doesn t kill herself. and yet she s fast asleep? fast asleep. it s disgusting. to me, if she would have carried something out that night at that moment, instead of reaching out to me, we would have had another death on our hands. would you be happy for your daughter to go into another priory clinic? i d never let her in another priory, as long as i live. the priory said it apologised, reported the incident to the watchdog the cqc, and barred the worker for life. the most recent inspection by the cqc rated the cheadle royal as good, but a former senior member of the priory group management team got in touch too. they told us the culture here was broken. they felt the priory group set up services too quickly and couldn t staff them. that, they believed, was dangerous. head office constantly pushing them to take more patients breathing down our necks, they said, and that got worse after the priory group was sold off
that patient was tenisha, and this is her mum, claire. she s meant to be sat there making sure my daughter doesn t kill herself. and yet she s fast asleep. she s fast asleep. it s disgusting. if tenisha would have carried something out that night, at that moment, instead of reaching out to me, we d have had another death on our hands. you really think? i really do think that. would you be happy for your daughter to go into another priory clinic? i d never let her in another priory, as long as i live. the priory says it apologised, reported the incident to watchdog the cqc, and barred the worker for life. priory cheadle royal is a large mental health hospital. - the most recent inspection by the cqc rated the cheadle royal as good. but a former senior member of the priory group management team got in touch, too. they told us the culture here was broken. they felt the priory group set up services too quickly and couldn t staff them. that, they believed, was dangerous.
office wanted savings to be made. they always used to say, you know, we need to shave headcount and increase productivity. and the main priority from the central priory, for senior management, was to keep your beds that are occupied as high as you possibly could. and the impact? both managers told us they felt pressured to admit patients the wards couldn t cope with and that, they believed, wasn t safe. it was just get the bed filled and that was that, whether they were suitable or not. harriet was a healthcare assistant at another priory hospital. we were constantly having patients that just weren t suitable. so a lot of the time we would have patients come in that should have been in a psychiatric intensive care unit, and we would be kind of pressured into accepting the admission. why were you pressured into it? to get the bed filled. the priory group wouldn t give us an interview or statement, but their lawyers told us it safely
that patient was tenisha, and this is her mum, claire. she s meant to be sat there making sure my daughter doesn t kill herself. and yet she s fast asleep. she s fast asleep. it s disgusting. if tenisha would have carried something out that night, at that moment, instead of reaching out to me, we d have had another death on our hands. you really think? i really do think that. would you be happy for your daughter to go into another priory clinic? i d never let her in another priory, as long as i live. the priory says it apologised, reported the incident to watchdog the cqc, and barred the worker for life. priory cheadle royal is a large mental health hospital. - the most recent inspection by the cqc rated the cheadle royal as good. but a former senior member of the priory group management team got in touch, too. they told us the culture here was broken. they felt the priory group set up services too quickly and couldn t staff them.
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