hi guys. update.
my brother got released from section despite begging not to be allowed out.
within a couple of hours, i was frantically calling a police and ambulance as my brother had used a kitchen knife to slice up his arms and get in to his arteries to die. same thing happened, police came and took him to hospital, got seen and no mental health assessment and released, ward f wouldn’t take him. more neglect of a vunerable person.
he’s been holding on all day while me and my family try to find urgent inpatient care for him, which is not easy and not getting anywhere.
because my brother has been coming off opiates, his body is in physical pain too. my mother rang the GP to get him urgent withdrawal meds. they shunned her, like always.
this is the last straw. i wrote an email to my MP which actually resulted in a phone call from a mp that has actually gone further and is urgently trying to find us help as she believes this is atrocious and should not happen.
my brother has been off substances for 4 days now, and tried his best today until we found him some help, but unfortunately whilst my mother was upstairs he got out of the house and found drugs to self medicate to ease the symptoms of withdrawal. this is bad news as now if help does come, he may be so intoxicated they cant do a mental health assessment on him.
i am so annoyed, this is absolute neglect and it seems like you are all getting it too.