Yesterday, I was assured by a complaints investigator that I would no longer be subjected to sudden, unnotified interventions — a pattern that has already caused serious harm. Less than 24 hours later, that promise was blatantly broken.

Today, I was called without warning into a room where two doctors and a nurse were waiting — with a capacity assessment form already on the table. I was told they “just wanted a chat.” When I asked for the basis, I was given vague excuses like “routine” and “concerns for your wellbeing.”

Let’s be clear: I have never had a capacity assessment before. There was no prior notice, no legal justification, and no required procedural safeguards followed. This was not about care. It was a threatening and unlawful act, clearly intended to silence and intimidate me following my efforts to expose the failings of Swansea Bay Health Board — the system that continues to fail so many.

This happened less than a day after Wales Online published an article exposing serious issues in the Health Board based upon my own experience. The timing is deliberate and telling. It is retaliation — plain and simple.

I defended myself with clear facts and had my own records present. They could not refute the evidence, and I was rightly deemed to have full capacity. But this process should never have happened at all.

My mental health advocate confirmed afterwards that the assessment was unlawful — I was not given advance notice to prepare, representation by my advocate, and the legal process was completely ignored.

Why? Because I’ve been sending factual, evidence-based emails to senior management — raising urgent concerns, including about a negligent doctor who remains in practice despite posing a clear risk to others. Rather than address these issues, the system has tried to twist my warnings into false accusations of “harassment.”

I was even accused of “harming others” — when in truth, the only thing being harmed is the reputation of Swansea Bay UHB, a system far more concerned with protecting itself than protecting lives.

This was not a clinical act. It was a calculated, threatening misuse of power meant to deter me — and others — from exposing truth and demanding accountability.

Let me state clearly:

• I have the right to freedom of expression under Article 10 of the Human Rights Act.
• I am raising concerns because Swansea Bay UHB’s failings represent a real and ongoing risk to life — including my own. The fact there has been 3 coroners reports from Ward F in the past years including Andrew Davies, Jean Pike and Nicolas Harrison highlights this yet nothing has changed.
• My statements are backed by verifiable documentation, personal records, records of others experiences and are made in the public interest — which is protected under UK defamation law.

This is exactly how systems like this protect themselves — by punishing those who speak out. But I will not be silenced. This only proves why Swansea Bay Health Board must be held to account, and why urgent, systemic change is needed — now.