Priory Hospital Cheadle: Mental health services criticised amid safety fears
BBC Mental health services at a hospital run by The Priory Group have been ordered to improve amid safety concerns.
Services in three wards dedicated to child and adolescent mental health at Cheadle Royal Hospital were rated inadequate following an unannounced inspection.
It comes after three young women died at the hospital in 2022.
The Priory Group said it "disputed many aspects of the report".
Health blogger Beth Matthews, 26, took her own life at a unit at the hospital in March last year, with an inquest later declaring she had been failed by the hospital.
The hospital has 13 wards and can treat up to 150 patients with a range of mental health conditions - although the inspection only reviewed the three child and adolescent mental health (CAMHS) wards.
Inspectors from the Care Quality Commission (CQC) found they did not have enough nursing and medical staff with basic training to keep people safe from avoidable harm, alongside broken windows and graffiti at the site.
January's inspection also found breaches in relation to safe care and treatment, premises and equipment, systems and staffing.
