One of the areas I covered, was the poshest in Cardiff, with one of the streets dubbed "Millionaire's Row"....... and boy were there some mental health problems with that lot - but because they had pots of money, they were referred to as being "eccentric" !! ???

Stuart Ayris terrible how it works - the symptoms of schizophrenia and PTSD are almost identical but social demographics will dictate which one you are diagnosed with and whether you are filled full of debilitating tablets for the rest of your life.

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I have to admit to an "OMG" moment when I read the bit about omitting the injection! Did you face any sanctions or have any disciplinary action taken against you? Like you - sometimes I broke the rules too - if I thought it was in my patient's best interests.

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Was Simon Anthony based on a true patient. Being a District Nurse for 38 years myself (not psychiatric) - I encountered some very different people in very different living surroundings - so writing all over someone's walls is a perfectly believable phenomenon for me?

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One of the areas I covered, was the poshest in Cardiff, with one of the streets dubbed "Millionaire's Row"....... and boy were there some mental health problems with that lot - but because they had pots of money, they were referred to as being "eccentric" !! ???

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I have to admit to an "OMG" moment when I read the bit about omitting the injection! Did you face any sanctions or have any disciplinary action taken against you? Like you - sometimes I broke the rules too - if I thought it was in my patient's best interests.

Was Simon Anthony based on a true patient. Being a District Nurse for 38 years myself (not psychiatric) - I encountered some very different people in very different living surroundings - so writing all over someone's walls is a perfectly believable phenomenon for me?

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