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Highlands House

Mental health service

😠 As a NHS service this is the worst one I have ever experienced. As a mental health service they are not just inadequate/ineffective, often they make those who have reached out to them for help feel worse than before they had anything to do with Highlands house. Poor communication, a lack of empathe... People often mention mental, health, House, Highland, care, time,


Address

10-12, Highlands House, 10-12 Calverley Park Gardens, Tunbridge Wells TN1 2JN, United Kingdom

Website

www.kmpt.nhs.uk

Contact

+44 1892 709211

Rating on Google Maps

1.90 (45 reviews)

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Working Hours

  • Friday: 9 am to 5 pm
  • Saturday: Closed
  • Sunday: Closed
  • Monday: 9 am to 5 pm
  • Tuesday: 9 am to 5 pm
  • Wednesday: 9 am to 5 pm
  • Thursday: 9 am to 5 pm

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  • 1/5 Tom G. 2 years ago on Google
    As a NHS service this is the worst one I have ever experienced. As a mental health service they are not just inadequate/ineffective, often they make those who have reached out to them for help feel worse than before they had anything to do with Highlands house. Poor communication, a lack of empathetic staff, obvious attempts to get rid of potential patients and incredibly long wait times, are just a few issues. If you ever get referred to Highlands House don't bother, all they'll do is waste your time and make you feel more helpless. Instead I'd recommend We Are With You you can self refer with them!
    16 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 1/5 Benjamin P. 2 years ago on Google
    Where do you start, better off helping yourself in life. The country and the system will fail so so many more people. But that 1% that they do help means they all still get their funding for next year and their Christmas bonus. I've stopped cutting myself now. I've sorted my head out. 4 years later. They ring to see if I want help. You couldn't make this up
    10 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 1/5 Luke W. 10 months ago on Google
    Disappointing and Negligent: My Experience with Highland House Mental Health Services Rating: ☆☆☆☆☆ (0/5) I feel compelled to share my extremely disheartening and negative experience with Highland House Mental Health Services. It is essential to shed light on the concerning level of care and support I have encountered during my time seeking assistance from this organization. My hope is that this review serves as a cautionary tale for others in need of mental health services. From the moment I engaged with Highland House, I was met with a sense of negligence and incompetence. The lack of attention to detail and a genuine understanding of my specific mental health needs were apparent from the outset. Despite being the sole mental health service available through my trusted general practitioner, the consistent string of complaints surrounding Highland House cannot be ignored. One of the most alarming aspects of my interaction with Highland House was their failure to adhere to the guidelines set forth by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE). These guidelines, designed to ensure evidence-based and high-quality care, were disregarded, leaving me questioning the professionalism and commitment of the staff. Their inability to properly address and treat my Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and its potential upgrade to Complex PTSD (CPTSD) only exacerbated my distress. Moreover, the utter lack of effective communication and understanding demonstrated by the mental health team at Highland House was truly disheartening. It became abundantly clear that they lacked the necessary skills and empathy required to provide the support I desperately needed. The dismissive attitude towards my concerns and the blatant disregard for my well-being left me feeling abandoned and utterly hopeless. The culmination of these shortcomings has left me without access to appropriate mental health care within my local area. I find it distressing that the only option available to me is a service that has proven itself to be negligent, abusive, and consistently failing in its duty to its patients. The ramifications of such inadequacy are far-reaching, leaving individuals like myself without access to essential support and care. In conclusion, I cannot stress enough the disappointment and frustration I have experienced with Highland House Mental Health Services. Their inability to meet the basic expectations of quality care, their failure to follow NICE guidelines, and their lack of compassion and understanding have left me feeling abandoned and unsupported. It is my sincere hope that urgent improvements are made to mental health services in our community, ensuring that no one else has to endure the same distressing ordeal I have faced. Please think carefully before seeking assistance from Highland House Mental Health Services. Your well-being and mental health deserve better than the neglect and substandard care that this organization has repeatedly demonstrated.
