A NHS trust in Cheshire has been given an ‘inadequate’ rating for its mental health wards following concerns over patient and staff safety.
The Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (CWP) was issued with the lowest rating for its acute wards for adults of working age and psychiatric intensive care units following inspections by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) last year.
The regulator inspected three of the trust's wards during visits on November 8, 9, 14, and 15. The wards visited were the Mulberry ward in Macclesfield along with the Brooklands and Lakefield wards at Springview Mental Health Unit on Clatterbridge Health Park in Wirral.