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7th May 2021
The Mental Health Commission has raised concerns around the privacy and dignity of residents in the Acute Psychiatric Unit of Ennis General Hospital.
Inspectors found that the presence of security personnel when they were not required, and without due cause, was a breach of resident dignity.
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There were 34 residents in the Acute Psychiatric Unit at Ennis General Hospital at the time of this announced inspection last November.
In a newly published report, the centre achieved 64% compliance on the inspection – a decrease of 10% compared to the year before.
12 non-compliances were recorded, including two regarded as critical.
Dr Susan Finnerty, Inspector of Mental Health Services
Patients’ dignity breached by security guards wandering through psychiatric unit
Guards used in restraints at request of staff
The sight of security guards roaming freely through a mental health unit was a breach of patients’ dignity, a watchdog has ruled.
Inspectors from the Mental Health Commission (MHC) who visited the Acute Psychiatric Unit at Ennis General Hospital, Co Clare, were told the centre employed security personnel to assist staff in physical restraint, if requested.
It was also noted that the security personnel were on site during the inspection of the facility which had a total of 39 beds – with five designated to psychiatry of later life – at the time of visit from the MHC.