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The Christopher Unit

Pudding Wood Lane, Chelmsford, CM1 7LF
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4.3 | 10 reviews

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Because I can tell they are good hearted god fearing men and women who are only have to help.

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  • Please let me formulate {}

6th June 2024 | Review of Christopher Unit, written by patient


They was very kind and helpful I couldn't ask for anything better

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  • I don't think they could have been better

25th April 2024 | Review of Christopher Unit, written by patient


Received the most great care I could of expected from a psych unit. Recovered quickly after a period of illness.

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  • Surpassed all expectations.

14th February 2024 | Review of Christopher Unit, written by patient


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  • Staff are awesome . I want to go visiting. Place can be a bit dirty. And little smelly.

14th February 2024 | Review of Christopher Unit, written by patient


Medication prescribed without a reason

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  • Food at lunchtime is not fresh and very basic. The tuna is a paste and doesn’t have anything added with it. If I go to a&e I get sandwiches with tuna and cucumber.don’t like the evening meals being pre heated and then reheated. I am a smoker and coming into hospital shouldn’t be a reason I have to quit. Vaping is ok but I would like cigarettes when I choose rather than when the NHS dictate I can

14th February 2024 | Review of Christopher Unit, written by patient


Kelly got me off cigarettes and alcohol

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  • Your medicine worked wonders, everyone is good here

14th February 2024 | Review of Christopher Unit, written by patient


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16th July 2023 | Review of Christopher Unit, written by patient


At times the other patients can cause safeguarding issues and even with 2 staff around and cameras some things are missed.

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  • Less patients or more staff at changeover and med times but otherwise excellent service.

16th July 2023 | Review of Christopher Unit, written by patient


I love the diversity with the staffs and they are always willing to help.

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  • Lack of person centered support.

16th July 2023 | Review of Christopher Unit, written by patient


The consultant refused to listen to me and I found the staff uncompromising and unsupportive. There were some names worth mentioning that proved to be reliable and stuck to their word. Gloria, Melissa, Cindy, Dean, Lewis, Tobi, Tuesday and Ed, Viv, Ritesh and Chip. These individuals made my time much easier by being consistent and not just continuously changing their story. One member of staff will let me colour while it’s dinner, another member won’t. One nurse will give me my medication early, another won’t. They are so inconsistent that for an autistic individual they made my life hell. It was very difficult for me not to shout every single day. I found the atmosphere in the ward very restrictive and generally not great. The patients were all very unwell and grandiose and paranoid. I am autistic. I have actually had bipolar struck from my record and now it is back on. I am very unhappy about it. I have been unable to find work and have had to go on benefits. I needed help with the benefits and no one offered me any help. Luckily I managed to get the maximum amount of Universal Credit. I have an employment specialist who helped me get ESA, back paid. I am very unimpressed with the ward in general. The staff are completely inconsistent and unreliable. Asking for leave is like asking for snow in July. No one hands over the correct information, the doctor doesn’t keep his word. All of these things need to be addressed, this is meant to be a therapeutic environment. It is not, it is nothing more than a prison without bars and cells.

24th April 2023 | Written by patient



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