West Lane Hospital: Mental health care 'chaotic and unsafe'

West Lane Hospital: Mental health care 'chaotic and unsafe' A mental health unit criticised over the deaths of three teenagers was "chaotic and unsafe", a report found.

An independent inquiry found "excessive and inappropriate" restraint was used at Middlesbrough's West Lane Hospital.

The environment "facilitated self-harm", said patients, and staff were told not to intervene unless it was likely to be fatal. BBC News

See also:

• A system-wide independent investigation into concerns and issues raised relating to the safety and quality of CAMHS provision at West Lane Hospital, Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust
• 'Failures' exposed at West Lane Hospital before deaths of three girls The Northern Echo
• Inside 'chaotic and unsafe' West Lane Hospital where teens took own lives as health chiefs missed 'red flags' Teeside Live