NHS England leeds

Outrageous that such a poignant post below has neither had many likes and no response by anyone from any leading charity, organisation or anyone else. Isnt that proof there is a long way to go, to remove the appalling prejudice & discrimination for any form of mental health.

60+ minutes and still waiting on hold No idea when and if this call will be answered before 6pm closing time.....called at 3.30pm

The NHS needs to do far better in promoting changes to the discrimination and prejudice mental health seems to create. It is well known that people do not want to be involved with mental health trusts because of the stigma caused. Everyone has mental health, from depression, to loneness or even fear of heights. People in daily life use old fashioned and offensive mental health insults randomly, have we moved on ? No. Discrimination is clear to see even within the NHS, did you know that just on visiting an NHS mental health trust for a consultation, they archive the records for 20 years! Normal NHS treatment or consultations ( as long as its not mental health ) are deleted after 8 years from the last treatment or consultation. But with mental health consultations its a massive 20 years from your last contact regardless of a diagnosis of any sort ! Isn't that discrimination either way ? Why on earth 20 years ? We have not moved on at all. Mental health is one of the most discriminatory issues there are, and people who are deemed to have any sort of mental health condition are discriminated against considerably and even struggle with public services, legal services, you name it. The NHS needs to do more to change attitudes and I would go as far as to say it needs to become an offence for people to use some of the old fashioned mental health terms like they use when insulting one another, and perhaps a change in the term “ mental health “ ! Its time for change.

Very good