NHS England named Cygnet Health Care as a partner in a new care model for young people’s mental health 10 days after inspectors found serious failings at its hospital in Woking that led to the temporary closure of its adolescents’ psychiatric intensive care unit.
The Care Quality Commission rated the psychiatric intensive care services at the hospital inadequate. The inspection in June found young people had repeatedly self-harmed while under constant observation; there was a high level of incidents and use of restraint, including prone restraint; and staff did not have the skills and experience to manage the young people in their care. In eight reported cases, male staff had not intervened when a patient was self-harming until a female nurse arrived….read more
