Updated 27 November 2015
Newbridges is an 18 bed male only acute inpatient ward for adults of working age. The provider had altered the living space and increased the number of bed spaces from 12 to 18 on this ward in April 2015. On the day of our visit there were 17 patients allocated to the ward. Ten of these patients were detained under the Mental Health Act and seven patients were admitted informally. Three patients were on leave.
The Care Quality Commission inspected Newbridges in May 2014 as part of a trust wide inspection. At the time of this inspection, all acute wards within the trust were compliant with the regulations.
The ward received a visit from a Mental Health Act Reviewer in December 2014 and issues relating to the Mental Health Act (MHA) were identified. At the time of our inspection some of these issues were still being addressed.