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BBC News
11 hours ago
- Health
- BBC News
Psychiatric ward at Glenfield Hospital undergoes £1.6m revamp
A psychiatric intensive care unit in Leicester has undergone a £1.6m revamp - the first major refurbishment since it opened in Ward, part of the Bradgate Mental Health Unit at Glenfield Hospital, provides care for adult mental health capacity was reduced to six in April 2024 due to damage in one area of the ward, but the upgrade means it can once again accommodate 10 patients, each with their own year, inspectors from the Care Quality Commission (CQC) said the ward was "tired and in need of updating". In addition to being redecorated, new windows, flooring and upgraded doors have been installed. Improvements have also been made to the safety systems, personal alarms and fire alarms.A new mental health tribunal room has also been created, providing a space where patients who are detained under the Mental Health Act and their representatives can apply to be discharged from their section.A significant proportion of the money for the refurbishment was provided in a grant from NHS England, according to Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust, which runs the were transferred to another psychiatric intensive care unit in a neighbouring country while the 14-week refurbishment took place. Samantha Wood, head of service for mental health inpatients and urgent and emergency care for the trust, said the ward was now "really fresh and bright"."We hope that the improvements help patients to feel that they are going to be treated in a more therapeutic environment, and their families and carers will see that they are going to be safe," she said."It is really fantastic to see such a big difference in a relatively short space of time."It is also a much nicer place to work for our staff."
BBC News
09-05-2025
- Health
- BBC News
Police probe Leicestershire patient deaths during Covid pandemic
Police are investigating a Leicestershire NHS trust over three patients who died during the Covid Police has said it is looking into Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) for offences relating to corporate manslaughter and gross negligence manslaughter regarding the deaths, which took place between September 2020 and July Local Democracy Reporting Service (LDRS) said one of the deaths was believed to relate to a patient absconding from Bradgate mental health unit at Glenfield told the LDRS it would be "inappropriate" to comment on "an ongoing police investigation". A recent employment tribunal heard the patient, named only as Patient One in proceedings, was a new arrival on the Beaumont Ward of the unit in September 2020. He was able to escape from the ward's garden, before taking his own life, the tribunal was concerns on the ward during Covid were at the heart of the case, with former consultant, Dr Mariam Benaris, claiming she was forced out of her role after blowing the whistle over her fears around patient tribunal heard Dr Benaris and others working on Beaumont were concerned about the number of new admissions - who would have been at the start of the recovery and often had more complex needs - being concentrated in one ward, and the increased pressure they said this put on trust told the tribunal the admissions ward was set up in response to NHS England's guidance in the early stages of the pandemic, adding it had conversations around controls to reduce risks relating to the new structure with mitigations being put in also denies its actions were intended as a detriment for the whistleblowing, saying Dr Benaris moved "voluntarily".None of the three patients who lost their lives have been named by Leicestershire an investigation into "offences relating to corporate manslaughter and gross negligence manslaughter", a spokesman said: "The investigation remains ongoing. No charges have been brought at this time."
