'Oppressive culture' and repeat failures in patient safety earn St Andrew's men's healthcare 'inadequate' rating, says CQC Inspectors have branded a Northampton mental health hospital's adult male care as unsafe and poorly led. St Andrew's Hospital's men's service was rated "inadequate" in a report published by the CQC, who found failings in cleanliness, patient safety, and pointed to an "oppressive culture" that dissuaded staff from speaking up over concerns.
The service had also failed to address issues around ligature anchors in wards, bedrooms and toilets - points where patients intent on self-harm might tie something to strangle themselves.
It came as part of a wider inspection of the hospital, in Billing Road, carried out in May and June, which rated the hospital's women's and neuropsychiatry service as "good". Northampton Chronicle and Echo
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The service had also failed to address issues around ligature anchors in wards, bedrooms and toilets - points where patients intent on self-harm might tie something to strangle themselves.
It came as part of a wider inspection of the hospital, in Billing Road, carried out in May and June, which rated the hospital's women's and neuropsychiatry service as "good". Northampton Chronicle and Echo
See also:
- St Andrew's Healthcare - Mens Service Care Quality Commission
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