Terrible & borderline corrupt
Absolutely terrible service. I was struggling with brain fog and short term memory issues and would come out of the sessions not really remembering what was said. I decided to record my session to listen back to afterwards. I didn’t do it covertly, I placed my phone in between us. Dr didn’t notice I’d recorded until towards the end. That’s when I stood up, ordered me to leave immediately and that I “MUST GET HIS PERMISSION”. Terminated the session and told me to leave. A few days later I receive a call from this same Doctor at 12:30 (assumed lunch break). Asking me if I was recording the phone call, I said I wasn’t but immediately took it as a sign I probably should be, so I started recording. To be told what I have done is “illegal” and I have “broken the law”, and I “must delete it”. Telling me he has spoken with his “legal department” and that they’ve said it’s illegal and I must delete it. He didn’t seem interested in allowing me to talk with this legal department though. I tried to explain my reasons for recording it and that it isn’t against the law at all and even referenced official information from legal websites and The British Medical Journal stating that it is totally fine for patients to record their own private session. He proceeded to say “It will be good for me, and good for you if you delete it”… How anybody can tell me this isn’t medical gaslighting! I was then called by one of his colleagues, who wasn’t a Doctor but a support worker. Who when I said “I have the recording of him threatening legal action” he tells me “I don’t think that happened” (I also recorded this telephone conversation). NHS PALS have refused to listen to the recordings, but we’re happy to “take my complaint on board”. Shortly after I get diagnosed with “Personality Disorder Unspecified”. Which is confusing because I don’t know whether me feeling like this could’ve been a retaliatory diagnosis is rational.