A County Durham mental health hospital previously slammed for not being Covid-19 safe and even missing that a woman had not eaten for 10 days has been praised for turning itself around.
The Cygnet Appletree mental health hospital in Meadowfield had previously been branded unsafe, subject to enforcement action and unable to take on new patients. That came after a shocking Care Quality Commission report following an inspection in April and May 2020.
But now a new inspection has found that the service, which caters for women with acute mental health needs, has improved dramatically. Now it is rated "good" - and inspectors praised the "significant improvements" seen over the past year.
