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Post by DKL - darkknightslover on Dec 2, 2018 14:35:39 GMT
Hi everyone,
Letting you know that I think very highly of Psychiatry UK. It's an online-based service. I saw a psychiatrist over a skype-type video call. I was already diagnosed but had issues with my medication and am on other things as well. I was titrated by an Advanced Nurse Practitioner via email contact (who I happened to know as the ANP also worked for the Lancashire adult Adhd service). I don't know if she also would have done appointments over video calling otherwise or not, but the email service worked very well for me and for them! I was posted an automatic blood pressure machine which also measures your pulse. It came with a self-addressed pre-paid envelope to send it back in when Titration has finished. I added measurements to my emails when requested.
The whole of Cumbria now uses Psychiatry UK for their adult Adhd services and they are working through the backlog after a long time without one and hiccups during setting it up. I believe they're a private psychiatric service that got the contract for Cumbria. I have no idea how much their rates are if you're going private, or what tests they do for diagnosis.
I get my prescription through registered post, so I take it to the pharmacy myself. Initially they'd have it organised so that you could just go to the pharmacy after a certain date and the medication would be ready and waiting, but that's just recently changed for reasons I don't know.
I got myself a Pre-paid Prescription Certificate (search for NHS PPC in your favoured search engine) so I pay £10.40 every month for 10 months out of the 12 in the year. Unless you move house or any of your other details change, it automatically renews every year.
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Post by vagueandrandom on Dec 4, 2018 0:34:43 GMT
Hi again DKL - darkknightslover I’ve heard via Facebook that Psychiatry UK are very reasonably priced if you use them privately and they can help you get NHS funding if there’s no local ADHD service or waiting times are over 2 years. Fantastic news for Cumbria!
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Post by iforget on Jan 3, 2019 15:33:27 GMT
I got my diagnosis from them last year privately. they were really good. I'm surprised there isn't more about them on this Forum.
Jen
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Post by vagueandrandom on Jan 6, 2019 19:09:39 GMT
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Post by slackdad on Jan 26, 2020 10:13:21 GMT
Hi all, my experience with Psychiatry UK has been excellent. Referred by GP in Cumbria (fortunately Cumbria CCG has a contract with Psychiatry UK for adult ADHD assessments but I think they still have to approve to fund the GP's referral so there is a wait, and the GP will need to refer if you are accessing this service via NHS). Communication is via email with text reminders/prompts, etc. Online consultation with consultant psychiatrist was smooth and trouble free. This approach may not suit everyone but it absolutely does me, as I can fit the support around my life and can have an appointment from the comfort of my living room.
At the end of appointment psychiatrist summarises their assessment and proposed treatment plan (if necessary). A letter is then sent to you and GP outlining the diagnosis and treatment plan, etc. and the nurse specialist contacts to start titration. All my questions are responded to very quickly and I send my response to treatment feedback every couple of weeks or after a dose change. I was also sent a home BP machine so I could track and report these readings to the nurse.
I feel very supported and understand that they have just had a recent CQC inspection so if my experience so far is anything to go by this should have improved.
The hardest part of this whole process is the time it took with my GP to support my referral. This is more to do with a general lack of understanding than anything else.
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Post by blobby on Mar 10, 2020 19:10:38 GMT
I have just suggested Psychiatry UK in another new thread. Good info.
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Post by alexred on Jul 18, 2021 13:24:30 GMT
Went through them as Right to Refer and they are fantastic.
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Post by bethheal on Jul 19, 2021 8:19:14 GMT
Hello I had an assessment with psychiatry uk and diagnosed with adhd, have not heard anything since. Has been 3 weeks now. How long does it usually take for report/titration contact?
Thanks Beth
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Post by alexred on Jul 19, 2021 12:42:22 GMT
Hello I had an assessment with psychiatry uk and diagnosed with adhd, have not heard anything since. Has been 3 weeks now. How long does it usually take for report/titration contact? Thanks Beth I had seen my psychiatrist on 26/01/2021 and I first received my medication on 20/04/2021. It might be best to ping them to ask for timeframes but you might be looking a few months at the most before you are contacted by a titration nurse, to which you will receive your medication rather quickly.
In the mean time try to get yourself into a better headspace through good diet, exercise, and mindfulness/meditation to at least to try and help your symptoms for ADHD. The titration will come though, I promise you.
I have my final titration assessment booked in for the 11th November. To which I should hopefully be handed off to the NHS, if not: staying with Psychiatry UK.
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Post by bethheal on Jul 21, 2021 20:39:39 GMT
Hello I had an assessment with psychiatry uk and diagnosed with adhd, have not heard anything since. Has been 3 weeks now. How long does it usually take for report/titration contact? Thanks Beth I had seen my psychiatrist on 26/01/2021 and I first received my medication on 20/04/2021. It might be best to ping them to ask for timeframes but you might be looking a few months at the most before you are contacted by a titration nurse, to which you will receive your medication rather quickly.
In the mean time try to get yourself into a better headspace through good diet, exercise, and mindfulness/meditation to at least to try and help your symptoms for ADHD. The titration will come though, I promise you.
I have my final titration assessment booked in for the 11th November. To which I should hopefully be handed off to the NHS, if not: staying with Psychiatry UK.
Thank you, I understand there is quite a wait. The consultant I saw was fab and told me he would be doing the titration himself so was hoping not to have to wait for the nurse.. anyhow I’ve managed the last 29years, a few months won’t hurt. Thanks for your advice, I hope your journey goes well
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