It said the safety and care of its patients were a top priority and it was working to move patients from the hospital by end of May 2023. I'd fall asleep sometimes. Taplow Manor School is a registered Independent Special School. It led to Huntercombecommissioning an independent review, by Contact Consulting. The hospital was rated inadequate by the CQC following its most recent inspection in December 2020. NHS England paid Huntercombe almost 190m in the years since 2015. 0000068867 00000 n You can call them on 0808 802 9999 in England and Wales, 0808 801 0302 in Scotland, and 0800 0246 991 in Northern Ireland, or visit their website at www.rapecrisis.org.uk. I've got a 1 ot 1 each day, and all the staff are really nice and kind. I'd fall asleep sometimes. Anyone feeling emotionally distressed or suicidal can call Samaritans for help on 116 123 in the UK, or email jo@samaritans.org. Alice says: "How can anyone get better if that's the way the hospital treats people? She says the reason she didnt speak up was that staff repeatedly told her: Your mum hates you, youre just a massive burden. As a report condemns failings in the mental health, former patients The ability to comment on our stories is a privilege, not a right, however, and that privilege may be withdrawn if it is abused or misused. Inspection of Huntercombe Hospital School Maidenhead - Ofsted The Active Care Group says it is unable to comment on incidents that occurred before it took over The Huntercombe Group. 0000011256 00000 n Danae says staff who were meant to be watching to keep her from harming herself would sometimes fall asleep. If you are dissatisfied with the response provided you can Most populous nation: Should India rejoice or panic? Read about our approach to external linking. Finally, a nurse explained that the injuries had been caused by Bonnie headbanging, leaving Julie really shocked and upset. And it's care which the NHS is paying millions for every year. Newsquest Media Group Ltd, 1st Floor, Chartist Tower, Upper Dock Street, Newport, Wales, NP20 1DW Registered in England & Wales | 01676637 |. Overall: Inadequate. At Taplow Manor we have aligned and agreed our strategic goals to define what we want our organisation to achieve. Data returned from the Piano 'meterActive/meterExpired' callback event. The Huntercombe Group closed down three of its children's mental health units, but two remain open - the Maidenhead unit in Berkshire where Amber and 'Sally' went, and another in Stafford. Huntercombe Hospital - Maidenhead is a specialist child and adolescent mental health inpatient service (CAMHS). 0000068194 00000 n I was screaming and pressing the alarm but it took for ever for help to arrive. You are all awesome people. Yet three years later in 2017 a CQC inspection into all of Huntercombe's children's mental health units highlighted concerns about staffing and observations, and raised questions over the systems to put lessons learned into practice. Please fill out the form below and our services team will respond quickly and efficiently to your enquiry. Dr Rosena Allin Khan, Labours mental health spokesperson, told The Independent that the government must commit to tackling sexual incidents within inpatient units. We expect Active Care Group to work quickly and extremely closely with us on operational planning and this has to be done sensitively, keeping patient safety at the heart of any decisions and actions must be implemented these plans will be communicated to patients and their families as soon as possible.. A spokesperson said: Taplow Manor is the largest unit of its type in the country, and the number of incidents reflects that. Read more:The shocking truth of life in a children's mental health unit'Inadequate staffing' at Berkshire mental health unit 'put young people at risk''Treated worse than animals''It just felt like they'd given up on me'. One woman, who wishes to remain anonymous, claims she was abused and repeatedly raped as a child by a member of staff at a private CAMHS unit 20 years ago. We're here to help people live the very best life possible. NHS England paid The Huntercombe Group almost 190m in the years since 2015. This service is regulated by the Care Quality Commission. "A lot of other patients were using different self-harming methods - staff didn't stop them from doing that. We have a dedicated team ready to assist you with whatever you need. "Listening to the evidence around Mia's death and how she managed to take her own life within such a supposedly secure unit was disgusting," Tori said. Published: 22:44 BST, 2 November 2022 | Updated: 22:44 BST, 2 November 2022. inaccuracy or intrusion, then please The regular inspections carried out by the CQC since then have raised serious questions over care. I dont blame the staff, there simply werent enough of them and they werent well trained. It has been rated "good" by Ofsted and is a registered exam centre. The car park is located in front and to the side of the hospital. Taplow Manor is a specialist child and adolescent mental health inpatient service managed by Active Care Group. They all say they were failed by the care they received from a single provider - The Huntercombe Group, one of a number of independent providers the NHS uses to provide specialist in-patient care for children and young people. He said he was concerned about inadequate staffing and training and claimed there were staffing issues "pretty much every day". The hospital is 60 miles from the family home, near Southampton, but due to a lack of beds in Hampshire it was the nearest option. They held weekly reviews of her case, but she declined to attend the meetings after being ridiculed at one. In a statement, Huntercombe Young People Ltd said: "We recognise that significant change was needed at our Maidenhead hospital and we have recently brought in a new leadership team to roll out an urgent action plan.