Child and Adolescent Mental Health In- Patient Unit, Merlin Park University Hospital Annual Inspection Report: 20 – 23 February 2024
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-09-11T14:42:32Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2024-09-11T14:42:32Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2024-08-29 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10147/642863 | |
| dc.description | The inpatient Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) facility is located within the campus of Merlin Park University Hospital in Galway. It is a purpose-built inpatient facility with two individual units: Woodsend and The Willows. The approved centre is a national referral centre for CAMHS. The operational bed capacity in the approved centre was reduced from 20 to 12 beds at the time of inspection due to ongoing building works to facilitate the construction of a new seclusion suite, step-down area and other ancillary works. The approved centre had one condition attached to its registration related to the ongoing non-compliance with the rules governing the use of seclusion. These works were aimed at addressing the approved centre’s condition requirements and had a provisional completion date set for April 2024. The annual inspection was unannounced and occurred over four days, from the 20th to the 23rd of February 2024. The inspection report reflects findings of the inspection over this period only. In 2023, the service was non-compliant with three regulatory areas during the annual inspection. In 2024, there was an increase in the rate of non-compliance with four regulatory areas found to be non-compliant on this inspection. The inspection team findings were generally very positive. The inspection process was very well co-ordinated and prepared for by the staff and management in the approved centre. The inspection team were concerned about the impact of the approved centre’s non-compliance with the code of practice on the use of physical restraint, on the individual care plans of the young people. Staff were not sufficiently aware of the policies and procedures at the approved centre. Not all staff had completed the mandatory training in the required areas; however, a mandatory training plan for the coming months was provided to the inspection team. The inspection team found that there was a strong culture of clinical auditing of compliance with regulations, codes and rules evident in the approved centre. Across the various disciplines it was also clear that there was a fostering of research with the singular aim of quality improvement in the provision of care and treatment to the residents. There was a strong emphasis on staff education and training that was directed towards enabling the delivery of safe, effective, recovery-focused care that the young people received. The service had recently won two National Healthcare Awards for the research and provision of care at the approved centre. | en_US |
| dc.language | eng | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Mental Health Commission (MHC) | en_US |
| dc.relation.url | https://www.mhcirl.ie/sites/default/files/2024-08/AC0180%20CAMH%20In-Patient%20Unit%2C%20Merlin%20Park%20University%20Hospital.pdf | en_US |
| dc.subject | MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES | en_US |
| dc.subject | REGULATION | en_US |
| dc.title | Child and Adolescent Mental Health In- Patient Unit, Merlin Park University Hospital Annual Inspection Report: 20 – 23 February 2024 | en_US |
| dc.type | Report | en_US |
| refterms.dateFOA | 2024-09-11T14:42:33Z |
