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Two critical and six high risk ratings at Ennis Acute Psychiatric Unit Share
THE Mental Health Commission (MHC) has reported concerns around the privacy and dignity of residents following the publication of an announced inspection report regarding the acute psychiatric unit in Ennis. “The inspection team found that the presence of security personnel in one centre when they were not required and without due cause was deemed a breach of resident dignity,” said the Inspector of Mental Health Services, Dr Susan Finnerty. “With security personnel walking freely through the centre when they are clearly not required, residents may understandably feel that staff and management believe residents to be a threat to staff and other residents on a continuing and ongoing basis. Having security personnel visible to residents is not acceptable and is an affront to their dignity and p
Concerns over high-risk non-compliance with rules and regulations at Acute Psychiatric Unit in Limerick
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SIGNIFICANT concerns have been expressed in relation to the non-compliance with certain rules and regulations at Unit 5B at University Hospital Limerick.
The Mental Health Commission - an independent statutory agency - has published a report following an inspection of the Acute Psychiatric Unit last September.
While inspectors found two areas of high risk they noted an improvement in the unit s overall compliance when compared to previous reports.
The most significant breach of regulation related to the failure to ensure that each resident has an individual care plan. The report states that five individual care plans were examined during the inspection last September and that multiple issues were identified.