Patients left with no assurances on transfer of care as hospital given just five days to shut after an inspection found it unfit for purposeHundreds of vulnerable mental health patients occupy been left without assurances approximately their care after the sudden closure of Yorks only psychiatric hospital.
Bootham Park hospital,part of the Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, was ordered to shut on Wednesday after an unannounced inspection by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) on 9 September found it was unfit for purpose and that patients were at “significant risk of harm” . Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com