Cathy Maguire
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
And so he had the stronger referral that they were talking about.
And he was on his way over and he got there and she said, we've no one here.
It was early.
It was about 12 o'clock on a Friday.
No psychiatrist here, Robbie.
You may bring her to A&E.
Over to A&E he went.
And so A&E in Nace, Lakeview, the mental health hospital is connected.
They're not separated, they're connected.
And they were notified that Maxine was on her way over early in the day.
But yet it was 1.30 in the morning by the time a psychiatrist came to see her.
She stood most of the day outside in the rain because she wouldn't go inside.
My husband's sister traveled with him.
I was in work and she sat inside to make sure she kept Maxine's place.
So she saw the psychiatrist at 1.30 in the morning and the psychiatrist spoke to us as well.
And it was about half three in the morning when we were sent home with a few sleeping tablets.
she had no file in front of her even though Maxine was in that hospital four years previous for six weeks it's a long time to spend in a hospital and then they have no information in front of you about you so like I said the link was gone oh my god it was broken so what happened then after she was sent home we went home as I said it was half three in the morning she took a tablet
Went to bed.
I was up early the next morning.
I had to give my younger son a lift.