals@nsft.nhs.uk or tel: 01603 421191 BT Freephone: 0800 279 7257 (calls from mobiles and other providers may charge) between 9am and 5pm Monday to Friday - outside these hours you can leave a message on the PALS voicemail which they aim to respond to on the next working day.
Please use the reference HW 16-10 when contacting PALS


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