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Stop the closure of Park Avenue Personality Disorder crisis pathw

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Guest#26 Sep 06, 2015, 20:54
My step-daughter has been using the unit both residential and day groups. She has found the unit very helpful. It was helping her in ways other places had failed. It is a great shame this unit has to close. People really need it. What will be offered instead. Probably nothing!
Guest#27 Sep 06, 2015, 22:18
I signed this petition because I believe the closure of Park Avenue will be seriously detrimental to the mental health of my daughter. She and others like her have worked hard with the dedicated team at the unit, and I am very concerned that their mental health will deteriorate due to this sudden loss of professional support.
Guest#28 Sep 07, 2015, 08:08

Is anyone thinking of the bigger picture?

I currently have a close friend who follows the crisis pathway provided by Park Avenue. It is a well acknowledged fact that in Medway there are too few mental health facilities available to meet growing demand. Those that are available are usually oversubscribed. The Medway Maritime Hospital closed its residential mental health wards, meaning that other than A&E there is nowhere that mentally ill patients can go when they are in crisis. 

 

The A&E department is not equipped, nor should they be expected, to handle these patients. Yet someone going through crisis is an imminent danger to themselves and does require urgent attention. When patients in crisis present at the A&E departments it overburdens the facility and doesn't aid their recovery as there is no specialist care available. Waiting for the crisis team liaison in the hospital merely means that the patient will be shipped to a Medway Ward in another hospital, such as Littlebrook at Dartford. Some patients have been shipped as far as Newcastle due to overcrowding in Medway Ward.

 

This is damaging to the mental health of the individuals, who can be seen by specialised in-patient facilities like Park Avenue in a number of cases, rather than being pushed from pillar to post and distanced for their support network of friends and family at the tax payers’ expense. For the care commission to pull the funding of a safe haven like Park Avenue, who have specialised staff and programs to aid those with PD is ridiculous. If this facility closes these patients will be passed around without receiving the support they need to manage their mental health conditions.

 

Guest#29 Sep 07, 2015, 12:58
I signed this petition because this place has helped and still helping once very close person to me and if this place closes down there will be nothing in the medway towns to help her as much as this place has. This place needs to stay open so the people there can keep helping people.
Guest#30 Sep 07, 2015, 13:55
Because it is ludicrous to close this unit and leave vunerable young adults without the support they really need. Where are they supposed to go to receive the same level of care ? Medway hospital can't provide that level of care even if they had the facilities .
Guest#31 Sep 07, 2015, 18:04
Such a vital service being closed down. The crisis pathway is run by fantastic and dedicated staff who can turn peoples lives around and is a life saving service.
Guest#32 Sep 07, 2015, 18:11
I believe that mental health departments are getting a raw deal. There is still a stigma attached it !!! Such a shame
Guest#33 Sep 07, 2015, 18:48
This is a vital service for the people of Medway. Without this there's nothing in place to help those that require help. This can happen to anyone of us in our lives.
Guest#34 Sep 07, 2015, 19:15
This unit is a very important facility for people in Medway and we should not be losing it
Guest#35 Sep 07, 2015, 19:23
Because I suffer with anxiety and depression who do you go to if closed.
Guest#36 Sep 07, 2015, 20:15
because I believe mental health is a huge problem in the UK and those who suffer need more support, not less.
Guest#37 Sep 07, 2015, 20:50
Medway needs this service - my son would be dead by now if it wasn't for this service. He used to take overdoses regularly and had no wish to live. The staff at Park avenue helped us as a family and my son can now look forward to a better life still knowing there is support here BUT I don't know what will happen if this place closes.
Pamela jackson#38 Sep 07, 2015, 20:54

a massive thank you

I can not thank you enough for the major support everyone is showing. Its amazing how many of us is getting this out there. We will try our best and I hope we succeed or at least come to a middle ground I really do. Keep going but remember to look after your self's too 

Guest#39 Sep 07, 2015, 22:35
It is vital to so many people who rely on this support, many of whom have no other support at all.
Guest#40 Sep 08, 2015, 05:25
Because if people need help, the help should be available.
Guest#41 Sep 08, 2015, 06:00
I know people who work in mental health as well as knowing people affected by mental health issues this is a vital service.
Guest#42 Sep 08, 2015, 07:51
A good friend works here, and there seem to be many patients that rely on the help that is given at this premises, who all seem to have a good relationship with the staff there too, removing this facility could be detrimental to their recovery .
Guest#43 Sep 08, 2015, 08:13
Because I care.
Guest#44 Sep 08, 2015, 08:27
I have a personality disorder myself, and many friends and family with mental health issues - so to think this crisis service may be closed when so many are in need is a horrible thought.
Guest#45 Sep 08, 2015, 14:26
We need this local resource!
Guest#46 Sep 08, 2015, 17:29

How can such a vital service be scrapped? These people are seeking help and it is being ripped away from them! Utter disgrace! 

Good luck with the campaign, I hope people listen and keep the service open 

Guest#47 Sep 08, 2015, 18:20

Re:

You need to go to the bbc south east and local papers and your local MPs . They will listen to you as they are always going on about cuts in mental health services and are concerned already with medways hospital closures and reputations . Contact yr MPs and press etc via Facebook or on their websites . Good luck for fighting for your rights 

 

Guest#48 Sep 08, 2015, 20:35

Re: thank you to all support

#15: Pamela - thank you to all support  

 All my family and friends are signing as I attend that group and have done for a year or so. I wouldn't be here if it wasn't for them and part of my family. They are always there. A massive help. I will share and share this till the word YES comes xx 

Guest#49 Sep 08, 2015, 20:48

Re: Re:

#13: Pamela - Re:  

 Hi Pamela, 

have you considered contacting MIND and RETHINK? 

They supoort campaigns such as this. 

Stay strong xx 

 

Guest#50 Sep 08, 2015, 21:07
Having used this service I can testify how vital it is for the community. It would be abhorrent to withdraw it's funding!