Services for children with mental health challenges are rarely discussed. For rural dwellers they are few and far between and we often end up with major dislocation for people wanting to access services and their families. This story reminds us that where these services do exist they are sometimes contested in terms of their effectiveness. It tells us:
Serious safety concerns have been raised about a children’s mental health hospital where staff lacked respect for patients, as the provider faces a police investigation into another one of its units.
The concerns about this hospital come as The Independent revealed police have launched an investigation into another mental health unit run by the provider.