Enter and view: Pine Ward, Park Royal Centre for Mental Health
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Healthwatch Brent undertook an enter and view visit to Pine Ward (an acute mental health ward for men aged 18 to 65)at the Park Royal Centre for Mental Health in January 2023. This was in response to feedback from local advocacy providers Brent Gateway Partnership and POhWER. They had highlighted a lack of complaints received from patients, as well as concerns that patients are not being listened to by staff. The Enter and View visit aimed to learn more about complaints by patients and the complaints system. In addition to this, the visit aimed to evaluate whether services are culturally appropriate and sensitive for the ethnically diverse patients on the wards.
The report looks at:
- Feedback from patients, including about facilities, complaints and care plans
- Feedback from staff, largely about staff turnover
The report contains seven recommendations about patients being given a copy of their care plan, access to IMHAs, information about making a complaint, access to religious books, prayer mats and religious leaders; addressing staff turnover, the process for admitting new patients and activities.
The report contains a response from the provider.