PATIENTS have praised the care they get from doctors, nurses and other specialist mental health service staff, according to a survey published today.
Nearly 400 service users at Tees and North East Yorkshire NHS Trust took part in the national Mental Health Patient Survey, published by the Healthcare Commission.
Nationally, about 26,500 users of specialist mental health services took part.
The results for Tees and North East Yorkshire NHS Trust showed that 80 per cent rated their overall care as excellent, very good or good. Ninety-three per cent said they had trust and confidence in the psychiatrist and 94 per cent trust their community psychiatric nurse.
Seventy-four per cent felt their psychiatrist listened to them carefully and 48 per cent had access to the phone number of someone from local mental health services they could contact in an emergency.
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