A family who thought they'd finally found solace for their vulnerable daughter in a Doncaster mental health hospital have been left devastated after she was forced back to a "traumatic" ward in Nottinghamshire. Sophie Towle, from Mapperley, has been in and out of mental health care since 2021 and has experienced "distressing" stays in both Highbury Hospital and Sherwood Oaks in Nottinghamshire.
She was then sectioned, meaning she was lawfully detained at the site, for six months. During this time, Leisa says that Sophie would ring her and tell her about goings on at the hospital, such as staff telling her there were "people worse off" than her and there being "nobody she knows" working on weekends.
Sophie was later discharged from Highbury into the community. In this period she lived on her own in a supported living flat and, after what Leisa describes as a long delay, was appointed with a Community Psychiatric Nurse in January 2023 to support. In May 2023, she was sectioned again after being found having climbed over the barrier on Trent Bridge.
They explained to her that her discharge was because the psychiatrists and doctors attributed her behaviour and comments to being "in the context of EUPD." In the explanation, they also said that mental health wards are "known to have a negative effect on patients in some cases", arguing that Sophie appeared more at risk in the ward than in the community.
But on Wednesday, April 24, transport arrived to take Sophie back. Leisa was only informed by her daughter, and drove towards Doncaster before being told when she was 20 minutes away that Sophie had stepped into the taxi to avoid being handled by police.
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