The CEO of a mental health care firm has hit back at a critical watchdog report into its Stockport hospital - where three young women died within weeks last year. The Care Quality Commission (CQC) deemed child and adolescent mental health (CAMHS) services at Cheadle Royal Hospital, also known as the Priory Hospital Cheadle Royal, to be 'inadequate' following a recent inspection.
"People shouldn't have to live in an environment with these poor conditions and the provider must address these issues as a matter of priority," the watchdog said.
Priory chief Rebekah Cresswell has now issued a lengthy statement, insisting the rating does not 'accurately reflect the quality of... child and adolescent mental health (CAMHS) services at Cheadle'. She criticised a press release issued by the regulator - and said the CAMHS rating gives the 'wrong impression'.
