CEO of mental health care firm hits back at critical watchdog report into hospital where three young women died within weeks
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 deemed child and adolescent mental health services at Cheadle Royal Hospital, also known as the Priory Hospital Cheadle Royal, to be 'inadequate' following a recent inspection.
The inspection followed the deaths of three young women - Beth Matthews, 26, Lauren Bridges, 20, and Deseree Fitzpatrick, 30 - within weeks last year. It is not known if the CQC visit was triggered by those incidents. The women's deaths are not thought to be linked. Inspectors also said discharge planning was 'generic'; and that the service was not well led. There were positives, however. Inspectors said most staff were compassionate and kind and respected patients' privacy and dignity - and understood their needs.
Ms Matthews, originally from Cornwall, was a blogger with a 'massive' online following. An inquest concluded that neglect by staff at the hospital contributed to her death by suicide. She died on March 21, 2022 after ingesting a poisonous substance she ordered online. She collapsed in front of staff members at the hospital, where she was a patient after being detained under the Mental Health Act. Ms Matthews had told them it was protein powder.
'We are concerned this kind of rating gives the wrong impression' Priory CEO Ms Cresswell's statement, in full, reads said: "We are disappointed with the CQC's overall rating which does not accurately reflect the quality of our child and adolescent mental health services at Cheadle, and have disputed the factual accuracy of many aspects of the report.
"To meet increasing national demand, we have invested £360,000 this year in refurbishing Orchard ward as a high dependency care ward for young people with additional support for disordered eating. This was already planned for 2023. And since January 2022, almost £2m has been invested overall in services at Cheadle Royal Hospital.
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