The NHS’ director of mental health has warned its institutions and hospitals that department managers must work seven days a week amid national safety concerns.
Claire Murdoch, NHS England’s national director of mental health, said she was “shocked” to hear that some department managers in NHS Trusts and Trusts do not work or oversee the quality and safety of departments seven days a week. They became exclusively Monday-Friday employees.
Her remarks came in response to questions from The Independent newspaper regarding a possible national review of safety within the framework of mental and mental health services for patients in hospitals, whose conditions a number of ministers have been studying following a number of major scandals that rocked those departments during the past months.
An NHS adviser claimed the body was acting like the Mary Celeste. [بمعنى أنها مهجورة] During the weekends, noting that upgrading hospital services to work seven days a week would help address the increasing delays.
Speaking at the annual NHS Providers Conference, the director said mental health providers should be careful to listen to health care assistants who spend “90 per cent of their time in patients’ situations”. She added that “Divisional managers of the Commission Fund should be encouraged to work night shifts and weekends. I was shocked to hear that we have started to implement the change agenda and that department managers often work as if they are Monday-Friday employees. This is unacceptable. I think we are “We need senior managers to come in for seven full days. Are we going to have some unannounced visits at two in the morning? Why not?”
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She went on to point out that, according to research, the majority of those who spot signs of abuse are members of the healthcare aiding staff, as well as patients and students.
The NHS was awarded £36m ($42.9m) to improve safety and quality in hospital departments over three years, after safety concerns were raised, Murdoch said.
In a related context, last month, The Independent published an investigation that revealed systematic abuse within the institutions of the Huntercombe Group, a private provider of mental health care services.
In the aftermath, Labor’s shadow mental health minister, Rosina Aline Khan, called for a “rapid review” of mental health hospitals, while other MPs called for a full public inquiry.
In a related context, Minister of Mental Health Maria Caulfield, from the Ministry of Health and Social Care, said that she did not rule out a public investigation, but warned that such investigations take a long time.
Murdoch also sent a letter to hospitals and NHS providers last October, following the emergence of a report on the Edenfeld Centre. [أحد مراكز الرعاية الصحية] It was shown by the “Panorama” program on the “BBC” channel. At the time, Murdoch asked all suppliers to review the safety procedures in their departments.
Published in “The Independent” on November 16, 2022