    9 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 1/5 John S. 9 months ago on Google
    Just a straight up awful place with deplorable psychiatrists. Made me feel worse and made me attempt suicide for the first time in a long time. You don't speak to a psychiatrist. You have to speak to a student first who then gave their hearsay opinion to the psych. Who then calls you back. When I recieved the call from the actual psychiatrist I felt immediately attacked like I was wasting their time. Not willing to discuss anything, just shouting "what do you want us to do about it?". They clearly did not understand my condition or how medication helps it. Made a statement that medication would not cure me and will only help with some of the associated symptoms. Well duh, that's the point. If you are reading this because you have been referred, please see if you can find another place to help. If you do speak to someone, go in with the expectation that they will claim that your disorder does not exist and that you just need a little walk around the park to ease your anxiety. It is difficult to even get to speak to a psychiatrist, having to deal with lazy, stupid, and rude ones here is distressing. I have no doubt people will have committed suicide as a result of dealing with this clinic, not that they care. Unless the blood is literally on their hands they just brush it off and refuse to accept any responsibility. Disgusting.
    8 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 1/5 John E. 1 year ago on Google
    If i could give no stars i would. I felt judged, persecuted and treated as if my mental health is my own fault. Was basically told ‘its all in my head’. No support. No help. If you can avoid, then please do so. They have only added to my poor mental health. Seek other professional help.
    7 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 1/5 Kayleigh G. 1 year ago on Google
    Don't want to help they diagnosed then send you off to struggle and when you go for help they send you off to other people and would rather wash there hands of you. They don't care about mental health they just push you away to become someone else's problem. Had a chat today and left it more depressed and alone then ever. If could give no stars I would
    6 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 1/5 Sofia C. 1 year ago on Google
    Never listened to, said they’d forwards my documents to my doctors surgery when I was 18- they didn’t- doctors knew nothing about my prescriptions. Waiting list so long. Got shipped all over the place. They took me on and then said actually no you’re not bad enough so sent me to another place who said I was too high risk to take on so then sent back here. They finally took me on. Gave me meds and shipped me to another place for counselling who told me that they only gave counselling within school so they literally couldn’t give me counselling. Then they ignored me for about 1.5years. I kept bugging them so they gave me another mental health assessment and decided they’d do that every 3 months- no helping though. And then a few days before my 18th birthday rang my up to say I was being discharged. Absolutely shocking. Should be shut down.
    6 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 1/5 Abbie H. 6 months ago on Google
    I recently had an appointment there after pretty much having a breakdown. Was really hard for me to let my guard down and talk things out. As soon as I mentioned I have mild autism they immediately blamed everything on that, even with me saying I know myself and my autism better than anyone else and this is not connected. They didn't listen and told me it was my autism and the anxiety suffered with years ago, which I told them many times is much better now and not even the problem. Feel completely dishearted and it's proven my point of not talking to anyone. Feel far worse than I did before I went.
    4 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 1/5 Jack B. 2 years ago on Google
    Worst NHS service available, referred straight back to GP for anti depressants, completely rude and even shouted at for not understanding the accent of the lady. Total waste of time.
    3 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 1/5 Johanna c. 1 year ago on Google
    Having been under mental health team for over 5 months now the only thing they have done for mental health is to make me more suicidal. Thanks highlands house for nothing
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Paul R. 1 year ago on Google
    Hi highly recommended Had counselling here today with a lovely lady called Claire was very helpful and could not do enough for me been struggling with my mental health for over 20 years now and she helped me within the first hour Look forward to continuing my treatment Big thank you Claire

  • 5/5 Julia C. 1 year ago on Google
    Laura has been the best support in the 2 times I’ve. Needed her in the last few years. Do not call too often, people are worse than me but she is so supportive, thank you xxx

  • 5/5 Jimmy T. 1 year ago on Google
    Great day out love the train station and the noise of the train and the smell of the steam


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