Lack of consistency and poor involvement
I have been with this team for 3 years. I don’t think ‘brief intervention’ is the right name for this service. Is is usually staffed by revolving trainee psychiatrists. I don’t have an issue with the skills of trainee psychiatrists - the issue is I never see the same person because of this, which affects the relationship and continuity of care for been. Some psychiatrists have been good, others less so - although I might be judging harshly because I struggle with the lack of consistency. I feel like we are just going through the motions with many of my appointments. They don’t copy patients in to GP letters following the appointment. This is a huge issue for me - it is poor practice and against Royal College of Psychiatrists guidance. I feel really uninvolved in my care, disempowered as a patient and not respected because of this. I don’t have records of any conversations/appointments from the last 3 years because of this and can’t check accuracy of these (and I know there are some inaccuracies because of things doctors have told me - some things have been muddled between different doctors). They also weren’t very responsive when I got in touch in between appointments.