St Matthews Hospital

Updated 19 December 2024

St Matthews hospital is a low secure, high dependency rehabilitation unit, and is part of the St Matthews healthcare group. The hospital can accommodate up to 17 male patients who have severe and enduring mental illness with complex needs, who may be informal, or detained under the Mental Health Act (1983). We carried out our on-site assessment on 21 February 2024. Off site activity began on 01 March 2024 and ended on 03 April 2024. We examined one assessesment service group (ASG). We looked at 7 quality statements; Safeguarding; Involving people to manage risks; safe environments; delivering evidence-based care and treatment; Independence, choice and control; Equity in experiences and outcomes and Learning, improvement and innovation. We identified that managers had failed to adequately mitigate against some specific ligature risks areas within the hospital, for some patients with a recorded high-risk history.

Updated 6 February 2024

St Matthews hospital is a low secure, high dependency rehabilitation unit, and is part of the St Matthews healthcare group. The hospital can accommodate up to 18 male patients who have severe and enduring mental illness with complex needs, who may be informal, or detained under the Mental Health Act (1983). We carried out our on-site assessment on 21 February 2024. Off site activity began on 01 March 2024 and ended on 03 April 2024. We looked at 7 quality statements; Safeguarding; Involving people to manage risks; safe environments; delivering evidence-based care and treatment; Independence, choice and control; Equity in experiences and outcomes and Learning, improvement and innovation. We identified that managers had failed to adequately mitigate against some specific ligature risks areas within the hospital, for some patients with a recorded high-risk history and we will require an action plan for this.