Private mental health hospitals repeatedly criticised for unsafe care

Private mental health hospitals repeatedly criticised for unsafe care The main private mental health hospital chains that treat NHS patients have been criticised by coroners and inquest juries dozens of times over the last decade for providing unsafe care.

The Priory, Cygnet and Elysium have been censured at least 37 times for mistakes and lapses in care that were involved in the death of a patient, including several children. The Guardian

 

See also:

• These shocking stories show mental health is still not being taken seriously in England | Owen Jones The Guardian
• ‘How did I let her go there?’: mother laments daughter’s private hospital death The Guardian
• The Guardian view on mental health privatisation: unsafe spaces | Editorial  The Guardian
• Priory hospital failings contributed to death of man, 23, killed by train after he fled The Independent