Never in a million years did I believe I would have to experience the discrimination that comes hand in hand when a person has had a "serious" mental heath scare.
Most glaringly it happened when I had my second major melt down.
One nurse told me that It was unlikely I would EVER get home from hospital. Don't think you are EVER getting out of here $$$$$. I was a mess, sure but nowhere near like 9/10 of the people she saw. And it was a ONE off incident. She had no idea what drugs I had taken. ONE short episode. It was a break down exacerbated by alcohol and coming hastily off my meds while under the pressure of looming homelessness.
I plan to write a letter to the NMC or Scottish Health Ombudsman. Its too late to get compensation as it was years ago now.
The same nurse in question would make jokes out In the open in front of her patients that "it was all going down in the funny farm today" and laugh "someone might call panorama on us"

Scottish Public Services Ombudsman SPSO. Ammendment. I am exaggerating.
I have emailed care opinion scotland instead.