A NEW report has revealed that people receiving services by Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust on their secure wards felt safe – but more needs to be done. Care Quality Commission Inspectors visited the Fromeside unit on Bristol’s Blackberry Hill Hospital site after concerns were raised about the safety and the quality of the services. Fromeside is caring for people from all across the country including Wiltshire and Swindon with a mental illness and/or personality disorder who also have a criminal history or have risks and behaviours that mean they cannot be treated in mainstream mental health services.
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Mental health unit deemed safe after watchdog receives concerns
Care Quality Commission made an unannounced inspection in December
00:01, 10 FEB 2021
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A medium secure mental health hospital has been deemed safe by inspectors who visited unannounced after they received safety and quality concerns.
But the Care Quality Commission’s (CQC’s) report into Fromeside also concluded there were issues with staff vacancies, poor communication between medical and nursing employees and some care plans lacked detail on how a patient’s needs were met.