3/5 Arthur R. 7 months ago on Google
I
was
a
patient
at
Specialist
Addictions
Unit,
part
of
Mile
End
Hospital
for
over
a
decade.
All
I
was
given
was
script
after
script
of
methadone
which
didn't
help
with
my
heroin
usage,
it
added
to
it,
being
a
harmful
substance
in
its
own
right.
I
had
the
most
kind
and
caring
gentleman
as
my
key
worker,
Peter
Gourvich.
He
always
gave
me
a
safe
space
to
talk
and
I
felt
warmth
and
compassion
in
his
company.
Unfortunately
as
there
is
so
little
funding
for
rehabs
in
England,
he
was
unable
to
suitably
support
me
and
my
life
got
worse
and
worse.
I'm
lucky
to
be
alive.
Eventually
my
parents
paid
for
me
to
go
to
rehab
and
I
learnt
the
skills
and
steps
to
take
to
embark
on
recovery
from
heroin
addiction
and
all
the
trauma
that
goes
with
it.
Peter
was
a
beacon
of
kindness
and
I'll
not
undermine
how
he
helped
me
on
an
emotional
level
given
the
circumstances.
I
also
suffer
from
Schizophrenia.
I
was
taken
to
Globe
Ward
in
Mile
End
Hospital
in
2010.
Compared
to
the
psychiatric
wards
in
other
parts
of
London
and
England,
Globe
Ward
was
like
a
health
spa
resort
(intended
eggageration).
I
was
given
a
neuro
psychologist,
a
benefits
adviser
from
MIND,
sign
posted
to
other
sources
of
support
for
discharge,
given
medication
etc.
There
was
also
good
groups
like
art,
relaxation
therapy,
drumming
and
even
a
gym.
This
ward
is
another
world
from
say,
Springfield
hospital
in
Tooting
where
I
rarely
got
any
attention
or
support,
the
atmosphere
was
one
of
fear
and
trauma
and
unsafely
and
on
Ward
1
of
Springfield
hospital
I
was
attacked
badly
by
a
security
nurse
unprovoked
to
the
best
of
my
knowledge
and
then
taken
to
accident
and
emergency
to
have
stitches.
There
are
vast
differences
between
the
two
hospitals
and
my
experience
of
them.
Mile
End
all
round
is
a
good
hospital
but
we
do
need
more
funding
for
the
addiction
services
provided
as
often
help
in
the
community
isn't
enough.
