Devon Local Involvement Network
A Care Quality Commission report on Devon Partnership NHS Trust was published this week
The Care Quality Commission has committed to use its new regulatory powers to ensure that older people in Devon are able to receive modern and effective mental healthcare.In publishing the findings of a detailed investigation into older people's mental health services, CQC says Devon Partnership NHS Trust has already made significant improvements to its services for older people.
But it says that a history of inadequate supervision of staff had allowed poor practice to continue unchallenged until 2008. The report highlights a failure to properly manage medicines, leading to medication being administered inappropriately in one unit, the Harbourne Unit in Totnes, until November 2008. The unit was closed last year.
Please follow the links below to access the report and accompanying documentation.
Press Release on CQC Website: http://bit.ly/aXGTWu
Report Summary: http://bit.ly/9j2paG
Full Report: http://bit.ly/c9TpBo
Medicines Management Appendix: http://bit.ly/cuLsLY
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