Mikki talked about Pat (left) at Albert Road Day Centre as someone he admired. He never divulged much about the background of others - like himself really , but it was easy to understand and see he had a great deal of sympathy for Pat .In Oct 2006 the last Mikki said about Pat was he was not going to Albert Rd Day Centre because people had been encouraged not to depend on it and it had shut down some of its service level over time . It had been and still is an "evolving-closure" of service over time which skillfully avoided full statutory consultation and has whittled away patient numbers who attended.
This was a blow to Mikki - it had been his base and place where he found some fellowship.
The last he saw of Pat he told me was him looking for fag ends off the pavements locally ..
When Mikki had joined the local statutory Mental Health Patient and Public Involvement Forum in early 2004 he had seen it as a way of improving services and Albert Road itself . For a time it did improve . Mikki declared to all on the PPI that he was under strain in late May 2004 . In June he presented a PPI "Workplan" which had a very good theme of "Tracking the patient through the system " - and beyond in some cases ..
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