Powerful.

The Guardian: 'It's nothing like a broken leg': why I'm done with the mental health conversation.

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/jun/30/nothing-like-broken-leg-mental-health-conversation

@generica there is also a massive discrepancy here (and maybe elsewhere in Europe) between how young and older patients with mental health conditions are treated - its expected/accepted that "old people might get dementia/alzheimers" and the use of the Police is *very* uncommon (unless they are actually missing from home), whereas younger patients especially Gen X/Y are often judged for "bad lifestyle choices" such as drug use (*especially* when the doctors/nurses are the same age!) >>

@generica

although much is due to a lack of resources and unwillingness of British citizens and govt to see taxes correctly allocated to the NHS (or only to treat the patients *they* feel are "worthy") - so resources are clearly prioritised towards the "deserving older patients"..

(I work in IT / building services maintenance for a company providing care for elderly/long term patients (part NHS funded) so see a lot of what happens at first hand (at least for top end of age group))

@vfrmedia

But here it's 'deserving rich people.'

@generica TBH even when funding is reasonable its not loads, last week I literally patched up a computer with gaffer tape and used some other 5 year old equipment from the reserve stores to set up an extra workstation for the patients database so the NHS staff in the town hospital and our matron at the nursing home can work together on care plans (there wasn't quite enough in the budget even to buy another refurb HP)