The Whiteleaf Centre
Bierton Road, Aylesbury, England, HP20 1EG Also known as: Buckinghamshire Recovery CollegeReviews
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It was a brief 2 week course on sleep and wellbeing, but there were some interesting points made and discussions between students and people running the course.
The handout at the end of the course on how to improve sleep has a lot of very good pieces of advice in it.
I think that the Connect courses were very professionally presented and gave each student a voice.
Although the general Recovery College sessions were very good, you could see the difference in the professionalism. However, the lived tutors are very knowledgeable and empathetic. All in all, considering the present Covid circumstances, I think that those in charge have done extremely well putting the courses together and must have worked very hard. They are all very highly committed .
Thank you for what has been a life saver in this pandemic.
When a person has a problem you can talk to the nurse you can trust. You are in safe hands. They make sure you take your tablets. The ones I was on were good.
Now I am going home I am grateful to the nurses who have got me back to square one.
God bless you all.
Amber ward: Better communication regarding medication between staff and family.
In comparison to the other institutions I have been in, this is really a good facility. Staff do take an interest in communicating and introducing themselves. The floor staff are easily approachable. The nursing office staff are not so much.
I am without doubt a very lucky man to have been fortunate enough to have found safety, solace and a big warm welcome when I entered Amber Ward.
I turned up on their doorstep unannounced in a very bad way with some very complex issues and mental health problems, I felt straight away welcomed and was very well put at ease.
I want, need, must relay my sincerest gratitude and thanks to the whole family/team, their kind attention to me was more than I could have ever hoped for, at this point I would like to say a huge thank you in particular to Indra, my first contact, she calmed me down, listened and put me calmly at ease, not I might add an easy thing to do, in a big way helping me through the early stages of my stay in Amber Ward, I will, forever, be in your debt.
To close I don’t really know what more to say, other than again thank you, your wonderful, and keep up the fantastic work. With love and warmest regards, Robert Newell.
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Mostly the courses run by Recovery College are good but I have a feeling that students are not respected as intelligent individuals capable of expressing views which are different from Recovery College. Some of the courses are pitched at too low a level. Two of the peer tutors and the Co-ordinator are very caring and understanding of students. On one occasion I joined a course and was told to leave, despite being told I could attend by the Coordinator. This was very embarrassing in front of fellow students. On another occasion I was told that I wasn't capable of taking in too much information.
Some courses have been very enjoyable, particularly where peer tutors engage at the same level as students so that we all appear equal.
The external leader of the Connect course does not appear suitable for the job. I raised comments on two occasions, once in writing, concerning what appears as a judgemental, uncaring and unempathetic attitude. I was told this was most uncharacteristic but that something would be mentioned. After that the attitude became even worse. There were examples three weeks in a row, and I don't feel my views were respected. I will not be enrolling on that course again. Recovery College seem to place a contractor's view above that of a student.
Students could be more welcomed for their talents as intelligent individuals, rather than vulnerable patients to be controlled.
It showed you. The power of music, and how it can have different meanings to different people.
That then can be changed my dancing or moving to the same piece of music.
I am carer to my son.
At present he is receiving treatment White Leaf hospital in patient.
I am most grateful to all the staff working hard to getting him better for his recovery.