Posted by alexandra_k on May 3, 2005, at 18:46:21
In reply to Re: And the funding verdict is... » alexandra_k, posted by 10derHeart on May 3, 2005, at 17:58:57
The US is out. It was only an option if I got accepted to school over there and I didn't so that is that.
I can appeal.
I had a chat to the district inspector when I was in hospital. She is basically a lawyer who is independent (even though she is funded by the district health board) to help people who are sectioned under the mental health act for compulsory assessment and treatment. She said that she had to be careful, though, as it is beyond her role to assist someone who isn't sectioned under the mental health act.
She said that they couldn't do that because people do have a right to treatment - so they do have to fund external treatment if there isn't treatment available from within the service (which there isn't).
She wrote to the funding person and said that I was going to appeal the decision which means that I need to write to the high comissioner. I need some kind of letter from the funding people to say that the funding has been declined and need their reasons.
Once I get the letter then there is another lawyer that I am supposed to contact so I can write an appropriate letter to the high comissioner (one that makes reference to the relevant laws / precedents). From there there will be an inquirey. At the end of the inquirey a new determination will be made by a committee.
That whole process can take up to two years. That is what the district inspector told me.
P-doc said it shouldn't take that long. That it tends to take that long when a client claims that a p-doc mismanaged their case which involves a lot of interviewing and file reading as part of the inquirey. In my case there is the assessment, the fact that there isn't anyone to treat me in the service, and the fact that there is someone in private practice, along with my right to treatment. So he figures that one shouldn't take them too long. But then he is known for providing false hope. So I don't know.
The district inspector made it sound to me like there wasn't a hope in my case (given that I'm not going to be hanging around for the next 3 years) but that it was a worthwhile thing to do with respect to setting precedent for others.
I don't know.
I think the lawyer probably was more honest with me than p-doc.
I don't know.
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