St Aubyn Centre

They refused physical health care. They added to distress. They refused to call for help.

James was treated with dignity and respect, he was able to give his opinion about his care and his voice was heard and taken into consideration. This was essential for James as he is a deep thinker with strong opinions who values a reasoned logical argument and is able to make a lot of decisions despite hi autism diagnosis. He had great care from the staff on the unit who were very kind and patient with him. I cannot thank the staff enough for giving him so much emotional support. The education team enabled James to complete his GCSEs on the unit, he would not have been able to manage this without their support. I am very grateful that they invested so much time and effort with James. James really enjoyed the educational trips and valued the activities run by Paul. The number and range of professionals looking after James on the unit was very impressive, it really felt that the care was wrapped around James and his needs. It was also refreshing to see how the unit welcomed the community teams to be involved including CAMHS, autism Beds, Service 6 and the school. This has enabled James transition home to feel much less daunting for me, thank you. The involvement I was able to have as a parent reassured me that James was being looked after well and I appreciated all the support available to me from the team. It was an empowering experience and I feel better equipped now James is back home. I really would like to thank all the team involved with James.