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Edinburgh Live
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Dan Barker & Kris Gourlay

Edinburgh youngsters with eating disorders restrained by 'heavy-handed' medics

Edinburgh Youngsters with eating disorders were left traumatised after being restrained by "heavy-handed" medics and fed by nasal tube - with patients telling inspectors of stressed staff and missed feeds.

Bosses at the Royal Hospital for Children and Young People's Melville Unit have been told to improve nine areas of care after inspectors from the Mental Welfare Commission discovered a series of issues at the facility.

Medical staff at the in-patient unit told report authors they were worried they would "lose their nursing registration due to deficits in care" and that it was "physically impossible" to do all required tasks.

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