"Mental health admission"

I was admitted to the Meadow Brook unit in Salford voluntary but I soon wanted to leave the unit because I felt there was a hostile ward environment by some of the Nursing staff. I was visited by a friend on the ward and at staff change over time we swapped places. After several hours had passed staff on the ward were advised by the police that we had swapped places so I returned to the ward.

The following day I was placed on a section 5. 1 as my nearest relative blocked the application for a section 3. After the section 5. 1 expired I was no longer sectioned I asked to leave the unit which was refused and 2 hours later I was placed on another section 5. 1. I felt a lot of the staff showed anger and frustration towards me and acted in a very unprofessional manner and my basic human rights were not respected. Being sectioned on a secure mental health ward at the meadow brook unit felt like being in prison so you rely on the staff for basic things like your daily allowance of tea and coffee and also letting you out of the secure doors of the ward for meal times. This caused severe anxiety having to ask the staff to do anything as they made me feel inferior and I felt they were annoyed I was bothering them. Some of the nursing staff would speak harshly towards service users and other members of staff were quite kind.