thank you George.<div><br></div><div>be aware that the medical investigation I have been forced to undertake is not pretty.</div><div><br></div><div>an MRI and MRA using a 3T Siemens scanner shows chronic Ischemic brain damage and blood supply damage. some of that damage may date back to when I was only two weeks old and had to be put on life support for four weeks.</div><div><br></div><div>a 20-hour standard 20/10 pattern EEG shows Ischemic strokes and post-cardiac arrest patterns, with associated video evidence of me being unable to speak full English sentencesduring a monsoon storm. (I could speak French however, and could also manage simple English words) <br><br></div><div>I also have an autistic genetic condition, and the MRA showed the diameter of one of my vertebral arteries to be significantly reduced (3mm instead of a more normal ~8mm)</div><div><br></div><div>any kind of shock or distress leaves me medically at serious risk due to the reduced blood supply.</div><div><br></div><div>the videos I have recorded of abuse by nurses and doctors are horrifying.</div><div><br></div><div>if that was not enough I have had to flee from a Domestic Violence relationship and then fourteen months later flee the United Kingdom entirely after another Ischemic stroke during another storm robbed me of the ability to speak for 72 hours, for around the 10th time.</div><div><br></div><div>your staff have, due to the lack of training and the conditions imposed on them, completely failed me.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br>On Wednesday, July 23, 2025, George Baylis <<a href="mailto:george.baylis@theadvocacypeople.org.uk">george.baylis@theadvocacypeople.org.uk</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif">I am writing to acknowledge the complaints you have raised with us and were confirmed back with you by Sharon Dewis, our Contact Centre Manager on the 17<sup>th</sup> July 2025, and am sorry
to read that our services have not met your needs.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif">My role as Regional Manager (Central) for the Advocacy People will be to investigate the concerns that you have raised in the attached document that my colleague Sharon sent to you on the
17<sup>th</sup> August 2025. In order to ensure that my investigation is thorough and responds to all the issues raised, I will be going through the case records and discussing your concerns with all appropriate members of staff involved in our communications
with you. As Charlotte no longer works for the organisation, I will be unable to discuss your concerns directly with her but will be looking at the case notes that she recorded during this period.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif">In accordance with our Complaints Procedure, I will respond to your concerns within 20 working days from the date of the agreed points of investigation being sent to you, which is the 14<sup>th</sup>
August. If there is a likelihood of any delay in my responding to you I will inform you of this as soon as this becomes likely.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif">Just so you are aware, I am not available between now and 4<sup>th</sup> August, but please feel free to contact me from the 4<sup>th</sup> August if there is anything further you wish to
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif">Best wishes<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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