
v01ce5
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See below. This report really condemns in patient psychiatric services.
Do forum members think this is something we should start campaigning about?
"Mental Health wards have become "tougher and scarier" places under the Labour government and many are so overcrowded that it is difficult for staff to deliver good care, the official watchdog for detained patients reports today.
As an urgent priority, ministers must honour previous commitments that women patients should be safe from sexual harassment, abuse and assault and that children as young as 12 are no longer placed on adult wards, the Mental Health Act Commission's biennial report says.
It warns: "Something must be done about this. It is scandalous that we are forcing vulnerable people on to mental health wards that are frightening and dangerous places." The Guardian,
Do forum members think this is something we should start campaigning about?
"Mental Health wards have become "tougher and scarier" places under the Labour government and many are so overcrowded that it is difficult for staff to deliver good care, the official watchdog for detained patients reports today.
As an urgent priority, ministers must honour previous commitments that women patients should be safe from sexual harassment, abuse and assault and that children as young as 12 are no longer placed on adult wards, the Mental Health Act Commission's biennial report says.
It warns: "Something must be done about this. It is scandalous that we are forcing vulnerable people on to mental health wards that are frightening and dangerous places." The Guardian,
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