Removal of recent post

I’m posting this because we regretfully had to remove a recent post that implied the need for professional or medical help. Although an incredible level of support and advice exists in this community it is anonymous, online and not professional in nature. In a critical situation anonymous, online advice carries the risk of misjudgement and harm, however well intentioned. We have to stick to our rule of taking down this type of post for safety’s sake.

We have contacted the member with advice and contact details for services that can provide the appropriate level of advice to get through their situation.

From the bottom of our heart we wish them well from the whole community and hope that they can get through this situation as quickly as possible.

Regards

Rachel - AF Association Patient Services

[Patient007]

Very nice that you pick up on these things. Glad to know.

[Hidden in reply to Patient007]

Sadly, we are not online 24/7 but if we do pick up on these messages, we act quickly. We hope that we can be supportive and helpful.

We have a report option, so if any members of the forum sees posts like this, we hope that they would report the post. This would draw our attention to it much faster and enable us to offer help.