Prospect Park Hospital - Experience at Psychiatric Wards
The experience of
people admitted to
psychiatric wards
at Prospect Park
Hospital in Berkshire
Inside this report: Views of more than 40 people collected by the
six local Healthwatch in Berkshire, October 2017
Key findings
- 81% of people (29 out of 36) said they felt hospital staff treated them with dignity and respect
• 80% of people (32 out of 40) said they had not been given a date for their discharge from hospital
• 75% of people (30 out of 40) said they took part in activities at the hospital
• 69% of people (27 out of 39) said they had been told about their right to have an independent mental health advocate (IMHA)
• 67% of people (27 out of 41) said they had been in contact with a community service before coming into hospital
• 62% (24 out of 39) people said they had not had their care and treatment plan explained to them in hospital
